Reza Eghtesad

**** * ****** **. ******, TX ***** Phone: 318-***-**** Email: acz8so@r.postjobfree.com

Materials and Process Engineer

manufacturing metallurgy process development quality assurance

An energetic and highly dynamic materials and process engineer who leverages more than 3 years of experience in materials and processing, applications to explore material properties and develop product specifications. Expert in materials and processing, manufacturing technologies, industry regulations, quality control inspections along with developing and planning large projects.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE and CORE COMPETENCIES

Knowledge of metals, polymer and composites utilized in aerospace industries

Materials processing/manufacturing: casting, metal forming, coating, welding, injection molding, painting, composite manufacturing techniques

Materials analysis: SEM, EDS, XRD, FTIR, Raman, TGA/DSC

Knowledge of industry regulations, certification and standards process for aircraft parts

Different destructive & non-destructive testing methods (DT & NDT)

Strong competency in data analysis, technical writing and oral presentations

Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Powerpoint and Excel)

Familiar with the following technical programs:

-ProE

-Catia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Zodiac Aerospace Gainesville – TX

Materials and Process Engineer May 2014 – January 2017

Complete analysis of materials and processes to ensure that processes and materials specified or required are compatible with the design and customer specification. Recommends corrective actions based on analysis of materials test results, and verifies that proper corrective action has been implemented

Maintains and controls company’s material coding system with the company’s information system and company’s system of process specifications, material specifications and other engineering documents.

Regulates test requirements, and modifies and writes test plans/reports to evaluate the capability of a unit or component in accordance with military, FAA and ZSUS specifications.

Evaluate test lab technicians in flammability, chemical, adhesion, corrosion resistance, surface resistance, peel, shear, degradation.

Conduct R&D testing and quality assessments, material searches and research for new materials and material substitutions, failure mechanisms and structural material applications.

Sign off engineering drawings attesting all materials/processes specified meet the requirements.

Accomplishments:

Perform, analysis and completion of cert testing and documentation for various programs 100% on time.

Created materials process specifications such as anodizing of aluminum alloys, chromate conversion coating of aluminum alloys, cleaning and passivation of corrosion and heat resistant alloys, heat treatment of aluminum alloys, heat treatment of steels, injection molding of polycarbonate materials, inspection requirements for casting, composite materials specification...

Identified the root causes of de-bonding issues of adhesive backed loop/hook tape fasteners on different substrates which accounts for 40% of de-boning failure of Velcro’s and presented an improved method of applications.

Developed and implemented a method to decrease the cure time of epoxy adhesives on composites by 80%.

Wrote the material definition requirements for trim & finish (source control) drawings which resulted in 50% reduction in drawings rejection.

Wrote the memorandum to formally define design/finish/material/processing requirements for injection molded drawings to meet the compliances and demonstration of adequate design control for certification activities.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas Denton – TX

Graduate Research Assistant August 2013 – August 2014

Identified and characterized compounds using characterization methods such as FTIR, Raman, XRD, SEM/EDS and TGA/DSC.

Synthesized wide range of thin films by sputtering, atomic layer deposition and sol gel methods.

Making coatings (such as ZnO, ZnMgO) for electronic applications by atomic layer deposition technique (ALD).

Investigation of cracking and degradation of concrete structural materials.

Reviewer for

-Journal of Surface Coatings and Technology

Day to day ordering, paperwork, training schedules, research schedules, running weekly lab meeting, and other tasks as needed.

Accomplishments:

Developed a new composite coating for high temperature applications via sol-gel method.

Identified concrete structural degradation induced by biogenic sulfuric acid using FTIR and SEM/EDS techniques.

EDUCATION

Master of Material Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas August 2014

Bachelor of Material Science and Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Persia August 2008

Selected Coursework Includes: Metal Forming, NDT, Heat Treatment, Casting, Powder Metallurgy, Corrosion, Coatings, Welding, Polymers, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Electronic properties of materials, Physical Properties of Materials, Materials Selection, Thin Films and Vacuum Technologies, MEMS.

Publications

R.Eghtesad, M.E. Bahrololoom, “Enhancing the mechanical and tribological properties of an epoxy coating with river sand”, International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, University of Karaj, November 18-19, 2011 Karaj.

S.Nasrazadani, R. Eghtesad, E.Sudoi, S.Vupputuri, J.D. Ramsey & M.T. Ley “Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to study concrete degradation induced by biogenic sulfuric acid”, Materials and Structures, May 2016, Volume 49, Issue 5, pp 2025-2034.

R.Eghtesad, S.M. Aouadi, “High Temperature Tribological Properties of YSZ/AgTaO3 Nanocomposite Coatings”, In Process.

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