SUMMARY

- Seeking an engineering position in the medical device industry and willing to relocate. Solid analytical thinker, detail oriented and creative problem solver. A physically active and hands-on worker who also develops strong, integrity-based relationships with all types of people. Engineer-in-training understanding principles related to Mechanical, Biomedical, Electrical, Manufacturing, and Software fields. Envisions, explores, and develops solutions to improve company profits, lower costs, and generate a more efficient work environment.

- Experience in helping develop a medical device startup, process engineer consultant, lab technician, and oil field hand, as a carbon fiber analyst.

- Able to work independently as well as in a team to complete the assigned task.

EXPERIENCE

General Laborer for Creative Resources Group at ExxonMobil Baytown Ref. Oct. 2016 - Present

Heat Trace Designer at Thermon Feb. 2016 – Sep. 2016

- Improved the operations of the company for ordering electric panels and how they would be assigned on projects. Project completion was achieved sooner and project costs were lowered.

- Made a panel forecast spreadsheet of all projects currently going on at Thermon, set up a template for a more streamlined panel order process for the project managers and manufacturing section.

- Designed, analyzed, drafted, and quality checked heat tracing circuits.

- Made wiring diagrams and panel design diagrams for multiple heat tracing circuits.

- Laid off from reduction in workforce due to economic downturn.

Engineering Support Specialist at NDT Global Sep. 2015 – Nov. 2015

ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Lab Tech/Cement & Frac. Engineering Internship at Halliburton May 2014 – Aug. 2014

- Set up, operated, and maintained laboratory equipment.

- Monitored experiments, calculated and recorded results, made observations, and recorded findings in a laboratory notebook.r

- Performed various cement slurry tests such as thickening time and crush tests for quality control of each oil well.

- Shadowed under cement and fracturing engineers observing problems that arose in real time and solutions that were made.

- Training in Halliburton’s safety standards and risk mitigation

Smart Engineering Innovations (SEI) Start-Up Project Analyst Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2014

- Designed, analyzed, fabricated, and tested prosthetic foot medical device out of carbon fiber in Senior Design I & II using patent pending technology according to ISO 10328.

- Hand-wrote Finite Element Analysis calculations and used FEA modeling to analyze the prosthetic foot in nonlinear finite element analysis static and dynamic loading.

- Kept track of initial costs and finances in developing the start-up company SEI.

Consultant with Rebecca Creek Whiskey Mar. 2014 – May 2014

- Consulted with Rebecca Creek on quality inspection and meeting future capacity goals using Six Sigma Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) methodology.

- Used ARENA software to simulate a current manufacturing line and future manufacturing line including what additions would needed to be added based on cost and time.

- Provided a report detailing solutions and changes needed to meet goals.

ACHIEVEMENTS

- Treasurer of Boeing Toastmasters Jul. 2016 - Present

- 1st Place prize winner in Student Technology Venture Competition 100K start-up for SEI

- Founding Father & Treasurer of Pi Kappa Phi - Iota Beta Chapter at UT San Antonio

- Founding Member of FIRST Robotics Team 2936 – 2nd place Rookie Team in World Competition and 36th overall in 2008 out of 3000 teams competing. 2nd place Houston Regionals 2009.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Carbon Fiber Material Analyst

Finite Element Analysis

Carbon Fiber Mold and Fabrication

Simulation modeling

ARENA Software

Six Sigma DMAIC

Lean Manufacturing

Mechanical Design & Analysis

AutoCAD

Solidworks

Microsoft Office

Machining (Mill, Lathe, CNC)

Electronic Design & Fabrication

C++

Unix

Python

MATLAB

Simulink

LabVIEW

EDUCATION

- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

- ABET accredited University of Texas at San Antonio

CERTIFICATIONS

- Certified EIT by Texas Board of Professional Engineers Aug 2016 to Aug. 2024.

RYAN R. THACKSTON

1111 West Main St. Apt. 1103, League City, TX 77573 409-***-**** acxm7r@r.postjobfree.com

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