Product Development Engineer Process Engineering Materials Engineer

Richard John Swanson

**-** **** ****** *******, New York 11103 570-***-**** *******@*****.***

Education

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering, May 2014

Specialization in Polymer Engineering

GPA 3.30

President of Pennsylvania State University Club Croquet, 2012-2013 Professional Experience & Research

National Oilwell Varco

NOV Tuboscope – Corrosion Control Research and Development, Houston, Texas Coating Product Development Engineer, July 2015 – Present

Lead project engineer for the design of new corrosion control technologies and the re-engineering of existing products for use in downhole oil and gas production environments

Lead materials engineer for the analysis of product field failures

Conduct process design and oversee installation of NOV Tuboscope coating application equipment in both foreign and domestic manufacturing facilities

Direct and communicate daily project management updates to senior management team

Worked as lead materials engineer for the product development and installation design of a new one-step tubular corrosion control liner for oil and gas production

Re-designed and released a hybrid corrosion system for oil and gas production equipment to increase both chemical and physical performance

Next Generation Program-NOV, Houston, Texas, July 2014 – July 2015 The Next Generation program is a 12 month full-time multi-faceted rotational program designed to develop and place high potential college graduates within National Oilwell Varco.

NOV Tuboscope, Coating Research Department, Houston, Texas Implemented a novel analytical quality control test method for the characterization of all NOV Tuboscope coatings to be used for research and development along with technical sales

NOV Flexibles, Materials Research Department, Copenhagen, Denmark Worked as the lead project engineer for the design and predictive modeling of long-term thermal degradation testing techniques for subsea materials to be used in harsh North Sea environments

Pressure Control Group, Elastomer Design Engineering, Houston, Texas Assisted in the front-end product development of new conductive HNBR compounds to be used in blow-out prevention units for subsea drilling applications

NOV Tuboscope, Coating Research Department, Houston, Texas Worked as the lead project engineer for the business development group to oversee preliminary design of a one-step corrosion control technology for oil and gas production tubing Research, Pennsylvania State University “Analysis of High Strength Steel for Extreme Cold Use”, 2014

Characterized three high strength steel alloys for use in extreme cold crane applications

Analyzed material failure surfaces using scanning electron microscopy techniques

Conducted microstructure analysis for determining alloy modifications Additional Work Experience

2013 Surface and Thin Films REU – University of Virginia, June 2013 – August 2013

Designed research methods for synthesis of silver nanoparticles coated with ligand-monolayers

Studied phase separation within self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol functionalized ligands

Characterized silver nanoparticles through the use of electron microscopy techniques

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