Mechanical Engineering Quality Control

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Luke Christensen

Luke Christensen

***************@*****.*** • 770-***-**** • 907 S. 23rd Ct., Ridgefield, WA 98642

Objective

Seeking a full-time entry-level Mechanical Engineering position with a versatile, progressive

c ompany in either a Research and Design or a Manufacturing capacity.

Education

Brigham Young University

April 2014 Provo, UT

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

3.95 GPA

Proficient in SolidWorks, NX, MatLab, Pro/Engineer, CATIA, ANSYS, C++, CODE

Spanish Language Certificate with “Advanced” ranking

Engineering Experience

BD Medical

Oct. 2011 – Present Sandy, UT

Lean Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Leading Continuous Improvement projects to optimize process design, resulting in decreased scrap,

increased cycle rate, improved operator safety, and more efficient quality control

Driving solutions to line support challenges through researching and implementing innovative engineering

studies and validations on 10 high-volume automated production lines, resulting in less waste and higher

output

Training line operators in machine set-up and maintenance, leading to increased downtime efficiency

Quoting and ordering materials and redesigning testing fixtures for incoming production lines, thereby

decreasing expenses and eliminating unnecessary costs

The Boeing Company

Sept. 2013 – Present Salt Lake City, UT

Design of Automated Manufacturing Tooling for Boeing 787

Designing and building a lightweight, handheld nutplate installation device for the Boeing 787 Horizontal

Stabilizer manufacturing process in collaboration with a multidisciplinary senior project team and Boeing

engineers

Gathering requirement information, generating design concepts, and carrying out prototyping to thereby

deliver a successful product

BYU Mechanical Engineering

Sept. 2013 – Present Provo, UT

Origami Based Radiative Control

Researching the active control of radiative absorption and emission through origami-based structures that

collapse or expand through actuation

Developing mathematical models and implementing them to analyze experimental data regarding radiative

absorption of surfaces, resulting in new design ideas and empirical evidence of their effectiveness

BYU Mechanical Engineering

Jan. 2013 – April 2013 Provo, UT

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Luke Christensen

Optimization of Thermal Systems

Researched the use of fin arrays to convert waste heat into electricity via thermoelectric generator

Designed and built testing fixture; successfully validated an original mathematical model

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