BENJAMIN A. FANGMEIER

Mechanical Engineer

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Dec. 2011) School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO CERTIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SOFTWARE

Passed Colorado FE exam

Software: Solidworks, AutoCAD, Solidworks PDM Server Management, MATLAB, Calypso Inspection

Design: Casting, Machine, Conveyors, Material Handling Equipment, GD&T utilization, and Design for Manufacturability

FEA (Finite Element Analysis)

Basic Machining and CNC Operation

Fabrication

Casting Flow Simulation/CFD

CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) Operation

Experimental Airplane Builder

Instrument Rated Private Pilot

Amateur Radio Operator – KE0RXW

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Mechanical Engineer April 2017 - Current

Karl Schmidt Manufacturing, Commerce City, CO

Lead the engineering team in standard conveyor products and support structures offered by KSM

PDM management

Produce CAD drawings

Provide customer support including onsite technical problem solving and machine startup

Oversee all custom fabrication and special application conveying projects, such as: o Microwave metal melting furnace

o Thermal Sand Reclamation System

o Trailer based radial conveyor (Stout TC-50)

Prototype Casting, Inc., Commerce City, CO August 2014 – November 2019 Cast Tooling Designer

Used customer drawings, CAD, and other specifications to produce tooling designs

Designed Gravity Sand, Rubber Plaster Mold, Investment casting, and Heat Cure Sand Core tools

Used physics to support foundry operations and casting troubleshooting

Cast “flight critical parts” for aircraft and parts for defense equipment no longer available from original supplier

Full reverse engineering from drawings or physical parts Quality and Systems Manager

Served as management representative and caretaker of ISO 9001:2008 quality system

Managed inspection department

Programming / operating CMM in PC-DMIS and Calypso Page 2 of 2

Mechanical Engineer June 2012 - July 2014

MacLean Power Systems DBA Foresight Products, Commerce City, CO

Designed and maintained customer support for earth anchors, tensioning devices, and production equipment

Designed new automatic stop assembly presses to improve quality and increase production

Managed engineering projects from conception through production, including: solid models, drawing, sourcing, and production training

Served as management representative for ISO 9001:2008 certification

Managed assembly process for rework project of corporate partner’s product

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