ANDREW CLARK TAYLOR

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Custom Metal Fabrication, Memphis, TN, August 2011 – present

• Design and fabricate ornamental/structural products to customer specifications

• Use various processes including TIG and MMA welding, plasma cutting, and machining

Mechanical Design Consultant, Memphis, TN, August 2011 – present

• Design mechanical systems

• Provide CAD services

• Provide engineering expertise

Associate Product Development Engineer, Medtronic, Memphis, TN, March 2010 – July 2011

Product development lead on Chromaloy Plus® Rods

• Successfully launched Chromaloy Plus® Precut Precontoured rods ahead of schedule

• Completed mechanical testing and developed marketing messaging

• Worked with regulatory to quickly develop FDA submissions

Product development co-lead on high priority implant project

• Effectively moved project from feasibility to design freeze

• Optimized design by performing FEA and implementing DOE’s

• Redesigned implant and coordinated with manufacturer to reduce production costs

• Participated in frequent meetings and labs with surgeon teams to establish customer needs

Performed CAD modeling and drafting on a variety of feasibility implants and instruments

Received formal trainings

• GD&T Courses: Engineering Drawing Requirements, Fundamentals, Advanced GD&T, and Tolerance Stacks

• Project Management

• Critical Thinking

Structural Engineer II, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Composites Engineering Group, Pascagoula, MS June 2008 – March 2010

Lead engineer on composite panel flaw criticality

• Modeled and analyzed composite structures using Finite Element Analysis software

• Developed design drawings and manufacturing workbooks while coordinating with CAD modelers and manufacturing engineers

• Composed and assessed impact of change documents to design and manufacturing groups

• Advised craft technicians with production of composite panels via VARTM process

Intern, Medtronic, Product Development Engineering, Memphis, TN, February 2008 – June 2008

• Designed medical implants and instruments as well as wrote associated literature

• Developed new products with marketing, regulatory, and surgeon teams

• Advised on pultrusion of composite PEEK rod

• Initiated collaboration between Medtronic and the University of Mississippi’s Composite Materials Research Group

Research Assistant, Composite Materials Laboratory, University of Mississippi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, January - May 2005, August 2005 - May 2006, August 2006 – May 2008

• Preformed pultrusion and mechanical testing of polymeric composites for corporate customers and graduate research

• Research assistance recognized in Composites Manufacturing, “Zapped: Electromagnetic Radiation and Polymer Composites,” May 2006

Apprentice under Glen Davis, Rhodes College Physics Department Machine Shop, Memphis, TN

June - August 2004, June - August 2005

• Machined metals and plastics using a manual lathe and milling machine

• Welded using MIG and MMA processes

• Experienced forging and heat treating

EDUCATION:

University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

M.S. in Engineering Science with an emphasis in Materials Science and Engineering, August 2010, Magna Cum Laude

Thesis: Manufacture and Experimental Study of Pultruded Composites Containing Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

Teaching Assistant for Materials Science Laboratory

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 2006, Cum Laude

Overall GPA: 3.77

Major GPA: 4.0

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ole Miss Chapter

ASME Outstanding Student Award, 2006

Treasurer, 2005-2006

Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society)

Oxford-Lafayette School of Applied Technology, General Welding, January - May 2007

Oxyacetylene welding, brazing, and cutting; MMA, MIG, and TIG welding; Plasma cutting

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Composites Technician, ACMA, 2007-2010

Engineer in Training, NCEES, 2006

SOFTWARE:

Pro/Engineer with Pro/Mechanica and Expert Machinist

AutoCAD 2002-2008, 2012

SolidWorks 2010

MasterCAM X4

NeiNastran/FEMAP

CES EduPack 2006

Fortran 90/95

Working Model 2005

EPANET 2.0

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