Christopher Tower Email & Phone Number

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Rohnert Park, California, Us

Lead Engineer for Valve and valve subassembly systems designed at IDEX Health & Science. This role includes serving as a Technical lead, Design Engineer and/or Project manager for Line Extension development, New Product Technology and Market based projects. Systems can include various components such as rotary shear valves, manifolds, degassing components/systems, pumps, pressure sensors and various tubing and connections.

Rohnert Park, California, Us

Engineering Manager for the West Coast of the United states with IDEX Health & Science. Leading an Engineering group focused on shear valves, degassing/debubbling, tubing/fittings as well as sub systems for the Bio/IVD market.

Rohnert Park, California, Us

Mechanical engineer at IDEX Rohnert Park facility working in the Bio/IVD department with a focus on valve technology.

Geyserville, Ca, Us

Helping to engineer and release the first Altwork ergo workstations.

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Responsible for concept to production launch of new product platforms relating to automated shear valves for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HLPC) systems. Major accomplishments include release of TitanHT and TitanHTE valve platform and redesign/development of MXII stand alone valve system. Research projects include Ultra High Pressure (UHP and UHP25) valves and various coating technologies along with testing of new sealing materials. Other accomplishments include development of encoding system patent and UHP25 sealing patent accompanied by UHP25 TitanHT release. Engineering lead for one of the largest valve customers.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for conducting and monitoring testing of air brake actuators directed by Engineering Procedures and ISO 9001 standards. Test required ranged from inspection of brake components (ISIR) to qualifying a new brake design. Major projects included all product testing for e- Stroke brake system and extensive testing to improve Magnum Positive Venting System (PVS) air brake. Accountable for designing and redesigning of testing equipment including a brand new data acquisition system. Depended on to care for day-to-day activities in a testing lab.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Prepared duct and pipe work for existing and new HVAC plans. Involved in sizing ductwork based on size and pressure drop, then documenting this in CAD using Bently Microstation. Assisted with office duties such as preparing spreadsheets and reports for Professional Engineer (PE).

Assisted manufacturing department in improving manufacturing processes by designing fixtures that could accommodate many parts to lessen setup and machining time. Designed gages to measure concentricity in order to help identify concentricity issues with a certain product line and gages to set cutter stroke on a gear shaper.

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering