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Taught all levels of Physics as well as some Chemistry, including:AP Physics C Mechanics and AP Physics C Electricity & Magnetism:Calculus-based college-level lab courses, worth up to 5 semester hours of credit each, in engineering/technical level Physics. Both courses use introductory differential and integral calculus throughout.Mechanics included: Kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, Work energy & power, Systems of particles & linear momentum, Circular motion & rotation, Oscillations, and Gravitation. E&M included: Electrostatics, Conductors capacitors & dielectrics, Electric circuits, Magnetic fields, and Electromagnetism. PLTW Principles of Engineering (POE): Which introduces engineering concepts that are applicable to a variety of engineering disciplines. And develops technical skills through the use of engineering tools. Which include: 3-D modeling software, hands-on prototyping equipment, programming software, and robotics hardware. The engineering design process is applied to solve real-world problems across a breadth of engineering fields such as: mechanical, robotics, product design & development, and infrastructure.

Spring 2016 PHY 100-Basic Concepts in PhysicsTopics including: motion, force, energy, electricity, magnetism, waves & particles, and atomic structure.Summer 2016 Physics 122-Introductory Physics 2Topics including: electricity & magnetism, light, and modern physics.

Mechanical design of cell phone components and their accessories, for the International Cellular Division using Pro/ENGINEER CAD system (CREO). Made preproduction proof of concept models, using Stereo lithography. Designed parts consisting of: plastic injection moldings, beryllium copper stamped springs, stamped aluminum, and injection molded elastomers. Preformed troubleshooting for existing US domestic products.Patents awarded: Transceiver mounting assembly having integrally formed lock (US 5,038,253) · Issued Aug 6, 1996 Radio transceiver mounting plate (US D342,741) · Issued Dec 28, 1993

Consulted on parametric CAD use cases with clients. Developed CADL parametric software modules for augmenting the CadKey CAD system, as a primary product. Conducted training on CadKey.

Robotics department:
Designed of robotic components and delivery systems used in the pick & place assembly of printed circuit boards, including: printed circuit board hold down assemblies, electro-mechanical robotic part grippers, electrical component lead crimping pneumatic table assemblies, and safety shields. Involved in small scale interface electrical circuit design, and programming of pick & place robots.Patent awarded: PC Board Hold Down System (US 4,618,131) · Issued Oct 21, 1986Product design department:Designed plastic injection molded television cabinets. Helped reduce the design cycle by 6 months on first cabinet, using Ford Motor Company's PDGS with vector graphics displays; a wireframe CAD system. Performed backups and general maintenance of the Prime mini-mainframe, running PDGS on the (Unix-based) Primos operating system.Designed plastic injection molded remote controls, and video accessories. Interfaced with electrical engineering on the mechanical design of electrical controls for a universal television printed circuit board chassis, using PDGS, and CadKey a PC-based 3-D wireframe CAD system.
Engineering Support group:
Analyzed and performed troubleshooting of existing mechanical design defects. Provided emergency mechanical design assistance to various departments. Developed software to parametrically automate CadKey for repetitive design features, using CADL CadKey’s proprietary language. Taught CadKey to engineers, technicians, and summer interns. Helped maintain Novell Local Area Network users & groups, and backing up of data. Connected printers and plotters to the LAN.