Mechanical Engineer Engineering

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I am a mechanical engineer (**** University of South Florida). I have nine years of daily Solidworks use. I designed hydraulic cranes and articulating hydraulic gangways for mega yachts as an engineer at Nautical Structures. All cranes were engineered to ordered requiring full documentation and project management by the engineer. I modernized many of the designs and increased lifting capacity. Researched and evaluated new vendors for components to achieve these goals.

Collaborated on establishing a unified and streamline design method to reduce complexity. This led to designing for manufacturability (DFM) and repeat orders with minimal changes. This considerably reduced engineering required on most projects by 33-50%. Manufacturing hours also were reduced and rework hours fell. Drawings of all components and assembles required material specification, AWS weld callouts and approval from regulatory bodies due to the cranes use as a lifesaving equipment. This also included aiding and witnessing fabrication, assembly and testing of my project with Lloyds of London or other governing representative as 3rd party witness for commissioning/approval.

Drawings for parts and weldment created by myself would then be routed to the laser cutter, waterjet or cnc machining centers. As I also specified system components such as hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic manifolds, valves gearboxes, electric motors, hand rails, creation of hydraulic and electrical schematics to interface into the boat. The hydraulic and electrical schematics were drawn using AutoCAD which I have over 20 years of experience

I performed daily walk arounds on the plant floor to gauge progress of projects released for manufacturing and assembly. Took notes from shop workers for suggested improvements on design and issues with the current build. Engineering change orders (ECOs) and as-built documentation, redline drawings due to unforeseen manufacturing errors or vendor delivered deviations were also handled by myself as the project engineer for a crane or passerelle projects

I created many unique mechanical mechanisms and subsystems that were interchangeable in the configuration of a family/platform. Projects have included may high profile yacht and visible projects nationally and internationally. These include an automatic electric transport trolley for a tender boat, a very large capacity crane to launch a four-man personal submarine and a lift platform for a 30mm Cannon for used by the UAE Government in a fast Attack coastal boat. I was filmed in an episode of “How Its Made” on gangways that aired on the Sci Channel.

Previously, I worked in the aerospace industry designing thermal batteries used in precision guided weapons at ENSER. This facility was an ISO9001/AS9101 so all drawings followed ASME Y 14.5M standards, GD&T and mil-specs. I developed GTAW and TIG weld schedules for stainless steel and titanium components. In addition, I also designed tooling, fixtures, weld stations, assembly stations and other pneumatic/hydraulic machinery. I directly worked on the projects that led to the success of increasing thermal battery output. Myself and a Sr Mechanical engineer were tasked to install and maintain the equipment upgrades to the production line as part of the Defense Act Title III Program. The end result was lower cost and increased production rates.

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Sunthorn ingersoll

Sunthorn Ingersoll

Sr. Mechanical Engineer

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Employment

Nautical Structures Inc.

January 2008-April 2016,

Mechanical Engineer

Design custom engineered MCA/SOLAS hydraulic cranes and passerelle using Solidworks and AutoCAD for Mega yachts

Reduced engineering hours required by 33% to 50% depending on complexity of system.

Reduced complexity of products via DFM to reduce cost and preserve profit margins in 2009-2010

Gangway design secured a 2.5 million-dollar contract with a follow on of up to 10 million dollars

R&D new designs and technology for products for several new cranes platforms, patented ideas and numerous other mechanical innovations increasing our customer base via offerings

Improved crane designs doubled existing lifting capacity while in a smaller and lighter envelope

Created sales drawings and performance envelope for customer approval

Project management and ownership of product line for compliance to contract performance specification

Created bills of material and purchased parts list for each project.

Handled ECR’s and issues ECO’s prioritized them as to the immediate safety of the design or user and then cost effectiveness

Specified manufacturing methods of individual parts; CNC or manual,mill/Waterjet/laser cutter, welding callouts per American Welding Society (AWS) standards for aluminum and stainless steel.

