Engineer State University

Michael J. Thompson

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-thompson-9253b636/

Website: https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/michael-thompson 139 N Carter Ranch Rd, Coolidge AZ, 85128 • Cell: 602-***-**** • Email: ********@*****.*** SUMMARY

• 5+ years of experience; two patents pending; graduated summa cum laude; research in computational fluid dynamics

• Seeking full-time position in mechanical engineering; have in depth knowledge and research experience of:

CFD Hardware Design Controls Fluid Mechanics

DOE Manufacturing Renewable Energy Turbulence

UAVS/MAVS

Air Flow Management

Design Optimization

Spray Injection

Wind Energy

Power Plants

Aerospace Structures

Numerical Methods

EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (GPA:3.93/4.0); Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2017

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2012 TECHNICAL SKILLS

• 2D/3D CAD: SolidWorks for manufacturing at GECO Inc, CATIA V5 for manufacturing design at Ford Motor Co

• CFD: ANSYS-FLUENT 15-17 for CFD simulations at Ford Motor Co and Ph.D. Research at ASU

• Statistical Analysis: Intel-JMP/ Intel-Emulator vision system for visualizing marks on 2D-carrier tape at Intel

• System Control/Design: MATLAB/Simulink, LabVIEW

• Programming Languages: C, FORTRAN-90

• Other Computing skills: LaTeX for paper publications, MATLAB, Linux/Windows, MS Office, shell scripting PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GECO Inc, Mesa, AZ Jan. 2017 - Present

Mechanical Hardware Engineer

• Designed avionic fixtures and test hardware using SolidWorks for U.S Army Tactical Open Government-Owned Architecture (TOGA) controller; simulated tests using VibrationView software on the Apache Helicopter Ethernet Routing Device (ERD), Keyboard switch (KS), keyboard switch transceiver (KST), Airborne Processing systems (APS);

• Developed bill of materials (BOMs); developed test set hardware for Boeing KC-46 tanker and Apache helicopter; obtained certificates on operating a shaker table from vibration Research University; provided support for hardware design to achieve required regulatory and safety certification based on MIL-STD 810 G and F; reviewed/wrote hardware specifications; verified hardware functionality both in test environments as well as in the field

• Wrote in part proposals for GECO Inc on SBIR projects; performed thermal testing using thermocouples and FLIR infrared camera for UAVs and TOGA handcontroller; resolved technical problems in a timely manner; interfaced with suppliers; kept informed about new technologies and methodologies of interest to new and current programs; MIL-STD 810 G and F AERO experienced; performed random and sine vibration tests at Grays Engineering Inc and National Technical Systems (NTS) for Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian and KC-46 Tanker avionic products – ERD, KS, KST and Encoder

ASU, Tempe, AZ, Aug. 2016 - May 2017

Teacher’s Assistant

• Assisted instructor in running the courses for graduate linear algebra, MAE 501 and Advanced Numerical Methods, MAE 384; oversaw over 200 undergraduate students during MAE 384 course and over 90 students during the MAE 501 course; compiled exams, homework’s, lecture material along with lesson plans and teaching Ford Motor Company, Research and Innovation Center, Dearborn Michigan May 2016 - Aug. 2016 Computational fluid dynamics engineer Intern, “Grid Refinement Improvement for Vehicles”

• Defined mesh refinement case study based on full vehicle rotary dip process to determine best practices for mesh settings

• Studied mesh independent pressure and shear forces on geometry representative of vehicles; documented results and made suitable presentation material; worked with Ford research team; studied drag/total force on F250 truck door Ford Motor Company, Product Development Center, Dearborn Michigan May 2015 - Aug. 2015 Computational fluid dynamics engineer Intern, “Improving the understanding of air flow management during the opening/closing of the draw die, in manufacturing in Stamping Business Unit (SBU) for improving vehicles”

• Defined (generic & part specific) single point lessons for outer panel vent holes using Catia curvature analysis

• Defined roles and responsibilities for outer and inner panel vent holes and review process; updated WDX standards to include all modifications to vent hole standards; simulated single vent hole through stamping plant upstroke

• Documented outer specific panels on cars and trucks on new 2017 models such as outer panels, hood outer (stretch), hood outer (toggle with lifter on class 1), fenders, roofs, decklid outer, tailgate outer, door outer, liftgate outer, body side outer panels; worked on outer panels for the Lincoln MKZ, Ford Fusion, F-150, F-250 Ford Motor Company, Product Development Center, Dearborn Michigan May 2014 - Aug. 2014 Computational fluid dynamics engineer Intern, “Air flow management for Vehicles part II”

• Conducted dynamic mesh non-rigid body transient CFD simulations to predict pressure buildup suction effects

• Evaluated vent hole performance on blank sheet metal such as the diameter, length and adding a radius to vent holes during the upstroke; Confirmed Fords patent through running CFD simulations by adding a radius to vent holes that help to design proper vent holes to decrease pressure on the blank/sheet metal at Tool and Die Stamping plant

• Demonstrated increases in strokes per minute in the stamping press so that no distortion to the panel occurs; recommend adding a radius to vent holes to decrease pressure on the blank during the upstroke; protentional savings $8 M Ford Motor Company, Product Development Center, Dearborn Michigan June 2013 - Aug. 2013 Computational fluid dynamics engineer Intern, “Air flow management for Vehicles part I”

• Developed solutions to solve problems related to air flow management in stamping tooling at Ford’s Tool and Die plant

• In the last couple of years, stamping tooling plants have experienced problems of wrinkled/deformed roof panels by air being trapped during the opening and closing of the draw die in between the sheet metal and the draw die

• Conducted steady state rigid body CFD simulations to predict pressure differential effects in the stamping plant Salt River Project, Tempe, AZ Aug. 2013 - December 2013 Product Design Engineer

• Performed temperature validation CFD case studies against empirical data provided by Salt River Project; performed thermo-mechanical design of systems using ANSYS-Fluent; developed high thermal loads on turbine engine design methodology and heat transfer for both steady state and transient analysis; performed gas-turbine engine Inlet analysis of injected water droplet behavior for salt river project; assisted in the CFD development of a master’s thesis titled

“Turbine Inlet Analysis of Injected Water Droplet Behavior” by Kevin Hargrave; approved April 2013 by Graduate Supervisory Committee: T.W. Lee, Chair Huei-Ping Huang Kangping Chen; Link for thesis: https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/110326/content/Hargrave_asu_0010N_12723.pdf ASU, Tempe, AZ Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012

Grader

• Assisted instructor in grading the courses for rocket propulsion for MAE 465/598; oversaw over 60 graduate and undergraduate students during the course; compiled exams, homework’s, lecture material along with lesson plans and teaching

Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ Aug. 2011 – Oct. 2011 Design of Experiments Engineer Intern, “UPI mark reading process characterization for the Carrier Tape Material”

• Worked as a Technical Intern in Indirect Materials (IDM) at Intel Corporation in Assembly Test Global Material

(ATGM); In the last couple of years, Die Prep and Assembly Test factories have experienced problems with the readability of the UPI marks (UPI = unique pocket identifier) of the carrier tapes

• Solved issues on Unique Pocket Identification reading mechanisms on the manufacturing floor collecting data for image analysis

• Although the UPI mark is present and it meets the current specs (SEMI T10 Standard), TRDS and CAM modules cannot always read (decode) the marks; Some suppliers have a stronger non-read signal than others CERTIFICATIONS

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) June 2017

• Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS); UAS CERTIFICATE NUMBER: FA37XTFEWL; fly below 400 feet; never fly near other aircraft; keep your UAS within visual line of sight; keep away from emergency responders; never fly over stadiums, sports events or groups of people; never fly under the influence of drugs or alcohol; never fly within 5 miles of an airport without first contacting air traffic control and airport authorities Vibration Research University May 2017

• VibrationVIEW Getting Started Course Certificate; System Check Course Certificate; UD-Corp Shaker CornellX – A Hands-on Intruduction to Engineering Simulations July 2016

• A course of study offered by CornellX, an online learning initiative of Cornell University through edX, ENGR2000X NATIONAL PROPOSALS

NSF Proposal: 1745844

• TOPIC TITLE: Educational Technologies and Applications; Requested Amount: $209,122; Title: SBIR Phase I: I Believe I Can Fly! Mechanical Flapping Bird Project-Based Program Across Arizon PUBLICATIONS

1. M. Thompson, V. Serrano, D. Ixtabalan, V. Garcia, A. Godinez, J. Karorerro, A. Rodriguez, K. Tskalis, “The Use of Mechanical Flapping Birds for STEM Education of 7th-12th Graders at Arizona State University - Phase II,” Proceedings of the 16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 3rd – 7th, 2018, 24 pages.

2. M. Thompson; J. Burnett; D. Ixtabalan; D. Tran; A. Batra; A. Rodriguez; B. Steele, "Experimental Design of a Micro Air Vehicle through Bio-mimicry of Bumblebees,” AIAA Science and Technology, Technical Paper Forum, Jan 1st 2015. The website link can be found here: http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2015-1454 . 3. M. Thompson, V. Serrano, D. Ixtabalan, V. Garcia, A. Godinez, A. Rodriguez, K. Tsakalis, “Building a Mechanical Flapping Bird and Arduino Robotic Cars for Educating Youths in 7th, 8th and 9th Graders at Arizona State University,” Proceedings of the 14th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 3rd – 7th, 2016. Paper can be accessed at: http://www.hiceducation.org/. 4. M. Thompson; V. Serrano; J. Willem and V. Martinez, "Learning Robotic Concepts with a 3R Lego NXT Robotic Arm," Journal of Automation and Control Research, Journal Paper, Volume 1, Year 2014 - Pages 38-44, DOI: 10.11159/jacr.2014.005, ISSN: 2368-6677, October 28th 2014. The website link can be found here: http://jacr.avestia.com/2014/005.html.

5. V. Serrano, M. Thompson and J. Aldaco, K. Tsakalis, A. Rodriguez, “Building a Lego EV3 Snake to Improve the STEM Education of 12th Graders in Panama,” Proceedings of the 14th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 3rd – 7th, 2016. Paper can be accessed at: http://www.hiceducation.org/. 6. V. Serrano; M. Thompson, K. Tsakalis, “Multivariable Controller Design of a Lego Mindstorm NXT Robotic Arm”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Control, Dynamic Systems, and Robotics, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 7-8 2015.

7. V. Serrano, M. Thompson and K. Tsakalis, “Learning Multivariable Controller Design: a Hands-on Approach with a Lego Robotic Arm”, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol 13, pp. 271–278 Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-54377-2_23. PATENTS

Ford Motor Co. Jul. 2016

• Invention ID: 83709041; inventors: Michael Thompson, Kevin Richard John Ellwood, Jomar Mendoza; invention title: Decreasing drag on a door surface by adding square wave form micro slits; patent committee manufacturing University of Alabama May 2011 – Feb. 2012

• Patent No. 8,113,469; inventors: Lang; Amy Warncke; Invention Title: Passive micro-roughness array for drag modification; developed CFD Simulations in the new scientific discovery in drag reduction by adding micro-roughness slits for butterflies (2% royalties); invited to present at American Physical Society (APS) Conference ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Founder and President of Micro Air Vehicle Club (MAV), May 2014 - May 2017 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• First novel research based micro air vehicle (MAV) club at ASU with high leadership and team skills Graduate Ambassador for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Aug. 2015 - May 2016 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• Conducted workshops; gave talks on graduate school Academic Director for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) May 2012 - May 2014 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• Developed workshop on the fundamentals of engineering (FE) exam NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS / COMMUNITY OUTREACH

