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NAME: MATTHEW THORN

ADDRESS:

CITY: Monroeville

STATE/PROVINCE: PA

ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 15146

COUNTRY: USA

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PHONE: 412-***-****

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MATTHEW L. THORN

418 Colonial Drive

Monroeville, PA 15146

412-***-****

724-***-****

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OBJECTIVE

A position in applying multi-media technologies, engineering analysis

applications and/or other computer-based applications to any

financial, medical

or technical organization.

SKILLS

Media Applications: ADOBE Photoshop/Illustrator/ Pagemaker, Poser 2,

Macromedia

Authorware, Microsoft FrontPage, Claris Home Page, Netscape

Navigator/Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Programming Languages: Visual Basic, HTML, InstallShield 5.1, JAVA, C,

FORTRAN,

Pascal, UNIX scripts.

Hardware: Windows NT/95, Mac OS 8.0, SGI IRIX, Sun OS & Solaris,

HP-UX,

DEC-ULTRIX.

System Administration: NT, UNIX workstations (SGI, HP, and SUN),

Andrew File

System (a distributed file server), UNIX file servers, clients, and

printers.

Mech. Engr. and Misc. Applications: SDRC I-DEAS Master Series CAD/CAE,

Pro/Engineer, ABAQUS, DEFORM 2D/3D, X Window, PDC Budtool Backup

Software,

Microsoft Excel,

Word, and PowerPoint.

Engineering: 3D solid modeling, structural finite element modeling

(FEM),

engineering design, structural blueprint reading.

EMPLOYMENT

Aluminum Company of America, ALCOA Technical Center, ALCOA Center, PA

07/1997

- present, Senior Engineer, Manufacturing Systems and

Equipment

Analysis.

Develops and administers center's Intranet web sites.

Provides solid modeling and FEM analysis support in the areas of

manufacturing processintegration and equipment design.

Provides system administration for center's Silicon Graphics UNIX

workstationsincluding, troubleshooting, application support,

hardware/software/OS installations andupgrades.

06/1996

- 06/1997, Computer Technologist, Information Services and

Infrastructure.

Member of UNIX support team administering 90 engineering workstations

for

day-to-dayperations (user questions, user help, site backup,

workstation

support both new andupgrades).

Provided primary support for AFS (Andrew File System) site-wide at

ATC on

both UNIXplatforms and on Windows NT AFS clients.

Provided customized UNIX script writing, UNIX application software

installations, andmentoring of less senior personnel.

09/1989

- 05/1996, System Analyst/Staff Technician, Fabricating

Technology

Performed numerical FEM deformation and thermal analysis of forming

processes

(forging, rolling, extrusion, quenching, etc.).

Consulted and planned analysis work in conjunction with other

project members.

Installed, validated, and maintained numerical analysis software.

Consulted as necessary on code usage with less experiences personnel.

Built 2D and 3D geometric models of process components from CAD files

(IGES,STL/SLA, etc.), hardcopy drawings and hand sketches.

Wrote and maintained an assortment of computer programs for data

reformatting fromanalysis code output.

08/1986

- 08/1992, Senior Technician, Armor Systems

Provided UNIX system administration for Convex computer. Maintained

Convex

hardware, software, and local area network.

Performed numerical analysis of armor components, compared to

experiments.

Westinghouse Electric Company, Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant, Waynesboro,

GA

05/1984

- 03/1986, Engineering Technician, Plant Engineering Division

Prepared technical data in support of off-site computer analysis.

Verified plant layouts by observing and measuring actual components

on-site at Vogtle.

Prepared isometric drawings, and revisions, of the routing of

instrumentation tubing.

EDUCATION

M.S

. in Multimedia Technology, Duquesne University, currently

enrolled,

estimated

graduation 2001

.

B.S

. in Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1992.

A.S

. in Mechanical Drafting and Design, Triangle Institute of

Technology,

1982.

B.S

. in Environmental Resource Management, Pennsylvania State

University,

1977.

REFERENCES

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