Karl J. Chmielowiec
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Education
B. S. Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2011
Areas of study: Control systems, communications systems, signal processing, telecommunications, electromagnetism, electrical network analysis (circuit theory), electronic devices, electric circuits (amplifiers)
First Place in UTDesign Senior Design Competition – City of Plano’s “Live Green Expo!” demonstration
o Energy saving project designed to reduce air conditioning / heating costs in homes
o Microcontroller in conjunction with sensors connecting to and optimizing thermostat operation
Technical Skills
Programming Languages: C++, C#, Java, MS-SQL, mySQL
Languages: English and Polish (Bilingual), Spanish (Conversational)
Applications: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Matlab, LabView, PSpice, Excel, Access, IDE environments
Professional Experience
Industrial Engineer, Database Administrator, Rose Machine, Houston, TX July 2011 - Present
Routing parts through a manufacturing facility
o Designing machining processes for “repeat” and “one-off” parts
o Analyzing collected data to help reduce bottlenecks in production schedule
Database management with MS Access, MySQL Workspace
o Updating tables, designing and coding queries, forms, macros
o Designing documents in Crystal Reports using Crystal and Visual Basic syntax
o Customizing data collection software to fit the needs of the company
Sales Support Engineer, Surveyor, Infinergy Wind and Solar, Dallas, TX Aug 2009 – July 2011
Surveying properties, meeting with customers to answer questions about residential photovoltaic systems
o Roof inspection and measurement
o Optimizing panel array layout per specific needs of the property
Initial system design before professional review
o Wire and conduit sizing and specifications in accordance with NEC
o Array design, inverter sizing
Research Internship, Organic Photovoltaics Research, UTD, Richardson, TX May 2010 –May 2011
Design, fabrication, and testing of experimental polymeric photovoltaics
o Exposure to photolithography, ultrasonic substrate preparation, spin-coating deposition
o Physical Vapor deposition of organic layers, metal electrodes
o Measuring device efficiency using hardware, LabView
Designer, Drafter, Main-Frame Inc., Grapevine, TX Sep 2006 – Jul 2007
Preliminary designs of enclosures, drafting, revising designs in AutoCAD
Machining aluminum extrusions, assembling the products
Shop technician, Switch It Inc., Houston, TX May 2001 - Aug 2003
Manufacturing and testing electronic devices
o Soldering wires to PCB, surface mount, through-hole mount, making custom cables
o Writing programs to PLC’s, sensor installation and testing, device installation, testing devices