Created hydraulic and electric schematics verified pump and hydraulic cylinder sizes

Interfaced with shipyard and customer for installation into ships structures

Perform FEA and load calculations for head of engineering. Submitted to regulatory bodies or classification societies (ABS, Lloyds) for SOLAS and MCA-LY2 purposes

Designed mechanical portion of a ITAR regulated lift system for BAE Systems and UAE Government

Two of my gangways were filmed for episode of “How Its Made” on the discovery network

ENSER Corp,

November 2002-January 2008,

Mechanical Engineer II

Designed manufacturing tooling/fixtures for thermal batteries used in precision guided weapon systems

Used Pro/E and AutoCAD with strict adherence to A.S.M.E. Y14.5 and GD&T standards in an ISO9001 and AS9100 manufacturing facility.

Developed drawing packages and BOM’s of the various batteries in production and prototype stage for strategic and tactical weapon systems for the military such as JSOW Block II, PAC-3, MSE, THAAD, (SDB)Small Diameter Bomb, NLOS, EKV, SM3 TDACS, SM3 Third Stage, SM3 KW and AGS and JDAM

Worked on projects that led to the success of increasing thermal battery output. Myself and a Sr Mechanical engineer were tasked to install new equipment and design equipment upgrades to the production line as part of the Defense Production Act Title III Program. The end result was lower cost and increased production rates as identified by a Navy Mantech study and a Dept. of Defense success story on the Tittle III web page

oInstalled new production equipment and processes to support high volume thermal battery production.

oTripled the number of high performance thermal batteries provided to guided munitions primes.

oImplemented lean manufacturing and continuous improvement activities.

oAutomated labor intensive tasks for higher process control and lower costs.

oFacilitated installation of on-site comprehensive environmental test capability.

oScaled-up in-house production of raw materials to support higher levels of production.

oENSER’s technological advances have been an enabler for next-generation weapon systems

…….Dept. of Defense findings

Designed, assembled, installed dedicated semi-automatic wrap station and automatic welder for JDAM battery assembly

Maintained and revised physical plant layout for expansion of production floor, heat powder /lithium silicon production and environmental test facility.

Worked with manufacturing mapping workflows and procedures to utilize the capital equipment. This was through a combination of lean/six sigma activities to identify critical tools, providing training, and setting procedures to streamline production

Retro fitted two 500 ton Cincinnati presses via light curtain, addition of center quill and auto feed shoe

Designed and installed automated feed shoes on several hydraulic pellet presses of various sizes

Designed tooling and fixtures for use in a Northstar Systems M500 Microfocus X-Ray used for real time testing and inspection of completed thermal batteries.

Designed tooling for a lithium-silicon production line for use by a Kuka 5 axis robot inside an inert atmosphere environment

Designing environmental test fixtures for 3-axis shock/vibration shaker, 200g centrifuge, and a 20,000g air cannon for extreme g-load testing

Developed GTAW, TIG and resistance weld schedules for stainless steel and titanium.

Metallographic and pull testing of weld samples for production use on hermetic headers and electrical connections

G-code programing of a Raytheon CNC laser welder, trained to program CNC Mill purchased thru Tittle III funding

CCE Services Inc.,

June 1999- November 2002,

RF/Fiber optic design engineer and project manager.

Supervised Microstation drafting dept. (5-7 drafters)

Provided mapping and GIS database for CATV industry.

Design of road and landbases for GIS Mapping

Designed fiber coax distribution networks, fiber optic trunk routing and design.

Responsible for redesign/mapping of the Fiber optic routing of Washington DC Metro area for Comcast

Independent Contractor, Dec 1998-June 1999,

RF/CATV/Fiber Optic Designer

Independent contractor doing RF/CATV and Fiber Optic Cable design using Focus 1 / Focus 98

Design hybrid fiber-coax cable nodes, redesigns, system upgrades to 750mhz .

