Mechanical Engineer

Sherif K. Mahmoud

Location: Lexington, KY Email: ******.******.*******@*****.*** Cell: 859-***-**** Work Status: US Citizen Profession: Mechanical Engineer

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a full time position in your well established facility where I can apply my engineering expertise and gain additional knowledge relevant to the Mechanical Engineering field.

EDUCATION

University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) January 2007 - Present

Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering. GPA: 3.253/4.00

Graduation date: August 2011.

University of Alexandria (Alexandria, Egypt) August 2001 –May 2003

Associate Degree, Business Administration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pilkington Automotive

Assembly Line Operator June 2011- August 2011

• Operate production line machinery and computers.

• Troubleshoot production line machinery.

• Perform equipment change-overs.

• Responsible for quality control. Make adjustments as necessary to produce product within specifications. Reject product outside of specifications.

• Operate within standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Job Safety Analysis (JSAs).

University of Kentucky

Undergrad Researcher Assistant November 2010 –August 2011

• Designing and Building a low scale wind turbine.

• Investigating the turbulent structure of wind turbine wakes.

• Studying the interaction between multiple wakes and simplified terrain features on wind turbines. Thereby, increasing the usefulness and flexibility of the proposed wake scaling.

Undergrad Researcher January 2011- August 2011

• Currently conducting a research in lean systems.

• Investigating the problem-solving evaluation panel and comparing the lean approach to different approaches.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Trane Screen Door Re-design August 2011- Present

• Working as a team member in a team from the senior design class in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Kentucky to re-design and prototype a safety device for Trane’s HVAC units.

Layout-Design Project

• Worked as a team member on designing the layout of Vortex Manufacturing in manufacturing systems class.

Lean-Manufacturing Project

• Worked as a team member on applying lean concepts to Chick-Fila on Nicholasville Rd in Lexington KY.

Pressure-Vessel Design

• Pressure-vessel analysis

• Cost analysis

Shaft-Design Project

• Static and Dynamic analysis (Determining lifetime).

• Cost analysis.

Water Wheel Design Project

• Worked as a team member to design and build a water wheel which runs by a crank shaft.

VOLUNTEER WORK, SKILLS

• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Pro E, Ansys, Labview and Matlab.

• Dean’s list status for Fall 2010

• Fluently speak English and Arabic.

• Offering free math tutoring for high and middle school students.

• Good Customer Service, management, and communications skills.

• Eighth position in the world for 200 meter breaststroke in the Swimming World Cup in 1999.

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