BEN MATTHEWS

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Concord, MA *****

978-***-****

acwl38@r.postjobfree.com

Summary Statement

Mechanical engineer with experience in the hydropower industry and turbomachinery design, and knowledge of electric motors.

Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering 2014 Relevant Experience

● Northfield Mountain Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Project Project Engineer 2 015 2016

Designed and analyzed structural steel platform to allow easier access to routine inspection point.

Managed contractors (painting, trucking, asbestos/lead abatement) performing work on site.

Planned aspects of overhaul of major mechanical components and integrated into master schedule.

Coordinated procurement and QA/QC of more than 50 minor mechanical components for Pump Turbine.

Performed miscellaneous maintenance tasks for plant operation.

● Save Energy Systems LLC. Mechanical Engineer Intern Turbine design. S ummer 2014

Successfully completed project to design a small turbine for use in air ducts for a specific application.

Achieved goal of creating a functioning prototype of a single stage turbine in 10 weeks.

Used Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk CFD software along with aerodynamic principles and fluid mechanics to model and simulate turbine.

Tested the design in situ using a 3D Printer for rapid prototyping.

Design achieved up to 140% of ambitious power requirement.

● UMass Mechatronics group project Self Balancing Robot S pring 2014

In team of six, designed and built a self balancing, two wheeled inverted pendulum.

Project covered all aspects of mechatronic design: mechanical system, electrical circuit, controls, computer science, real time sensing and computing, and user input.

Simulated inverted pendulum in MATLAB with estimated parameters to determine control parameters.

Developed PID controller to balance robot.

● Riverdale Mills Corporation Manufacturing Engineer Intern Summer 2013

Improved efficiency of production lines at a manufacturing facility.

Utilized AutoCAD and PTC MathCAD to address problems in machine efficiency such as:

■ Excessive waste water dissolved metals contamination excessive steel beam deflection effectiveness of various heat exchangers.

Developed detailed plans and designs to mitigate these problems. Other experience

● Amherst Regional HS Ultimate Frisbee coach, spring 2015 & 2016.

● Worked on the crew at the Appalachian Mountain Club Echo Lake Camp on Mount Desert Island, ME.

● Volunteer trail crew with the Appalachian Mountain Club on the Appalachian Trail. Technical skills

Autodesk: AutoCAD, Inventor, CFD MathCAD ANSYS Programming: Java, C Microsoft Office MATLAB/Simulink machine shop equipment.

Interests and Activities

Ultimate frisbee, skiing, mountain biking, gardening, cooking, windsurfing, guitar, trumpet.

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