Ben Druecke Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

• Mechanical EngineeringAdvisor: Peko HosoiInvestigation of Failure Mechanism of Swell Packers for Oil and Gas Applications
• Developed experimental apparatus to visualize behavior of model packers in situ
• Developed custom hardware and instrumentation to measure swelling kinetics of polymer gels at elevated temperature and pressure
• Numerical analysis of swelling kinetics of polymer gels
• Characterization of mechanical properties of materials, especially elastomers (Instron, rheometry, DMA)

Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials (2.002) - Spring Semester 2010- Assisted with laboratory work- Held weekly office hours- Worked with professors in preparation and grading of examsGraduate Dynamics (2.032) - Fall Semesters 2006-2010- Graded homework and exams- Prepared and presented weekly recitations

Modeled nonlinear atmospheric wave dynamics using both asymptotic and numerical analysis of partial differential equations.

Cambridge, MA

• Schlumberger -- Doll Research: Mechanical and Materials Sciences Department
• Designed, built, instrumented and tested custom high pressure, high temperature cell for in situ measurement of swelling displacement in pressurized liquid water at temperatures above 100 degrees Celsius
• Designed, built, tested and currently maintain custom die set for making degradable polymer composite laboratory samples for mechanical testing
• Provided supplemental design, fabrication, instrumentation and testing support for ten research scientists and several interns

Cambridge, MA

Drilling dynamics intern - Ran simulations of drilling dynamics and steering control using proprietary code. Interpreted results. - Implemented fluid dynamics module within proprietary code to incorporate the effect of fluid forces on lateral vibrations.

Boston, MA

• Taught undergraduate dynamics and vibrations (ME 3455 and ME 3456) to a class of 43 students.
• Prepared and presented lectures
• Oversaw two teaching assistants responsible for labs and grading
• Prepared and graded weekly quizzes
• Prepared and graded exams
• Received subsequent requests on two occasions to teach course again

Advisors: David Foster and Sandy KleinThesis: Exploration of Approaches to Reduce Combustion Losses in Internal Combustion Engines (Thermodynamics of Engines and Combustion)

Advisor: Joseph Domblesky- Experimental investigation of vibratory finishing- Experimental characterization of the performance of friction-welded preforms under forging Publication: J. Domblesky, F. Kraft, B. Druecke and B. Sims. "Welded Preforms for Forging". Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 171. 2006.

• Research Engineer - Bonding Technology Research - Neenah, WI (Sept. 2001 - Dec. 2001)
• Evaluated current test procedure (visual qualitative grading) for consumer perception of product performance
• Evaluated image analysis procedure as alternate for qualitative gradingMechanical Engineer - Tissue Mill - Mobile, AL (May 2002 - Aug. 2002)Performed variety of asset engineering tasks on newly rebuilt tissue machine
• Bearing redesign
• Troubleshooting of failures
• Updating of bills of material

Mechanical Engineering

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering