Daniel D. Soloway

*** ********* *** • Greenville, South Carolina 29615

404-***-**** ac1851@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

• GE Gas Turbine Repair Design Lead Engineer, Edison Engineering Development Program (Edison Program, GE), Georgia Tech Honors Program, magna cum laude, Three CO-OP internships with GE Energy

• Forte: Creative Problem Solving, Design Thinking Instructor

• Enthusiastic, self-driven, leader and creative problem solver with a special interest in technology that supports humanity

EDUCATION

Edison Engineering Development Program, GE 7/2014

Advanced Courses in Engineering (ACE)

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

BS in Mechanical Engineering; GPA: 3.42 magna cum laude, Honors Program, Dean’s List 5/2012 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia and field research in Iquitos, Peru 1/2006-5/2006 Joint Enrollment with Lakeside High School

EXPERIENCE

Lead Mechanical Engineer, Gas Turbine Repair Technology, GE Power and Water 7/2014-present

• Owner of 9F.05 gas turbine blade repair

• Designed many repair/manufacturing process improvement projects

• Developed new blade testing procedure that reduced labor by 40hrs, $77k injury prevention, $326k annual operational savings, 40,300% ROI, and won GE-wide ergonomic competition

• Design Thinking instructor for diverse engineering groups, USC professors, Repair org., and others

• Mentored USC senior design students

• Managed, designed, industrialized global part marking project: SC, TX, Singapore, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, China, Japan, UAE

• Discovered previously unknown failure mode of third stage gas turbine bucket

• Identified $95MM of savings with component-based maintenance factor calculations Mechanical Engineer, Edison Program, GE Power and Water 8/2012-7/2014 Wind Advanced Technology Organization (ATO), Greenville, South Carolina

• Conceptual design and testing of fabric wind blades for New Technology Introduction team

• Designed wind blade structural components

Wind Product Services, Schenectady, New York

• Developed procedure for inspecting damaged blades while up-tower in the field

• Sourced technology for in-field gear tooth surface inspection

• Tested batteries vs. capacitor for backup pitch control power

• Created Weibull plots for failure predictions

Generator Repair Technology, Schenectady, New York

• Designed and tested non-intrusive, visual inspection techniques of end winding area

• Tested connection ring vibration monitoring system and performed data analysis

• Developed energy and time saving method for off-field baking of stator coils Mechanical Engineer, CO-OP, GE Energy

Waukesha Gas Engine, New Product Development, R&D Engine Lab, Waukesha, Wisconsin 5/2011-8/2011

• Designed and conducted gas engine failure tests for troubleshooting

• Created concept components for engine performance optimization

• Composed data compiling productivity tools

Steam Turbine Design Engineering, Schenectady, New York 8/2010-12/2010

• Concentrated Solar Power turbine design

• Responsible for improving diaphragm deflection estimations through evaluation of turbine specifications

• Authored information-compiling software for RCA – software compiles turbine condition monitoring data pertaining to a failure in the filed Cabinet Design, Optimization and Control, Minden, Nevada 1/2010-5/2010

• Initiated, designed and authored design automation software that saves 36 weeks of work per year, implemented globally, MS Visual Basic (very proficient)

• Standardized product design, documentation, and increased design efficiency

• Designed cabinets

Mechanical Engineer Intern, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 6/2009-7/2009

• Member of an international team building a large wind tunnel

• Responsible for designing and constructing demonstration project for the wind tunnel Enhanced Algal Growth via Fungal Symbiosis Research Project, Georgia Tech Honors Program 2008-2012 Research project - bio-fuels

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

9 Inventions Disclosed to GE Legal (Pre-Filing Status) and: Methods for Marking and Marked Articles Using Additive Manufacturing Technique 12/2016 U.S. and E.U. patent application, US20160376674

Centrifugal Ratcheting Mechanism in a Wind Turbine 7/2013 U.S. patent application, US20150292478

Generator Non-Invasive Visual Stator Connection Ring and End Winding Inspection 7/2013 U.S., Japan, China, and EU patents filed, US20150013791

“Self-Contained Myco-Assisted Enhanced Algae Growth System” 10/2009 U.S. patent application

“Micro Renewable Energy Systems: Synergizing Technology, Economics and Policy” 10/2009 Published in IEEE Xplore.

PRESENTATIONS

“Powering the Future” Presentation on Global Energy Policy 10/2015 Guest Presenter to the Georgia Tech Honors Program, Atlanta, GA

“Three Recommendations for Future Engine Design Improvements” 8/2011 Presentation to VP Engineering on Conclusions from My Internship, GE Energy, Waukesha, WI MEMBERSHIPS, AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

GE Repair Culture Award, Peer-selected Repair department for creative and team leadership 2016 Above and Beyond Award, Awarded 23 times, GE Power and Water 2012-2017 GE Ergonomic Design, GE-Wide Ergonomic Design Competition, GE Power and Water 2015 Wilderness First Responder Certification, Wilderness Medical Associates 1/2012 General Electric EID Ambassador, Schenectady, New York 8/2010-12/2010 Students Organizing Sustainability, Executive Board 8/2007-5/2012 Outdoor Recreation at Georgia Tech, Advisory Board and Trip Leader 1/2007-5/2012 SOFTWARE AND DESIGN TOOLS

Design Thinking and Empathic Design (I’ve taught classes on how to teach this), Visual Basic, NX, MATLAB, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS, Excel (very proficient), MS Office, 3D printing

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