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Greene, Ny, Us

• Lead a team of 3 engineers through design and integration of custom mechanical & electrical systems for over 100 lift trucks per year• Create part kits & installation instructions for aftermarket field support of over 1,000 lift trucks per year• Provide on-site technical support to manufacturing during production of over 800 lift trucks per year• Provide technical support to field service technicians for maintenance of over 50 lift trucks per year• Perform root cause analysis and create aftermarket designs to solve customer issues• Optimize mechanical & electrical systems direct from the factory based on field customer feedback

• Provided on-site support to manufacturing during production of over 100 conveyors• Designed stair assemblies and access platforms per IBC and OSHA standards• Designed electrical schematics and cable routings for on-site installation

Chadds Ford, Pa, Us

• Performed cooling capacity, air distribution, and air velocity tests on HVAC systems • Optimized size of HVAC enclosures using finite element structural analysis (FEA)• Created rapid prototype 3D models of HVAC systems for contract bids• Wrote technical reports and test procedures per ISO 9001 standard• Provided on-site support to field service technicians with maintenance of HVAC systems

• Led a team of 4 engineers through design and integration of mechanical systems on an MH-60S simulator• Designed pneumatic systems that simulated recoil in weapons• Developed solutions to reduce vibration and resonance during motion of aircraft simulators• Optimized size of HVAC systems to maintain safe levels of temperature inside aircraft simulators• Calculated excursion limits of aircraft simulators to optimize installation• Assisted field service technicians with maintenance of aircraft simulators

Binghamton, Ny, Us

• Trained students to use Pro/Engineer, MATLAB, and ANSYS• Taught courses on control systems design and computer-aided drafting & design (CADD) • Performed motion and finite element analysis (FEA) of mechanical systems using Pro/E and ANSYS• Created static and dynamic simulations of mechanical systems using Pro/Engineer, MATLAB, and ANSYS

• Performed lab & field tests in accordance with ASTM standards1. Compressive Strength of Concrete & Mortar Specimens (ASTM C39 & C109)2. Compaction Characteristics of Soil (ASTM D698 and D1557) 3. Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates (ASTM C136)4. Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete (ASTM C172)5. Fabricating Concrete Specimens in the Field (ASTM C31)6. Determining Unit Weight in Aggregate (ASTM C29)7. Floor Flatness & Levelness Testing (ASTM E1155)

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Engineering Science, Mathematical Sciences