David L. Smith
acw4lt@r.postjobfree.com 502-***-****
Work Experience:
Dow Corning Corporation, Carrollton, Kentucky – Reliability Engineer 2015 - Present
• Drove improvements to decrease unexpected downtime and increase overall safety in continuous and batch finishing area for silicone fluid manufacturing
• Supported short and long term maintenance activities by initiating and coordinating workflows for over 40 Process Change Requests (PCRs) including:
o Design and implementation of spill detection system for sonolator O-ring leaks o Upgrade material of construction for vacuum pump seal fluid components o Identifying an alternative catalyst support material providing $50k in annual cost savings o Mitigation of scaling issues in plate and frame heat exchangers o Process design project to increase capacity for high viscosity 200 fluid process
• Updated over-pressure protection systems and corresponding calculations throughout the site
• Identified, analyzed, and resolved manufacturing process issues using Lean Six Sigma methods
• Investigated reliability incidents using Root Cause Analysis techniques University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky - Research and Teaching Assistant 2014 - 2015
• Mechanical Engineering Gas Surface Interactions Lab
• Conducted research on heat shield modeling for atmospheric entry using numerical methods
• Published two American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics research papers in collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center Aerothermodynamics Branch NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California - Engineering Intern 2014
• Performed test data reduction and analysis on MSL Entry, Decent, and Landing Instrumentation Suite
• Quantified the accuracy of ablator response modeling tool for a thermal protection system material by comparing experimental test results with numerical simulation solutions
• Developed hypothesis for the cause of a temperature response characteristic within the thermal protection material
3M Ceradyne, Lexington, Kentucky – Mechanical Engineering Intern 2012 - 2014
• Developed ceramic, hydrodynamic bearings for directional drilling and steam-assisted gravity drainage applications
• Created an automated inspection process which decreased inspection time by 40% and improved product quality with part tracking and data collection system
• Designed and implemented apparatus to decrease bearings disassembly time and increase efficiency
• Designed experiments for bearing test rig, operated tests, and analyzed test results
• Developed concepts which significantly improved thrust load capacity on patented bearing design Computer Skills:
Enterprise Resource Planning - SAP
CAD - Autodesk Inventor, Pro/Engineer, ANSYS
Excel, PowerPoint, Visual Basic
PI ProcessBook, National Instruments LabVIEW
MATLAB
Linux, LaTeX, C++
Leadership, Activities, and Honors:
President - Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society 2013 - 2014
• Organized over thirty chapter projects and events including volunteering, tutoring, fundraising, STEM education, alumni and initiation events, social projects, and non-technical skills workshops Cummins Design Award for Best Senior Design Group 2014 Engineering Leadership Course - University of Kentucky 2014 Student Representative - Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Studies Committee 2012 - 2013 Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout 2008
Education:
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude 2014 BS in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude 2014
Graduate Studies in Mechanical Engineering 2015