Mechanical Engineering Safety

Robert Yoo 801-***-****

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Salt Lake City, UT 84108 om

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

Expected graduation: August 2013

Ergonomics and Safety Laboratory - University of Utah, Salt Lake City,

UT

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

May 2009

Ergonomics and Safety Laboratory - University of Utah, Salt Lake City,

UT

B.S. Physics

February

1998

KyungPook National University, Daegu, South Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Blackrock Microsystems - Salt Lake City, UT

June 2012 - Present

Safety Coordinator

. Prepared safety protocols for conducting training and preventive

maintenance for various

manufacturing processes and supervised safety training.

. Implemented OSHA compliance with Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical

processes/activities.

. Performed tests, analyzed results, and reported recommendation to

improve quality and performance for manufacturing processes.

. Investigated and reported the internal incidents, and maintained the

records.

. Wrote standard operating procedures/instructions to comply with OSHA

regulations.

. Conducted fire hazard training drills and provide appropriate

documentation for it.

. Audited and applied regulations for the new building to pass fire/OSHA

requirements.

University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT

August 2007 - Present

Research Assistant

. Participated as one of major investigators in research projects such

as 'Ergonomics and Safety Analysis in a Manufacturing Plant', and

'Ergonomic Evaluation of Workstation at a Biochemical Lab'.

. Administered a team to manage site visit schedules and to interview

over 100 workers in 7 different local facilities for ergonomic

evaluations of hundreds of different jobs.

. Lead a research project to investigate the ergonomic risk factors of

military backpacks and sand surfaces using motion capture systems.

. Designed and manufactured customized load cells to measure strains on

shoulder straps and to calculate back compressive forces on spine for

risk factor evaluation.

ISIS Korea, Inc. - Seoul, South Korea

2005 - 2006

Manager

. Supervised regular meetings with developers and management to report

progress.

. Managed projects and test schedules to distribute workload to all team

members efficiently.

. Communicated with customers to optimize each project for customer

satisfaction.

ISIS Korea, Inc. - Seoul, South Korea

2000 - 2004

Quality Engineer & Tester

. Tested localized IBM software and provided usability feedback during

testing.

. Managed test schedule, performed test procedures, and reported

problems.

. Managed two major vendors and several freelancers for quality

checking.

AWARDS

Graduate Supplement - Ergonomics and Safety Laboratory, University of Utah

2007 - 2012

Gold Country Section & Region II Scholarship - American Society of Safety

Engineers 2010, 2011

Dr. Paul S. Richards Safe Workplace Scholarship - Workers Compensation

Fund 2008, 2009, 2011

Student Design Competition Award (2nd place) - Auburn Engineers

2008

Student Ambassador Award - National Safety Council

2008

Scholarship - KyungPook National University

Full 4 years

SERVICE & TRAINING

President & Vice President - American Society of Safety Engineers Utah

Student Chapter 2008, 2009

Volunteer the U-Fit program

2007

Certification for WebSphere Studio & Web Service program - IBM

2004

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) - Microsoft

1999

SKILLS

Advanced - Motion Capture System (Vicon Motus, Visual3D, OptiTrack-Arena),

Korean, English

Intermediate - MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

Beginner - FileMaker Pro (database), Japanese

RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSE WORK

Ergonomics and Safety

. Industrial Safety, System Safety, Occupational Safety

. Ergonomics, Advanced Ergonomics, Advanced Ergonomics Lab

. Fundamental of Industrial Hygiene, Human Factors Engineering

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