Solidworks Mechanical

William Lofton

Cell: 360-***-**** adjs06@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/william-lofton

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University, Lubbock Tx Graduated: December 2020 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Cumulative GPA: 3.50 Minor in Mathematics

Cum Laude

Formula SAE:

• Sponsorship Team: Worked to earn sponsorship from various companies

• Push and jack bar: Used Solidworks to design and model the jack and push bar for competition

Senior Design Project: Design and manufacture a minibike using a riding lawn mower engine

• Designed parts to be manufactured in machine shop

• Created Gantt charts and meeting agendas to facilitate meetings

• Utilized manufacturing processes to machine and weld parts

• Used Excel VBA/Macro for creating a business report Relevant Courses:

M&M Lab (Tested and Calibrated machinery to test Mechanical Properties of Materials) Thermal Fluids Lab (Two-point transducer calibration, Wind Tunnel Analysis, HVAC System) Manufacturing Processes (Welding, Machining, and Assembly Practices) FEA Lab (Design of parts in Ansys for Analysis)

CFD Lab (Utilized Ansys Fluent for Fluid Dynamic Analysis in various projects) Udemy:

SOLIDWORKS: Becoming a Certified Associate Today (CSWA) SKILLS

Software/Computing: MATLAB, Mathematica, Python, Arduino, LabView knowledge in AutoCAD, Inventor Professional, and SOLIDWORKS School Related: Research, project planning, research presentations Machines: Drill Press, Table Press, Small Power Tools OTHER EXPERIENCES

FIRST Robotics www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc Humble ISD January 2011- May 2015

• Build team member involved in design, prototyping, and assembly of competition robot

• Fabricate componentry using wood/metal shop tools for the robot and competition field elements

• Team Vice President 2013: Assisted with coordinating team meeting schedule and assisted team president with schedule; ran meetings in president’s absence

• President 2014 -2015: Created agendas for both officer meetings and general meetings.

• Overlooked all aspects of the team, including budget of 5000 dollars and made sure team members were notified of events and changes to schedule. AERO SCIENCE/ ROCKETRY https://www.systemsgo.org/ August 2014 – May 2015

• Designed and assembled small rocket for 3 challenges: Test flight, stability, and altitude

• Collaborated to build a transonic rocket that competed in Rockets2015 in Fredericksburg, TX

• Carried out calculations to ensure the rocket recovery without substantial damage to the body of rocket.

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