Engineering Design

DANA UTEMBAYEVA

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State College, PA 16801

(Cell) 814-***-****

wmcum8@r.postjobfree.com 50 Begildinov Street Apt 5

Astana, Kazakhstan 01000

wmcum8@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Top 4 Engineering School in the United States)

Bachelor in Industrial Engineering and Six Sigma minor expected May 2012

● Coursework includes Engineering Work Design, Engineering Economics, Engineering Statistics, Material Science, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Manufacturing, Simulation, Queuing Theorem, Statistical Quality Control, Capstone Design Project, Principles of Solidification Processing Discussion

● Designed an energy efficient washing machine, using AutoCAD, and estimated its cost

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

LAI (Lean Advancement Initiative) Lean Academy

Professional Program in Enterprise, Healthcare and Product Development July 2011

● Hands-on introduction to lean thinking fundamentals, principles and tools applicable in an enterprise, including a healthcare and a product development enterprise

INTERNSHIPS

Mega Variant, Shymkent, Ongtüstik Qazaqstan oblysy, Kazakhstan

Manufacture of domestic appliances, sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Solid Works Intern July-August 2009, 2010

● 20+ hours with working on motor vehicle parts designs, measurements and drawings that assisted the employees

● Drawing the designs on SolidWorks with the achieved measurements

● Assisted employees with the projects and built social skills in a team working environment

RESEARCHES AND PROJECTS

Engineering Design and Design Methodologies; Product Family and Product Platform Design; Statistical Approximations and Design of Experiments; Applied Optimization and Robust Design, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Research Assistant August 2011-Present

● 10-15 hours per week

● Dissecting and taking measurements of appliances and designing them on SolidWorks

● Helping conduct a case study on the achieved results of the design.

Supply Chain and Logistics Senior Capstone Design project with The Vitamin Shoppe August 2011-December2011

● Working directly with the Vitamin Shoppe and 4 other Industrial Engineering students to create an Excel tool to determine the optimal delivery frequency for all 500+ stores

● Tool analysis came up with total annual savings of $299,000, by decreasing the delivery frequency for only 19 stores the tool could potentially save $177,000 of total annual savings

● Tool recommendations will be analyzed and implemented

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Co-Founder and VP, Kazakhstani Student Association 2010-present

● Penn State KSA was chosen to be the head of the Kazak Student Association alliance across the United States by the ambassador of Kazakhstan. Received a reception from Global Networking of Penn State.

● Organized a University-wide event with rich program aimed at buildings bridges between Kazakh and American cultures

● Established the association, organize Board elections, promote association via social media and other clubs, organize weekly meetings and discussions of new ideas and upcoming events

AWARDS

● Jambyl Foundation scholarship, an achievement-based scholarship awarded to 50 students from Kazakhstan each year

● First-place prize winner for a SolidWorks project, involving fine measurement, drawing and design of a complex 100-piece module

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

● Member of Institute of Industrial Engineering (since September 2010)

● Member of Human Factor and Ergonomic Society (Since September 2010)

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office, AutoCad, SolidWorks, C++, MatLab, MiniTab, Arena Simulation Modeling

LANGUAGES

Russian (native), Kazakh (native), English (fluent), Spanish (basic)

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