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Lisle, Il, Us

Albertville, Alabama, Us

Reliability Lead on a campaign to dramatically improve fleet reliability on a new locomotive model. Said model moved from the least reliable to the most reliable product within a year of launch.Chair of the FRACAS / CAPA review board, deciding on root cause, corrective actions, and validation.RAM Lead on an EN 50126 compliant Locomotive order, coordinating an international team of RAM engineers to deliver DFMEA, FMECA, RAM Analysis and Prediction (MTBF), Minimum Serviceability Standards, CMA / PMA, Spare Parts Analysis, and RBDs.Represented the RAM function in CDR / PDR design reviews.Supported warranty and design teams with Weibull analysis of customer returns data.Served as the Reliability Subject Matter Expert: writing processes and training other engineers.

London, England, Gb

Produced the FMECA (Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis) on two new civil aerospace engines.Participated in the Global Process Committee to write corporate DFMEA guidance.Wrote the current global best-practice document for transition between DFMEA and FMECA.Supported the roll-out of the Reliasoft XFMEA software suite as a local Superuser.Chaired and served as the Safety Representative of the program FRACAS Review Board.Developed improvements for the FRACAS process and software based on lessons learned.Coordinated use of a new Wiki-based in-company website to communicate Safety information to project.

London, England, Gb

Working for the Lifecycle Engineering group on Civil and Military jet applications.Designing reliability into jet engines and supporting certification of our engines for safety.Aligning our service knowledge acquisition and management systems.Reducing our Life Cycle Cost through robust systems design.

London, England, Gb

Improved the design of and manufacturing process for engine components.Assessed manufacturing errors for improvements to be made.

London, England, Gb

Investigated parts returned from service for mechanism of failure.Provided reports to the National Transportation Safety Board.Evaluated new methods of part analysis using Design of Experiments.

London, England, Gb

Evaluate customer needs and design service tools and procedures to reduce service cost and increase customer satisfaction.

London, England, Gb

Calcuating engine performance using TERMAP codeTroubleshooting codeEvaluating test dataCorrelating service behavior with predicted performance

London, England, Gb

Designing novel test equipment for jet engines.Maintaining Plant 8's array of engine test cellsTroubleshooting faulty hardware.

Boston, Ma, Us

Developing test systems and instrumentation for GE Energy's Gas Turbine Testing Lab (GTTL)

Schenectady, Ny, Us

-Contributed to electrical layouts in new up-rated 1.5MW, 2.5MW, and Offshore wind turbines. -Sized bussing, cables, and transformers to save on cost and improve reliability -Determined necessity for retrofitting in legacy installations to increase output and reliability.-Wrote and published instructions for field installation of Condition Based Monitoring systems. -Filmed an entry to the "Reel Intern" video contest

Bloomington, Il, Us

Taught students and graded lab work.

Chanhassen, Mn, Us

Ages 4-12In charge of the science camp

Itasca, Il, Us

Bagged groceries and corralled carts.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Ba, Physics