Project Manager Mechanical Engineering

Brook Halvorson ( EIT )

**** ****** ** **, **********, DC 20016 • phone: 202-***-**** • email: ******.*********@*****.***

O bjective

To work as a mechanical engineering designer for a renewable energy, transportation, or technology pioneering company.

E ducation

University of Maryland, College Park, MD September 2010 – December 2013

• BS Mechanical engineering, December 2013. Focus: automotive engineering and design.

• Formula SAE team: Worked in a group context to design and test the transition from a steel tube chassis to a carbon-fiber

composite monocoque. Pioneered carbon-fiber composites testing program to determine necessary requirements for chassis

design; composites construction, lead welder.

• Independent project: created plan for establishing an electric FSAE team chapter. Examined power requirements and

established suggested powertrain and energy storage. Developed administrative plan for team founding and leadership.

Awards:

• Recipient of 2012 SAE Service Award for outstanding service to the UMD SAE chapter.

Connecticut College, New London, CT September 1991 - May 1995

• BA Liberal Arts, 1995. Self-designed interdisciplinary major: Art and the Environment.

• Thesis art show: Photography of environmentally hazardous components juxtaposed within beautiful natural settings to

convey a sense of the impact of the man-made world.

E xperience

Corvid Creations, architectural metal contracting May 2006 – August 2010

Fabricator, proprietor

• Design: Created custom tables, chairs, planters, fireplaces, beds, lighting, windows, doors, cabinets, and more.

• Fabrication: Worked in stainless steel, aluminum, and steel to build custom tables, fireplaces, vent hoods, paneled walls, and

light fixtures for residential and commercial projects.

• Implementation: Created finished products from architectural drawings; worked with subcontractors to ensure proper

construction, installation and coordination.

Ferris, LLC, custom cabinetry and millwork May 2007 – August 2010

Project Manager

• Project Management: Worked with clients, staff, and subcontractors to coordinate and execute installations of finished

cabinetry projects. Improved efficiency of production in workshop utilizing organizational and time-management skills.

• Project Engineering: Interpreted architectural drawings to create design-for-manufacture for construction and installation.

Designed cabinetry with cost-engineering and strength-maximizing results. Worked with architects, designers, and

contractors to seamlessly incorporate millwork projects into existing buildings according to design parameters.

• Environmental Coordination: Initiated an environmentally-sensitive materials program, sourcing LEED-certified materials

and other environmentally-friendly components.

• CAD Engineering: Used AutoCAD to design construction projects; introduced company to the use of CabinetVision, a

CAD program for cabinetmakers that greatly improves office and woodshop efficiency.

S kills

• Metalwork: welding (TIG and MIG), machining (manual mill and lathe), fabricating in steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and

carbon fiber.

• CAD/programming: AutoCAD, MATLAB, SolidWorks.

• Misc.: metal sculpture, woodworking & construction, photography, experienced race-car driver, automobile, motorcycle, &

bicycle mechanics, amateur robotics and electronic circuitry.

Contact this candidate