Chad Starnes

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Apt. ***

Knoxville, TN 37918

931-***-****

acq4kj@r.postjobfree.com

Career

Objective

As a person with a strong technical background, I am seeking a position with a company that has the vision to recognize the value of my unique blend of education, experience, and intellect.

Education Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, Tennessee Master of Science in Mathematics

Emphasis: Applied Mathematics

Tennessee Technological University - Cookeville, Tennessee Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Emphasis: Thermal Fluid Science

Experience McHale & Associates, Inc.

Performance Engineer – Knoxville, Tennessee

2 years

Worked as a member of a team of engineers developing, conducting, and reporting the results of performance tests in accordance with the governing test codes. This included every stage of the process from writing the proposal to issuing the final test report to the client. Selected Tasks and Responsibilities

Assisting the development of project proposals for performance testing with an emphasis on specifying the necessary equipment and staffing to support the test within the timeframe expected by the client.

Review and analysis of client supplied data including piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), heat balances, electrical one line diagrams, and other design data.

Digitizing client supplied performance curves and tabulated data.

Supervising and assisting in the installation and setup of test equipment for onsite testing activities.

Developing test procedures and calculation models in accordance with the governing contract and the pertinent test codes.

Coding and editing internal programs and functions for use in evaluating test results.

Acting as the onsite test director and company representative during performance testing.

Performing an uncertainty analysis on test results as specified in the contract and test procedure.

Authoring, editing, and reviewing test reports including the final test results and calculations.

Experience

(Cont.)

Kurz Technical Services – Instrumentation and Control Center Project Engineer – Harriman, Tennessee

7 years

Functioned as a member of a team of engineers and scientists providing research, development, consultation, and application services to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Tennessee Valley Authority

(TVA), and other power producers. Managed project activities including installations of power plant components, system evaluations, testing, and budgeting.

Selected Projects

Development of a NOx sensor for power plant applications.

Performance testing of an ammonia monitoring system in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Battelle.

Performance monitoring of boiler feed pumps including vibration monitoring and thermal performance analysis.

Examining potential waste heat recovery solutions for power plant applications.

Testing heat-rate monitoring software.

Installation and testing of a tunable diode laser system for combustion monitoring and modeling.

Modeling gas flow to determine the impact on fan capacity produced by the addition of an SCR system.

Monitoring and maintenance of a combustion optimization system.

Installation and maintenance of an intelligent soot blowing control system.

Evaluation of temperature, CO, and O2 monitoring instrumentation for combustion control.

Wireless vibration monitoring of induced draft (ID) fans. Nashville State Community College – Cookeville Campus Adjunct Mathematics Instructor – Cookeville, Tennessee 5 years

Taught mathematics at the college level as well as remedial courses. Participated in collecting data from student projects for the college critical thinking initiative.

Courses Taught

Basic Mathematics College Algebra

Elementary Algebra Concepts of Calculus

Intermediate Algebra Calculus III

Computer

Skills

MATLAB, FORTRAN, Excel, Access, R, Python, SQL, Java, Visual Basic.Net, VBA, HTML, JavaScript, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, CorelDRAW, AutoCAD, PCTeX

References Available upon request.

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