Daniel J. Willy, EIT________________________________________

** **** ****** • Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 • Telephone: 585-***-**** • Email: n9rdbz@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a full-time mechanical engineering position with a company that can utilize a hardworking and trustworthy individual who possesses technical aptitude, problem-solving skills, and leadership ability.

EDUCATION: Grove City College – Grove City, PA

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Applied Physics Minor – May 2008

4 Year ABET Accredited Mechanical Engineering School

GPA – 3.94/4.00 Major GPA – 3.93

EXPERIENCE:

Designer – Stress Group • Foster Wheeler North America Corp. • Clinton, NJ June 2008-Present

• Exhibited a self-starter attitude and the ability to learn quickly in developing Finite Element Analysis skills and proficiency in ANSYS software both through formal training class and personal research and practice. Performed thermal and structural analyses, including creep-fatigue analysis, on a wide variety of boiler components in order to ensure reliability of product design and safety of operation.

• Utilized creativity and problem solving skills while developing new standards and procedures for modeling and analysis of flexible couplings in finite element analysis software in order to increase efficiency in the design process.

• Demonstrated adaptability to new situations while assisting in the development of a procedure for performing creep-fatigue analysis on solar boiler components in order to produce a reliable design at the least cost with short analysis time. Results of this analysis were instrumental for the application of a patent for our company.

Mechanical Engineering Intern • Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. • Monroeville, PA Summer 2007

• Demonstrated thoroughness by performing feasibility analysis of various stud tensioning equipment options, including research of technical operation principles, performance of space envelope and interface analyses, estimation of costs, and documentation of findings to aid future research and development efforts.

• Displayed versatility by interfacing with shipyard to identify pump hydraulic cover material and functional requirements, modifying existing cover design to reflect requirement changes, preparing initial drawings, researching materials, processes, and potential vendors, and composing scope of work for new design.

SENIOR PROJECT:

Grove City College • Grove City, PA 2007-2008

• Demonstrated thorough engineering knowledge as well as an ability to learn quickly while designing and constructing a computer-automated tube-cutting machine for use in the college machine shop.

• Exemplified excellent teamwork skills and a positive, hard-working attitude on a team of nine individuals to complete a year-long project which resulted in the production of a high-quality machine that successfully met all project requirements.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Co-Leader for ICO Haiti Missions Trip • Grove City, PA 2005-2006

• Collaborated with co-leader in order to prepare a diverse group of students for a trip aimed at serving and ministering to people in need in a third-world country.

Member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 310 • Penfield, NY 1997-2004

• Showed commitment to the organization by serving in such leadership positions as Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader, Troop Guide, and Junior Assistant Scoutmaster, and by achieving the rank of Eagle Scout in May 2004.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honorary, April 2007

COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 (Including Pro/Mechanism and Pro/Mechanica) – 6 years experience

• ANSYS 12.1 (including Workbench) – 2 years experience

• AutoCAD 2011 – 1 year experience

• C++ Programming, Microsoft Visual Studio

• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)