System mapping for the cable TV industry using AutoCAD and Microstation.

BDT Engineering, Balcke-Durr, Inc., October 1998- June 1999,

Market Manager (inside sales engineering)

Engineering Sales of field erected cooling towers for the power industry and large-scale thermal processes

Designed cooling towers to match heat rejection of steam condensers in combined cycle, parallel systems.

Preparation of bid packages for Raytheon, Black & Veatch, Duke/Flour Daniel, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Ingersoll & Ingersoll Tools, Inc., January 1992-January 2010.

Owner

Worked Weekends at Family owned business specializing in tools and machinery

Tools range from mechanic’s hand tools to precision diagnostic test equipment

Performing sales and purchasing of inventory.

Hal-Tec Engineering, January 1995-October 1998,

RF/CATV Designer/Drafter

RF/CATV designer using Microstation, AutoCAD and other programs to digitize/design hybrid coax cable nodes and fiber optic distribution networks for the cable television industry.

While at Hal-Tec Engineering, promoted to head Microstation drafter and later to designer.

Converted paper maps, new builds of subdivisions and landbase additions to digital maps and designs

Creation of a bill of material for construction costs.

Projects have included local, national and international cable providers.

Critikon/ Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company, Sept 1993-January 1995

Co-op student and later hired as part time

Maintain computerized /paper records of activities as required by Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

Supported customer service personnel for

Shipping/receiving of blood pressure monitors and loaner requirements to hospital and medical centers

Insured correct billing and pricing of repairs,

Inventory control of over two million dollars of parts and tracked special projects status,

Compiling data from stored/computer records into weekly reports for superiors.

Education

University of South Florida, Bachelor Science Mechanical Engineering (Dec 2001)

AA degree Hillsborough Community College

Honors, Awards, Activities

US Patent 8,479,677 Lift Mechanism ..

US Patent Pending US20160068374, High Speed Reduced Clearance Lift

Participant in Great American Teach-In past 4 years.

Presented design project at Engineering Expo 1998, first place award for best undergraduate exhibit, ‘Dynamic Modeling of Bungee Cords’

Student Engineer of the Year, Florida Engineering Society 1996

Member ASME, ASHRAE, FES

President Engineering College Council 1996-98

Vice-president Engineering College Council and FES 1995-1996

Sales Co-Chair, USF Engineering Expo 1995

Judging Chair, USF Engineering Expo 1996

Tradeshow exhibitor, Florida Plant Engineering & Maintenance Show 1995, 1996

USF Student Government Senator, College of Engineering 1995

Candidate USF Student Government President /Vice President 1995, 1996, 1998

Skills Engineering

Computer-Aided Design Solidworks, AutoCAD, ProE

3D Modeling, FEA Stress Analysis

Project Management

Revision Control, Submittals, Sales Drawings, Fabrication,

Prototyping, Problem Solving,

Skills Computer operation

SolidWorks, Pro\Engineer 2000i2, Autodesk AutoCAD, Microstation 95 and SE

ANSYS 5.6, Focus 98, Focus 1, Focus Fiber and CADDSTAR

Microsoft Office Suite (Proficient at Word, Excel and Access)

Have programmed Parallax Basic Stamp I and II, cmos and ttl circuits.

Programmed a data acquisition system to monitor water quality parameters (pH/ORP, Conductivity, Flow and others) using Labview 7.1 and G.F. Signet Sensors and instruments.

Inkscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Visual Basic, FORTRAN, Pascal

Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, NT 4.0 Enterprise Server, DOS, IOS(apple), Linux/Unix

FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver 4, installation of java/cgi script web shopping cart to accept credit card orders using SSL certificates.

Knowledgeable in numerous other commercial and proprietary software packages

Machinery and Equipment

Mechanically inclined and can operate a variety of equipment, lathe, milling machine, press and other machinery. CNC programming Raytheon Laser, CNC Mill

Forklift operation/have taken OSHA safety course for lift truck operators

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