Rogelio Ortiz 956-***-****

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Austin, TX, 78741

SUMMARY

Motivated, enthusiastic, eager to learn, and responsible mechanical engineering graduate student with excellent teamwork skills is seeking an Engineering position. EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering May 2016

(Manufacturing and Design)

The University of Texas at Austin – GPA 3.57

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics May 2014

St. Edward’s University – Magna Cum Laude (GPA 3.83) EXPERIENCE

Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. Oct 2015 – Present Composite Engineering Division Intern

• Developing new composite technologies for the Department of Defense via innovative, high risk, high payoff composites research.

• Assisting with identification, specification, and coordination for delivery of projects.

• Assisting with conducting engineering studies for process improvements and validations.

• Modeling designs using SolidWorks, performing stress analysis in ANSYS, and generating drawings.

• Analyzing raw data gathered from testing using excel

• Aiding team members in the writing of solicitation proposals for the Department of Defense

The University of Texas at Austin Oct 2014 – May 2016 Graduate Research Assistant

• Developed fire-retardant polymer materials for selective laser sintering, an additive manufacturing process, using nanocomposites. Published various conference papers at the AIAA and SAMPE symposiums.

• Gained experience and knowledge of injection molding and other process equipment

• Performed tension and flammability tests

• Analyzed raw data gathered from testing using excel

• Master’s finalist for the SAMPE University Research Symposium at Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) 2015.

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering the University of Texas at Austin Student Chapter Vice-President

• Organized student meetings and trips to conferences.

• Organized key speakers events.

Class Project I

• Developed an interactive racket sports simulator for people with disabilities.

• Used fused deposition modeling, an additive manufacturing process, to fabricate parts used in our simulator.

Class Project II

• Carried out sensitivity and uncertainty analyses on the blister test method. St. Edward's University Jan 2011 – May 2014

Senior Research Project

• Conducted research on knot theory; more specifically, the enhanced linking number of links. Expanded research to study component preserving amphicheiral links with odd crossing number.

Supplemental Instruction Leader

• An academic enrichment program that targets the most difficult courses at St. Edward’s University and offers students the opportunity to meet with fellow classmates to study together. I was in charge of the Calculus I session and met with an average of ten students twice a week to review and go over questions they had. Sessions usually lasted about an hour.

McNair Research

• Conducted research on knot theory; more specifically, amphicheiral links. College Assistance Migrant Program Mentor

• Befriended new C.A.M.P. students and provided guidance and practical suggestions for their success.

Bridge To College Success Math Tutor

• Instructed a group of 16 students through the summer with an emphasis in basic math. Math Club President

• Organized events for students interested in mathematics. Math Tutor

• Provided tutoring in a variety of math classes.

St. Mary’s University Emerging Scholars Program Summer of 2011 Research Associate

• Conducted research on graph theory; developed algorithm for a self-stabilization in 1- maximal nearly perfect sets.

SKILLS

• Modeling tools: SolidWorks

• Analysis equipment: thermogravimetric analysis system, micro-scale combustion calorimeter, tensometer, Izod test system, differential scanning calorimetry, UL-94 testing.

• Office tools: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

• Languages: English, Spanish

• Programming skills: beginner level on Java

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• McNair Scholar Fellowship Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

• Outstanding Student in Mathematics May 2015

• C.A.M.P Scholar Aug 2010 – Aug 2014

• McNair Scholar Jan 2013 – May 2014

• Dr. John S Trout Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2014

• Baccalaureate Scholarship 2011

• Las Milpas Scholarship 2011

• AMET Scholarship 2010

• Joseph and Matera Scholarship 2010

• Exemplary Migrant Student of the Year 2010

PUBLICATIONS

• Ortiz, R. and Koo, J. H., “Brief Survey of the Implementation of Polymer Nanocomposites in Selective Laser Sintering.” Proceedings of SAMPE 2015. Presented at the 2015 SAMPE conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

• Ortiz, R., Wu, H., and Koo, J.H., “Flame-Retardant Polyamide 11/Elastomer Blends for SLS: Processing and Characterization.” Proceedings of CAMX 2015. Presented at the 2015 CAMX conference in Dallas, Texas.

• Ong, B., Wu, H., Ortiz, R., Yao, E., and Koo, J. H., “Electrically Conductive Polyamide 11 Nanocomposites for Selective Laser Sintering: Properties Characterization.” Proceedings of AIAA SciTech 2015. Presented at the 2016 AIAA SciTech conference in Kissimmee, Florida.

• Ortiz, R., Wu, H., Correa, R. A., Liu, E., and Koo, J. H., “Fire-Retardant Polyamide 11 Nanocomposites/Elastomer Blends for Selective Laser Sintering: Further Studies.” Proceedings of AIAA SciTech 2016. Presented at the 2016 AIAA SciTech conference in San Diego, California.

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