GRAHM COLLINS ROACH
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SUMMARY:
Seeking a position as a Mechanical Design Engineer
Two years of engineering experience, primarily in design and fabrication
Proficient with SolidWorks and LabVIEW, moderate experience with AutoCAD and MATLAB
Background in mechanical engineering, electronics, and biomechanics
EDUCATION:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering - May 2010
Engineering GPA: 3.74
ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE:
Biomedical Engineer
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - Oklahoma City, OK
May 2010 - Present
Built and tested a force instrumented rodent running wheel to record limb forces of mice during voluntary wheel running (for use in osteoarthritis research)
Assisted with in-vitro cartilage tissue study to understand how compressive loading regulates cellular anti-oxidant function
Scarless Laparoscopic Surgical Instrument – Mechanical Engineering Capstone Project
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL
January 2010 – May 2010
Designed and prototyped an scarless instrument for use in single port laparscopic sugery
Presented at the National Capstone Design Conference in Boulder, CO
Patent Pending
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Draper Laboratories Bioengineering Center - Tampa, FL
May 2009 - August 2009
Developed designs for balance prosthesis and droplet goniometer
Fabricated a temperature and pressure controlled micro-fluidics laminator
Mechanical Engineering Co-op
Mosaic Fertilizer - South Ft. Meade, FL
January 2008 - June 2008
Studied maintenance trends in slurry pumping process and float plant to determine underlying causes of increased mechanical failure
Highlighted Academic Projects
Designed and fabricated an inverted pendulum (Senior Self Study – Technical Elective)
Built an optical device to sort hundreds of colored ping pong balls (Optical Technology)
Built and tested an apparatus that used an ultra sonic sensor to determine the coefficient of restitution of various objects (Mechanical Engineering Lab II)