Engineer Plant

John Grace

Electrical and Controls Engineer

Mobile, AL

*.******.*****@*****.*** - 256-***-****

I have a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in electromechanical and control systems. I

have a year's work experience in plant automation, control systems, electric networks and PLC programming.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Engineer

Aaron Oil Company, Inc. - Mobile, AL - January 2014 to Present

Responsibilities

Responsible for plant process automation, plant power distribution and MCC planning, data acquisition and

process logging software. Incorporated automation and instrumentation into a used oil processing plant, oil

collection trucks and fueling barges.

Accomplishments

Designed aspects of and oversaw the start-up of a three-phase centrifuge process. Lead PLC programmer

and designer of automation package on state-of-the-art oil collection truck. Developed data acquisition and

automation packing for custom fueling barge. Integrated vapor recovery system into plant and operated an

induction generator in parallel with the utility grid.

Skills Used

PLC programming, C# programming, electric networks, control systems, automation.

Graduate Student Research Assistant

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL - January 2012 to December 2013

Responsibilities

Developed a multi-channel physiological simulator to be used for testing of polygraph equipment. Programmed

a microcontroller and motor controllers to be capable of time synchronous playback of recorded physiological

signals and user-generated waveforms.

Skills Used

Microcontroller programming, C# programming, designed electromechanical system.

Graduate Teacher Assistant

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL

Responsibilities

Lab instructor for ECE 383 - Microcomputers. Lab content included microprocessors, microcontrollers,

assembly language programming, C programming, interrupts, polling and hardware interfaces. I was

responsible for teaching lab content, assisting with lab experiments and grading student's lab work for over

80 students.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL

2012 to 2013

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL

2008 to 2012

SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, C++, C#, Python, MATLAB, Ladder Logic

Engineering Tools: OrCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, NI Multisim, Solidworks

PLC IDEs: Opto 22 PAC Control, Unitronics Visilogic, Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000

CERTIFICATIONS

OleumTech Certified Solutions Specialist

November 2014 to Present

Certified Solutions Specialist for OleumTech's complete line of wireless RF instrumentation for the oil and gas

industry.

PUBLICATIONS

Electronic and Electromechanical Tester of Physiological Sensors

http://claws.eng.ua.edu/attachments/205_ICST2012%20-%20Electronic%20and%20Electromechanical

%20Tester%20of%20Physiological%20Sensors.pdf

December 18, 2012

This paper describes an Electronic and Electromechanical Tester (EET) for physiological sensors that allows

for accurate and repeatable reproduction of the recorded or computer-generated physiological signals.

Electronic and Electromechanical Tester of Physiological Sensors

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-02315-1_12

December 10, 2013

Book chapter of Sensing Technology: Current Status and Future Trends II regarding an electronic and

electromechanical tester for physiological sensors.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

University of Alabama Capstone Scholarship 2008

University of Alabama National Alumni Association Scholarship 2008

University Honors Program

University of Alabama Scholars Program

Dean’s List – Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012

IEEE Student Member

Sigma Alpha Lambda 2009 – 2012

Capstone Mentor, Holt Elementary School 2009 – 2010

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