NASA Space Grant Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2015 - May 2016 Graduate Engineering for Minorities (GEM) Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2015 - May 2016 NASA Space Grant Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2013 - May 2014 Graduate Engineering for Minorities (GEM) Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2013 - May 2014

• Proposal Funded by: NASA Space Grant; developed six (6) youth workshops on understanding principles of flight; projects encouraged unrepresented minorities at title 1 schools to pursue engineering

• Earned – twice separately, two national fellowships from Graduate Engineering Minorities (GEM); company sponsored from Ford Motor Co. and NASA fellowships (~$80k) for developing a youth program to understand principles of flight in micro air vehicles

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. “Grid Refinement Improvement for Vehicles III,” Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan Aug. 2016 PowerPoint presentation, target audience was industry professionals, ~ 30 people 2. “Building a Mechanical Flapping Bird,” Woodside Grant, Memorial Union, Tempe, AZ, April 2016 Poster Presentation on Outreach, and audience was students and donors, ~ 20 people 3. “Building a Mechanical Flapping Bird,” Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Jan. 2016 1st paper publication on education, pp. 1451-1460, audience was education professionals, ~ 15 people 4. “Learning Robotic Concepts,” Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Jan. 2016 2nd paper publication on education, pp. 2203-2220, audience was education professionals, ~ 15 people 5. “Grid Refinement Improvement for Vehicles II,” Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan Aug. 2015 PowerPoint presentation, target audience was industry professionals, ~ 30 people 6. "Experimental Design of a Micro Air Vehicle through Bio-mimicry of Bumblebees,” AIAA Jan. 2015 SCITECH Conference, Kissimmee Florida, Paper publication, 7 pages, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people.

7. “Grid Refinement Improvement for Vehicles I,” Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, Aug. 2014 powerpoint presentation, target audience was industry professionals, ~ 30 people 8. “Understand Couette flow,” NSF Engineering Education Awards Conference, Mar. 2012 Arlington Virginia, poster presentation, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people 9. “Understanding Rossby Waves II,” Emerging Researchers National Conference (ERN), Feb. 2012 Atlanta, GA; poster publication, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people 10. “CFD Simulations of Couette flow,” American Physical Society Conference, Nov. 2011 Baltimore, MD, powerpoint presentation, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people 11. “Understanding Rossby Waves I,” Emerging Researchers National Conference (ERN), Feb. 2011 Washington D.C, poster publication, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people 12. “Building a Rotating Tank to Understand Climate Change,” More Graduate Education at Feb. 2009 Mountain States Alliance (MGE @ MSA), Tempe, AZ, poster presentation, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people

13. “2D Mark Characterization on the carrier tape,” Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ, Oct. 2011 powerpoint presentation, audience was industry professionals, ~ 30 people 14. “CFD Flow Simulations for Rossby Waves,” Society of Hispanic Professional Engineer Conference, Nov. 2011 Anaheim, CA, powerpoint presentation, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people 15. “Building a testbed to understand climate change,” Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative Apr. 2009 Symposium, Tempe, AZ, poster presentation, audience was academia professors, ~ 30 people PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

• Dr. Kevin Ellwood, Ph.D Chemical Engineering, Technical leader-fluids research at Ford Motor Co., 734-***-****

• Dr. Armando Rodriguez, Ph.D Electrical Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering at ASU, 480-***-****

• Dr. Victoria Serrano, Ph.D Electrical Engineering, full-time faculty at University of Panama, +507-****-****

• Kaaren Lyn Morton, Technical Specialists, 480-***-****

• Wei Lu, Biomedical Engineer, 917-***-****

• Alfredo Dimas, Aerospace Engineer, 480-***-****

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