Mechanical Engineer / Project Leader

Nicholas C. Stone

e-mail: ********@*****.***

Cell: 617-***-****

Address

** ****** ** #*

Somerville, MA 02144

Objective

To obtain an engineering position in the Baltimore/D.C. area that will utilize my technical skills.

Education

Tufts University, Medford, MA

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Autotuning of a PID controller for an active vibration suppression device for the treatment of essential tremor

Graduation: August 2006

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Honors College, College of Engineering

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Tau Beta Pi: Officer, Spring 2002

Graduation: May 2003

GPA: 3.91/4.0

Employment Experience

Z Corporation Burlington, Ma

Project Leader in the Research and Development Group May 2006 to Present

Responsibilities: Product development of 3D printing systems. Designing and testing the powder handling system for the Z650. Designing and testing the print engine for next generation project. Project Leader After Action Team for the Z650 project and next generation products. Production support for X50 projects.

SAIC Natick, MA

Design Engineer for Natick Soldier Center-Force Provider May 2004 to May 2006

Responsibilities: Designing containerized systems for soldiers on the front. Creating 3D computer models of Force Provider systems for the Department of Defense.

Tufts University Medford, MA

Teaching Assistant August 2004 to August 2006

Responsibilities: Assisting students with homework and projects. Assisting professors with design competitions. Grading Homework.

Denso International America, Inc. Southfield, MI

Co-op for design and sales teams January 2001 to August of 2002

Responsibilities: Benchmarking competitor automotive fuel pump modules. Creating a searchable database of competitor patents and providing summaries of each patent. Communicating with DENSO manufacturing plants to prepare quotes for ECO’s. Preparing and running a variety of tests on automotive heating and cooling systems.

Activities

Homebrewer, P.G. Wodehouse enthusiast, cooking

Editor at Large for The Zamboni-Tufts University’s only intentionally humorous publication.

Honors

3 time winner of Z Corporation peer recognition award

1st Place in MSU Engineering Design Competition, Spring 2002

2nd Place in MSU Engineering Design Competition, Fall 2000

General Motors Scholarship 2000, 2001, 2002

High School Valedictorian

References available upon request.

Contact this candidate