Mechanical Engineer and Material Science Engineer

Robert Cavanaugh

***** ******* *****

Warren, Michigan 48093

Phone: 586-***-****

Email: adgneo@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Seeking Product Engineering position in the in the area of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering.

Education

Michigan State University 06/94 East Lansing, Michigan

One year of Graduate studies in Material Science and Mechanics Engineering.

Michigan State University 06/93 East Lansing, Michigan

Bachelor of Science Degree in Material Science and Mechanics Engineering. GPA --> 3.07.

Oakland University 06/85 Rochester, Michigan

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Professional Experience

Arin Incorporated 09/14-present Roseville, Michigan

Operate Trumpf sheet metal laser cutting machines and act as Mechanical Engineering and Material Science Engineering adviser.

*Set up laser cutting jobs.

*Inspect parts to assure laser cut parts match drawing.

Operate Fanuc S-420iW robot to load laser cutting machine with sheet metal.

*Modify operating programs as necessary to meet job requirements.

Operate fork lift.

Job Center 09/12-09/14 Warren, Michigan

Manufacturing worker and General Engineering adviser.

Operated machine shop tools.

Operated steel presses.

*Inspected parts made on presses for defects.

*Ground flash off of press formed parts.

*Inspected weld nuts for defects.

Cut steel bars and wafers using automated cutting machines.

*Measured squareness and lengths of cut steel bars to check their conformity to specifications.

*Checked weights and lengths of cut steel wafers to check their conformity to specifications.

*Came up with a method for stacking 250 cut round bars into bar holders so that the bars would not have to be individually counted. Thereby saving time and eliminating counting error.

ITT Fluid Handling Systems 07/00-11/02 Auburn Hills, Michigan

Research and Development Engineer responsible for hose to rigid tube connection development for brake and fuel line assemblies.

*Designed and made prototype fuel and brake crimp assemblies using manufacturing SPC data for design validation and production validation testing.

*Designed, developed, and compared different automotive brake crimp designs.

*Designed and developed a crimp design to effectively connect PVC plumbing hose to a nylon quick connect. This was a new area for the company.

GM-Truck 09/99-04/00 Pontiac, Michigan

Design Release Engineer

Developed designs for future product brake hose assemblies on GM midsize pickups and sport utilities.

*Solved problems with current production brake hose assemblies on GM midsize pickups and sport utilities.

*Aided in finding cause of a suspension torsion bar breakage problem.

Delphi East 01/98-02/99 Flint, Michigan

Research and Development Engineer

Research and Development Engineer on Engine Exhaust Gas Oxygen Sensors.

*Invented a method for attaching zirconia particles to a zirconia sensor body creating the required sensor body design.

*Developed Mercury Porosimetry tests used to investigate the porosity of ceramic sensor coatings. Verified accuracy of measurements with an outside independent source.

*Corrected internal adjustments, set up, ran, and analyzed Gas Adsorption tests to measure pore size distribution and surface area of porous test specimens. Verified accuracy of measurements with other internal sources.

Chrysler 03/96-02/97 Detroit, Michigan

Design Release Engineer

Developed and released the design of all brake tube and brake hose assemblies on the 97 and 98 Dodge Dakota and the new 98 Dodge Durango.

*Created a new screw design configuration to eliminate driving and stripping problems found on an 8 mm tapping screw.

AM General 07/94-09/95 Livonia, Michigan

Project Engineer

Responsible for maintenance and equipment updates for the M939 series 5-ton truck as given by the US government.

*Created design specifications for two different emergency fuel filter bypass systems for two different military trucks.

*Investigated and designed systems to eliminate the use of the hand throttle as a cruise control on M939 series Army trucks.

*Updated old drawings and corrected drawings to military specifications.

*Investigated and found automatically adjusting slack adjusters to replace manually adjustable slack adjusters on air brake systems.

Computer Experience

Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. Training in PL/1(PL/C), Fortran, Basic, and Pascal computer programming languages.

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