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Villa Grove, Illinois, United States

Process improvement at company plants and 3D Modeling for new product development.

Villa Grove, Illinois, United States

Greater St. Louis Area

-Transformed industrial design surface models into an aesthetic assembly utilizing advanced CAD skills to deliver 7 injection molded components in 3 months.-Collaborated with injection molding vendors to optimize designs to improve manufacturability and reduce tooling and part cost.-Delivered injection molded, machined and thermoformed part designs on schedule and met all aggressive cost targets contributing to an overall design that met company financial targets.

Monett, Missouri, United States

Take graphical renderings of concepts generated by designers and work to collaboratively create a manufacturable product that looks as close to the original rendering as possible. -Developed and solid modeled cutting edge solutions to leverage in house capabilities in machined, cast, tubular and sheet metal parts, drastically reducing outsourced part quantity and cost. -Combined technical and communication skills while mentoring new hires to increase team productivity and reduce common initial mistakes.-Engineered and successfully launched, on-time; over a dozen products containing nearly 1000 components across 7 product lines and 2 brands. -Co-facilitated prototype assembly with fabrication team.

Rolla Missouri

-Designed, solid modeled and implemented various components. -Led the MinerRide project (Segway style Vehicle) and MinerFly Project (Large Aerial Surveying Octocopter). -Additive Manufacturing (FDM and SLA) 3D printing to generate parts. -Electrical work such as circuit mapping and soldering prototype boards.

Champaign, Illinois

-Leveraged previous hobby and engineering experience on Blade Helicopter team by prototyping, repairing, modifying and testing hobby RC multirotors and helicopters.-Utilized programs such as Word and Powerpoint to assist senior product developers with organizing presentations.

Rolla, Missouri

Set up and run light and sound systems and load in and load out of shows

Champaign Il

Repair of remote control helicopters that were being tested, prototyping of flying proof of concepts, research and presentations (Made and gave presentations), flight testing the 350qx Quadcopter* and prototyped and tested vibration damping camera mounts. Also flew for the "Aerial Photography" promotional video*.*See Links

Champaign Il

Performed servo life tests, transmitter and receiver functionality tests. Soldered prototype radios and disassembled and reassembled several DX10t Radios for testing purposes.

Champaign Il

Set up and run sound and lighting systems. Soldering/ Building racks and cases.

Bachelor'S Degree In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Science Olympiad, Drama, Marching Band