Engineer Design

Michael Hay

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ******* ******

City: Webster City

State: IA

Zip: 50595

Country: USA

Phone: 515-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $79,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

1518 Willson Ave.

Webster City, IA 50595

Phone (515-***-****

E-mail *********@********.***

Michael E. Hay

Education

1999 2006 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614

Master of Arts, Industrial Technology Graduated Summer 2006 with 3.97 GPA Research paper Planning a Wind Electric Generating System in Tama County, Iowa

1977 1981 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa

Bachelor of Technology, Industrial Technology- Mechanical Design Graduated with honors, 3.48 GPA Society of Automotive Engineers, Student Chapter Chairman 1979-1981 Epsilon Pi Tau (Technology Education honors fraternity), member Torch and Tassel (UNI senior honors organization), member Senior Research Solar Distillation of Fuel Alcohol.

Professional Experience

October 2008 Present Electrolux Webster City, IA 50595

Titles Held: Design Engineer Design of new parts (Catia CAD system) Troubleshooting non-performing systems New Product introduction Special assignment to clean-up longstanding non conforming components and subassemblies within all of the Fabric Care division Testing for compliance, performance and verification of new designs Daily contact with Juarez Mexico facility, vendors and people in other departments. Project management of components and systems within new product introductions.

May 1980 April 2008 Waterloo Industries Inc. Waterloo, Iowa 50704

Titles Held: Product Development Engineer, Design Engineer; Sr. Corp. Design Engineer; Manufacturing Engineer; Design Engineer Trainee Coordination of new product development and project management activities from concept to launch for domestic and foreign sourced products. Plastic part design, primarily for injection molding. Redesign of existing products or components upon request or as a self-initiated project for product improvement, cost reduction, functional enhancement or styling update. Medical division design team leader. Coordinated engineering activities and performed project management tasks within that group. Conduction design for manufacturability reviews of new products. Change request approval and correction, coordination of activities to implement changes. Communication liaison between engineering and other departments. Troubleshooting for manufacturing, including interdepartmental dispute resolution. Led statistical studies to determine manufacturing capabilities resulting in fit and function improvements. Served on many interdepartmental teams with a variety of goals, sometimes in the role of team leader. Responsible for first piece approvals and corrections of injection molded parts. Led the company to the introduction of CAD and the first microcomputers into the corporation. This included investigation, proposal and implementation of these systems.

Jan to May 1980 Mechanical Design Services Hudson, Iowa

Titles Held: Detail Draftsman Detailing of jigs and fixtures. Drawing optically sensed torch templates (manual drawing within 0.010 accuracy). Tooling print revisions.

Jan to Aug 1979 Square D Co. Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Titles Held: QA/Production Engineering Laboratory Technician Production problem solving. Communications with persons in all departments and levels on a daily basis. Testing to Underwriters Laboratories Specifications. High power testing of industrial circuit breakers. QA reliability testing of design changes and proposed cost reductions.

May to Aug 1978 Square D Co. Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Titles Held: Quality Control Analyst Statistical Analysis of work in process and incoming purchased parts. First piece inspection. Development of test procedures for work in process.

Patents and Publications

U.S. Patent 7,866,771 Drawer Slide

U. S. Patent 7,347,516 Friction Slide

U.S. Patent D524,506 - Tool Storage Center

U.S. Patent 6,976,744 - Tool Storage Project Center with Power Strip

U.S. Patent D509,939 - Tool Storage Center

U.S. Patent 6,761,366 - Mobile Tool Carrier

U.S. Patent D489,858 - Tool Storage Cabinet

U.S. Patent D462,168 - Tool Carrier

U.S. Application 200********* Wall Storage Mounting Arrangements

Several active provisional patents have also been filed and other applications were made and later not pursued.

Co-authored peer reviewed paper presented at ASEE annual conference June 2005: Design and Implementation of Solar Electric Boats for Cleaner US Waters.

Co-authored peer reviewed paper presented at ASEE annual conference June 2007: Planning a Small Scale Wind Electric System.

Co-authored peer reviewed paper presented at ASEE Conference June 2009: A Student Research Project Myth and Facts on Inrush Power Consumption and Mercury Content of Incandescent versus Compact Fluorescent Lights.

Accreditations and Training

30 Hour OSHA Blue Card

CMfgT through Society of Manufacturing Engineers (lapsed)

Statistical Problem Solving

Statistical Process Control

Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Dr. Demmings Transformation of American Industry Series

Enviro-waste Management Consultant Training (1 year certificate)

Training and updates for ; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project 2000, Smarteam and Teamcenter database softwares.

Trained in use of CAD softwares; Catia, Microstation, Pro/E, and IronCAD

Volunteer Experience

Iowa Electrathon Founding member, advisory board member 1996 to 2004, Principal Investigator 1999 to 2000.

Iowa Renewable Energy Association Member 1995 to present

Cub Scout / Boy Scout leader for 12 years

Past Finance Chair and Church Board member

Soccer Coach Cedar Valley Youth Soccer League for 3 years

Past executive advisor for a Junior Achievement Company

Awards received

2001 Recipient of Governors Volunteer Award

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