Columbia, SC *****
E-mail: *************@*****.***
Education:
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
****-**** ****ersity of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Certifications & Training
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Ingersoll-Rand; Columbia, SC (2010)
EIT #16281 NSPE; Columbia, SC (2005)
Certified Energy Manager (CEM) AEE;Savannah, GA (2011)
Guideline 0: Commissioning Process ASHRAE;Columbia, SC (2010)
Objective:
• To use my engineering knowledge and experience to reduce cost, increase margin and improve products, processes and/or services
Work Experience:
Honeywell Building Solutions, Automation & Control Systems 2010-Present
Commissioning Engineer
• Coordinate the commissioning activities of Fort Jackson’s 100 largest buildings (4M sq.ft.)
• Wrote building system commissioning and re-commissioning plans, pre-functional and functional test procedures based upon acceptable national standards.
• Review equipment submittals and shop drawings for overall compliance with the design intent and functional testing plans, and generate Facility Improvement Measures (FIM).
• Review operating modes, sequence of operations and specifics of equipment, operations and maintenance, and create Scopes of Work (SOW) for technicians and contractors.
• Direct the implementation of Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) at the Building Automation System (BAS) and component levels
• Coordinate contractor retesting of building systems until problems are resolved (including T&B).
• Managed strict parts & labor budget while coordinating technician and subcontractor work
• Attend meetings with the site team to understand the project goals and schedule to ensure that commissioning activities occur at appropriate times in the construction or retrofit process.
• Perform engineering calculations relating to cooling/heating loads, air distributions systems, chilled/heating water distribution systems, valve sizing, psychrometric analysis and coil design
Trane, Commercial HVAC systems 2007-2010
Heat Exchanger Product Engineer
• Manage product data (BOM, Specifications, Drawings)used by facility and aftermarket
• Led material savings projects with Lean/Six-Sigma tools and principals - $300k/year
• Led margin projects by developing new product offerings (e.g. heat pumps, low temp coil, alternate materials) - $600k/year
• Design heat exchangers (refrigerant circuiting, tube & fin material, refrigerant, system balance points, etc.)
• Thermodynamic modeling at system and component level using in-house software
• Participate on other project teams with Quality, Process, Supply, Finance as product expert
• Create custom solutions for Sales and Marketing forces (performed all performance calcs)
• Work with End Users, Consulting Engineers, & Fields Service Techs to provide solutions for heat exchanger problems
• Participated in DFA/DFM, VA/VE & Kaizen events
Metso Minerals, Vibrating Screens Design and Development 2006- 2007
Vibrating Equipment Engineer
• Performed vibration analysis on vibrating screens with frequency analyzer.
• Calculated belt and pulley system components, bearing loads, CG's, stresses and deflections in beams, torque's generated by counterweights, and weldment design
• Prepared layouts of vibrating equipment and created bills of materials using AutoCAD
• Used Inventor to develop new components for vibration generator, using ANSI Y14.5 GD&T
• Modeled existing vibrator mechanisms and performed FEA using Ansys
Square-D Company, Switchboards QED2 Division 2004- 2006
Mechanical Engineer I, Custom Applications Engineer
• Assisted Application Engineering with conceptual design layouts and bill of material creation
• Utilized UL891 standards for designing new QED2 Switchboard power distribution systems
• Managed projects from design stage through, fabrication, delivery, assembly, and testing
• Developed (3D) parametric models for development of electrical busway, barriers, structural supports, sheet metal parts, and final assembly
Medical University of South Carolina, Microfluidics Laboratory 2004
Low-Pressure Plasma-Enhanced Chemical-Vapor-Deposition Research Intern
• Manufactured small polymer chips via hot embossing methodology
• Used Polymerization processes for surface treatment w/various plasma source gases
• Measured contact angles of microfluidic chips using the Sessile Drop Method
• Assembled reactor using valves, regulators, vacuum generators, sensors, & power sources
Fruit of the Loom, Engineering Department 1999-2000
Engineering Intern
• Conducted all time and motion studies, work measurement analysis and new project proposals
• Implemented new work methods for operators and increased production 25 % on some products
• Developed a cell distribution system for packing department, increased efficiency by 30%
Language:
• English and Spanish at 100 % level fluency, some understanding of Italian and Portuguese
Computer & Lab skills:
• Pro-Engineer, Pro-Mechanica, Ansys, MatLab-Simulink,MS-Office, MS-Project, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, MathCAD, EES,Working Model, Heat Transfer Analysis Software
• Fatigue and Burst Pressure Test Chambers, Summit Instruments Triaxial 34203A Accelerometer with SoMAT DAQ system, Entertron PLC ladder logic, CNC G-code & M-code, Motorola MC6811 Microcontroller Assembly language, Pspice, Matlab-Simulink, Labview
• Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, Contact Angle Goniometry, Strain-Gage Analysis, Coordinate Measuring Machine Operation, Vibration Frequency/Analyzers
Related Coursework:
• Graduate Coursework: Structural Vibrations I, Thermal Environmental Engineering
• Advanced Computer Aided Design w/Pro-E, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Finite Element Stress Analysis w/Ansys, Mechanical Control Systems, Smart Materials and Structures, Solid Biomechanics, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
• Attended seminars on Project Management by PMI
• Training in Power Distribution Systems and Safety; Electrical Design using Autodesk Inventor
Social Activities:
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)-F.E.Review Session Coordinator
• Youth Group Leader at First Hispanic Baptist Church
• Volunteer at Killian Elementary (3rd graders) & Ridgeview HS (9th graders)