Carson Buchanan Email & Phone Number

I recently had the opportunity to manage the startup of a +$7 million HVAC airside system for a food production plant, designed and built by Burns and McDonnell. This included being on-site for 6 months in a site engineer role assisting the site construction team and contractors as they completed HVAC controls wiring, programming, and SCADA integration. This role gave me the opportunity to branch out of strictly a mechanical role and dive deep into the electrical and controls side of HVAC, and allowed me to further develop my electrical troubleshooting skills, learn to use the operator sides of Metasys (JCI) and Ignition, as well as develop a good understanding of how to use Evapco CPA HMIs. During the startup phase, I interacted heavily with the other team members, client stakeholders and operators due to the HVAC system being connected to the electrical system, natural gas system, the heating hot water system, two glycol systems (15F and 30F, using ammonia to glycol heat exchangers) and one unit with direct fed ammonia. Prior system turnover to the owner, I also acted as the de facto operator for the HVAC system, monitoring the system via the control front ends and addressing issues when needed. I am extremely grateful to the team members who had the confidence in me to allow me the opportunity to take on this role. It was truly a once in a career opportunity!BMcD works with the client to provide a one-stop-shop approach to EPC/Design-Build projects. I have been involved in HVAC design for many projects including industrial and food production facilities, and in that role I also support our refrigeration design team.

As a volunteering member of the UMKC Baja Racing Team, I was responsible for designing, building, and implementing an electronic system designed to store and transmit critical data about the car to a base station computer for tuning and improvement. I worked closely with several individuals to write code that would interface between the microcontroller and the various sensors used to acquire gearbox speed, gearbox temperature, car battery voltage, and GPS data. Wireless transmitter/recievers were used to allow a base station computer to receive performance information from the car, as well as transmit a signal to the on-car microcontroller in order to activate a driver signal light. The base station computer user interface allowed a race team member to view the car performance parameters, as well as track the car's location on a live map. The system was used to monitor the car during the race, and for testing and tuning prior to the competitions.

Supported product development and design engineers by performing various tests and associated root cause analysis on the productCompiled, organized and analyzed test dataDrafted test protocol to outline specific steps and procedures for product testing

Launched the business from scratchSupervise employees, schedules, quality control, and safety practicesMaintained correspondence with clients to ensure satisfactory delivery of servicesManaged all financial aspects of the business

Assisted with various repairs and modifications of engineering lab equipmentAssisted with material tests, including operation and configuration of Instron tensile testing machine