Alex Mcdermott Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Leads a team a 7 other field training officers to deliver classroom education, field training, testing, and all other aspects of the training program for trainees and probationary EMT's and produce highly competent.
• Plans and implements the yearly mass-casualty incident simulation and other cross department trainings
• Run bi-weekly FTO meetings, attends weekly program leadership meetings
• Fall 2023 Hiring Board member

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Train and assess EMT trainees through all phases of 6 month training process including working with them on shift, writing practice and testing simulations, giving classroom lectures, and grading written assessments
• Maintain all EMT skills at a high level of mastery
• Work special events and PR details

Brownsville, Texas, United States

• Designed modular steel weldment elevator hoist enclosure and landing gate provisions for 7 unique floors on the launch tower to meet wind and human loads per spec using hand calcs, NX, ETABS, ANSYS, and internal.
• Presented and documented work in critical design review for Tower and Civil engineering teams
• Wrote planning for 13 field operations including drilling grease channels, routingtubes, leak checks, QD arm swings, install/replacement of fluids components, andbuild/demo of scaffolding
• Drove 3 issue tickets to closure through in-field engineering oversight and support,walkdowns with techs, and communication with stakeholders

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Work as the senior EMT on shift
• EMT of the Quarter (Winter 2023), Spring 2023 Hiring Board Member
• Assess and mentor Probationary EMT’s
• Attend monthly continuing education classes and maintain all certifications, medical/geographical knowledge, and skills
• Work special events and PR details

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Respond to 911 medical aid calls on 8, 16, and 24 hour shifts as the junior member of a 2 EMT crew
• Drive ambulances; assess, treat, document, and transport patients in dynamic environments
• Train weekly in high-fidelity patient care simulations, attend monthly continuing education classes, and maintain all certifications, medical/geographical knowledge, and skills
• Work special events and PR details

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Complete ~6 month intensive field training program and pass written and practical assessments
• Respond to 911 medical aid calls on 8 and 16 hour shifts while working with a Field Training Officer
• Drive ambulances; assess, treat, document, and transport patients in dynamic environments
• Learn and demonstrate independent competence in all job skills including radio traffic, emergency driving, memorization of response area geography, patient care skills, documentation, and station duties

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Design and build thrust mount to support engine static fires, validate with hand calcs and Solidworks FEA
• Update, validate, and operate all propellant and pressurant fill infrastructure and quick disconnects
• Pad operator supporting world record setting launch to 22,473 ft in FAR Dollar-per-Foot Competition

• Designed P&ID, modelled, and fabricated onboard plumbing to interface fill systems, tanks, and the engine for a successful bi-propellant ethanol-LOx rocket
• Achieved nominal performance of stage propulsion in a launch to 7,000 ft as well as cold flows and 2 static fires
• Designed, tested, and rated custom pneumatic vent valves for use with cryogenic fluids

• Coordinated 3 component teams in the development and manufacturing of avionics, controls/data acquisition (pressure & thrust), and payload systems
• Collaborated with Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering subteams to integrate systems
• Developed and communicated project requirements and objectives, led internal design reviews, and presented to industry reviewers
• Managed $800 budget to deliver product without overage
• Improved safety and test consistency by authoring documentation and protocols for engine tests and rocket launch
• Operated nominal and emergency controls during ignition tests, leak checks, cold flows, and static fires

• Drafted P&ID and spearheaded CAD of ground plumbing box for a hybrid rocket to improve packaging efficiency and mobility
• Analyzed academic research on hybrid chamber mixing devices, earning faculty advisor approval of protrusion disk proposal to increase engine efficiency
• Designed payload-carrying solid motor rocket with an apogee of ~3000 ft using OpenRocket and Solidworks and completed Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)

• Operated ELFIN-A to collect, compress, and downlink science data over four different ground stations, monitor and maintain spacecraft health, and control satellite attitude and spin rates during the nominal mission.
• Upgraded thermal shroud heating and cooling systems and validated all thermal vacuum (TVAC) systems through low/high vacuum and thermal cycling tests
• Documented TVAC chamber infrastructure by creating P&ID’s, electronics schematics, and operation manuals

Teach classes in lifesaving bleeding control using lecture and hands-on methods to train laypeople to be active caregivers during bleeding emergencies.

Four years on FIRST Robotics Team 1515 at Beverly Hills High School gaining engineering intuition and hands on experience through the design, fabrication, and operation of four competition robots under the guidance of industry mentors. Special roles included management of the full leadership team (engineering + business), teaching design principles and.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aerospace Engineering

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