Engineering Mechanical

I am a graduate student in Civil Engineering focusing in Operations and Subsea Systems at UT Houston with a strong background in Mechanical Engineering. I hold a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with 3 years’ experience in the field having experience in flow and pipe engineering, pressure vessels and filtrations systems and 5 years’ experience in a laboratory setting.

Education

●Civil Systems Engineering M.S. Anticipated May 2015 GPA: 3.67

●Mechanical Engineering B.S. Graduated December 2014 GPA: 3.14

●Certificate in Engineering Management from Lockheed Martin Leadership Development Program

●Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification at Ball Corporation

University of Texas at Houston

●Certificate in Subsea Engineering Anticipated May 2015

Technical Skills

Security Clearance: NACI clearance

Equipment and Hardware: Light manufacturing, Tooling, Benchmarking, Control systems, Product testing, Welding, Lathes, Embedded Circuits, Robotic Systems, Arduino Microprocessors, 3D printing.

Software: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Matlab/Simulink, Basic C++ and Python, Microsoft Office, Minitab Statistics, ARCGeo-Information Systems, HTML5/CSS3, GD&T.

Technical Experience

Ball Corporation Broomfield, CO

Co-op: Associate Mechanical Process Engineer May 2015-December2015

●Provide technical support and pertinent information to multiple plants, licensees, joint ventures, customers and other engineering groups.

●Participate in troubleshooting investigations and corrective action of container and closure product and product-related equipment. Design and coordinate the construction and refinement of control systems used on production lines to control quality of product.

●Assists in investigating, developing, and implementing closure container-related cost improvements in material usage, operating practices and equipment utilization. Use Finite Element Analysis to optimize product design.

●Examine the cost of materials and processes with a goal of increasing quality and reducing overall manufacturing costs through evolutionary development programs. Use LEAN engineering practices to save a potential client $2,100,000/ year in material costs.

●Assist in coordinating and participate in project implementation, installation, check-out, tune-up, and start-up of new equipment. Travel to plants with manager to perform these duties.

●Develop and review equipment specifications and recommends criteria to manufacturing. Work with external vendor to design maintenance system saving Ball $250,000+ per inspection.

●Prepare A3 Systematic Problem Solving Reports for use in continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.

●Assist in providing liaison and technical support to other disciplines of production engineering and other departments.

●Update product, tooling, metal and packaging specification and design and disseminate this information. Reverse engineer tooling from measurement data.

●Design equipment, create GD&T drawings and coordinate with external vendors to fabricate components. Assemble and test equipment.

●Use experimental production data to make recommendation about purchasing $1,250,000 in production equipment.

●Redesign Matlab GUI with Ball consultant and integrate Matlab output to automatically generate new product drawings, significantly reducing design time and production costs.

●Present summary of work to executives at quarterly reviews.

●Sample and examine product microstructure at all stages of production to establish relationship between material microstructure and product quality.

Microsoft Boulder,CO

Geospatial Operator March 2015 – May 2015

●Utilize ArcGIS software suite for integration extract, analyze, edit, and integrate digital data and imagery published on Bing Maps and the Windows 8/8.1 Map Apps used by billions of people daily.

● Team member and integral part of Bing Maps Aerial publishing and production.

● Working in a process-oriented environment to maximize imagery production efficiency.

Royal Dutch Shell Boulder,CO

Manufacturing and Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer Sept. 2012 – May 2013

●Collaborate with 7 team members and Shell employee to design and assemble testing apparatus according to Shell requirements to simulate facility operating conditions.

●Created computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model to verify data collected on with test apparatus and conduct variety simulations.

●Assist in the design and manufacture of custom Data Acquisition System using LabView to effectively collect data on the experiment.

●This project solved thermal stress and corrosion in T junction piping due to mixing fluids by optimizing the location for thermal regulation equipment, saving the client millions of dollars in repairs and replacement costs each year.

CU Boulder

Mechanical Engineering Flow Cell Technician

●Assemble and maintain flow cells for prototype desalination and filtration equipment.

●Assist in data collection and statistical analysis to determine soiling rates providing clients with custom recommendations.

Mare Vaporum, LLC at CU Boulder Boulder,CO

Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Research Assistant Sept. 2009 – March 2013

●Engineer bacteriophage antibiotic to replace sulfate use in commercial wines.

●Manage laboratory inventory, conduct experiments, analyze experimental data and write reports.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder,CO

Physical Science Intern Feb. 2009 – October 2009

●Launch Radio and Ozone measuring satellites using high altitude weather balloons. Analyze data collected by Ozone satellites to determine Ozone concentration trends worldwide.

●Assist in troubleshooting of design UAS engine.

●Packed and shipped supplies to NOAA research stations worldwide.

Leadership Experience

Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity at CU Boulder Boulder,CO

Lead Tutor May. 2012 – May 2015

●Tutor students in all undergraduate mechanical engineering classes.

●Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, scheduling and managing tutors.

●Expanded program to include local community colleges to increase successful student transfers into CU Boulder’s engineering program

Boulder Valley School District Boulder,CO

Adjunct Instructor June 2014 – May 2015

●Design and teach high school courses in STEM (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, robotics, 3D printing and programming) for my home school district while working with at risk students.

●Advised students on coursework in preparation for entrance into collegiate environment.

●Supervise student admittance into National Youth Leadership Forum: Engineering & Technology at Harvard University.

Volunteer Hearing Panelist for Honor Code Office CU Boulder

●Review cases of academic misconduct and render verdict to discipline board.

Leadership Activities and Awards

●Recipient of the Active Learning Award 2014.

●Executive Member of National Society of Leadership and Success

●Member of Theta Tau (professional engineering co-ed fraternity)

●Member of SWE, NSBE, AWWA, ASME and SPE.

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