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Davenport, Ia, Us

Davenport, Iowa, United States

Davenport, Iowa, United States

Davenport, Iowa

Sell a broad range of technical products in the industrial automation field including pneumatics, conveyance, robotics, vision, safety, actuation, motion, and more.

Worked in the purchasing department on large new business acquirement projects including a large project of over 3.5 million dollars in yearly revenue. This included taking quotes, setting parts up in the system, negotiating with suppliers, and more. Also was a reference for various ANSI and ISO standards to many coworkers. Participated in biweekly Material Review Board meetings where quality issues were evaluated and weekly engineering meetings where difficult and intricate parts were assessed to determine if they were a viable option due to liability, tolerance capabilities, number of machining processes, cost, and more.

Performed Quality functions such as Initial Sample Inspection Reports, PPAPs, dock audits, and internal ISO 9001 quality audits. Used several different forms of measurement equipment including hardness testers, optical comparator, plating gage, calipers, and more.

Worked on a vision system for defect detection on manufacturing lines. Powered by MATLAB, this system was built from the ground up and contained many different algorithms to achieve desired results. These included a template matching feature that matched an ideal template of the part being scanned to the test subject anywhere within the view of the camera. An Arduino board was controlled via MATLAB to give commands to a stepper motor connected to a turntable with the test piece mounted on top. A graphical user interface was generated to give the user customization to the operation of the defect detection process. This included simply running the algorithm, rotating the turntable a specific number of degrees, adjusting the threshold to combat light fluctuations, and more. The coordinates of the defect were also outputted and stored in an array to be used in the future with tooling for removal and addition of material to correct the defects. A simple webcam produced tolerance results within 0.05" and could vastly be improved with a higher resolution camera.Supplementary tasks included using SolidWorks to design and create test parts, turntable top, and the mounting bracket by sending the files to a 3D plastic printer on campus. Weekly progress reports in the form of papers and presentations were also given to keep everyone up to date on the progress of the project. A final term paper was also written and submitted along with a final presentation. Return on Investment analysis was also produced based on the intended use in manufacturing facilities and determined to be in the multi-million dollar range if the system was finished. Work based off of the project is being carried out to be implemented in a local business. This design was presented at the Illinois State Academy of Science Annual Research Conference in the Spring of 2015. The design was also presented later in the spring at the Western Illinois University Student Research Conference.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Engineering, 3.63

Activities and Societies: Engineering Club

Associate'S Of Engineering Science, Engineering, 3.69

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Phi Theta Kappa, ABC Americorps, Student Support Services, Student Government