Technical Support Mechanical Engineering

Adam Parrish Seay

EDUCATION

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 2013

WORK EXPERIENCE

Virginia International Terminals, Norfolk, VA Technical Support Contractor 06/2014 – 08/2014 (contract via Port

Solution Integrators)

• Assisted with the deployment of a new port operations software system, including pre-deployment system testing and

post-deployment technical support for on-site handheld operators.

• Provided technical support for night container train operations including on-site technical troubleshooting and system-

related problem solving.

• Provided on-site training for handheld computer software for the occasional new untrained worker.

• Performed timekeeping data records and analysis for critical segments of the operation’s container flow.

Port Solution Integrators, Portsmouth, VA Intern 12/2009 – 01/2013 (school breaks)

• Hands on experience with performing assembly and testing of two Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices used

for record keeping and assurance of proper container arrival/departure.

• Designed preliminary structural and mounting device for a maintenance and repair railroad portal used to monitor

container and train car damage.

• Performed full enclosure design for a kiosk-style extension using Autodesk Inventor.

• Assisted in the design and refinement of the hardware enclosures for the aforementioned RFID capable devices.

• Assisted with the maintenance and troubleshooting of AXIS brand surveillance cameras including hardware

replacement and software configuration.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Bio-inspired Crash Avoidance Sensor Algorithm Senior Design Course 2012 – 2013

• Experience working at the Center for Injury Biomechanics in the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at

Virginia Tech.

• Hands on experience leading the team’s software development efforts, coding in MATLAB and Visual Studio/C++, and divided

up the necessary workloads between the team’s members.

• Responsible for utilizing the Computer Vision Toolbox in MATLAB and OpenCV 2.4.3 libraries for Visual Studio/C++.

• The project initially focused on developing a bio-inspired crash avoidance sensor that would ideally use a single optical sensor.

Using the biologically inspired optical flow theory, we were able to prove that a single camera based crash avoidance sensor

would work only on a small scale and with relatively low speeds (< 60m radius & < 40 m/s).

Hand-Gesture-Based Wireless Robot Control Mechatronics II Course Spring 2013

• Hands on experience utilizing a pre-release version of a Leap Motion Controller in conjunction with both LabVIEW embedded

for ARM and Visual Studio/C++ as well as an ARM microcontroller robot base platform.

• Responsible for designing the robot’s sensors (both pre-packaged and custom), command parsing algorithm, and sensor

feedback transmission algorithm.

• Experience with using an Xbee wifi module to directly communicate between the robot and the PC control code.

SKILLS

Siemens NX8 Catia Soldering/Electronics Assembly

Autodesk Inventor MATLAB

Autodesk AutoCAD Visual Studio/C++

Creo Elements/Pro Manual Drafting

Galileo Engineering Residential Learning Community, 2009 – 2010

ACTIVITIES

Interact Club (Junior Rotary Club), 2008 – 2009

A.S.M.E Member, September 2009 – Present

Western Branch School System Orchestra Program, 2001 – 2009 SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS

WBHS Cello Section Leader, 2005 – 2009 Mildred Berryman Senior Music Scholarship, 2009

String Quartet, 2008 – 2009 National Honors Society, 2006 – 2009

WBHS Outstanding Orchestra Member, 2008

Carnegie Hall invitational orchestral performance, 2008

Virginia Music Educators Association invitational performance, 2008

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