Power Plant Design Engineer

Keith R. Ferguson

Home Address Contact Information

**** ***** ********* ***** ****: +1-509-***-****

Spokane Valley, WA 99206 Email: **************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To use my practical and technical skills and knowledge to prove myself as a great Mechanical Engineer.

SKILLS

SolidWorks Microsoft Office Matlab

TIA Portal Design Process FEA

Use of Hand Tools Use of Power Tools Leadership

EDUCATION

B.S. of Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University December 2014

Minor: Materials Science and Engineering, GPA: 3.64 out of 4.0 Scale

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Design Engineer Intern, Northern Railsled LLC. Summer 2012

Constructed suspension components that allow for correct range of travel

Reverse engineered the frame and suspension of the working prototype into SolidWorks model

Conducted stress, strain, and factor of safety simulations in SolidWorks 2013

Worked in multidisciplinary teams to build and test the second generation prototype

Boiling Water Fuel Assembly Safeguard Fall 2014

Took the role of technical lead in the projecct

Worked for Pacific Northwest National Laboratories to create a half length model of a nuclear

boiling water reactor fuel assembly model

Gained experience in working with customers, creating specification documents, and engineering

reports

Created models in SolidWorks and performed FEA on structural components

Worked closely with machine shop to reduce manufacturing costs and time

PLC Projects Fall 2014

Completed pneumatically driven bread cutting machines and atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems

with Siemens PLC programming

Wrote the ladder logic for both systems within teams

Designed the HMI that was used for each system

Created wiring diagram for the ALD system

Automotive Mechanic Level Two, Sears Auto Center July 2010 - Nov 2011

Performed maintenance and repair on customer and company vehicles

Gained valuable hands on practical mechanical experience

Keith R. Ferguson

Trained new employees on how to perform maintenance and repair on customer and company

vehicles and tools used in mechanic shop

Interacted with customers to educate them on the status of their motor vehicles

3D-4U, Immersive Media Assistant Fall 2012-14

Worked in teams to set up revolutionary panoramic camera systems for home football games

Remained by cameras throughout game to protect them

Educated the fans and others who asked about the camera system

Record, label, and publish plays for the application on Android and Apple devices

Assisted in trouble shooting hardware issues that would occur throughout the game

Motion Analysis Volunteer, Shriners Hospital for Children Summer 2014

Calibrated Vicon motion capture system, oxygen consumption measurement, and

electromyography leads

Developed Matlab program to calculate the angles of the pelvis based upon Euler angles

Discussed treatments for the patients in teams that included the lab director, physical therapist, and

medical director

System for Power Plant Fall 2014

Designed a cycle for a power plant including a heat exchanger and pump selection within the system

to meet specific constraints

Discussed in depth principals of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics

Gained experience in selecting pumps based upon factors such as power required, pump head, and

volume flow rate required

Worked with computer programs EES and Excel to plot the effects of varying different parameters

RELEVANT COURSES

Engineering Ceramics Spring 2014

Mandarin Chinese 101 and 102 Yearlong 2011

Manufacturing Processes Summer 2012

SolidWorks CAD Course Yearlong 2013

Experimental Design Fall 2014

Awards

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Member Spring 2014

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Scholarship Fall 2014

Other Interests

Health and Nutrition

Playing multiple team and individual sports

Riding motorcycles

Working on motor vehicles

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