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Crane, Indiana, United States

Acoustic testing of sonar transducers. Refurbished AN/SLQ-32 Antenna Shelters - includes disassembly, reassembly and wiring RF & Fiber Optic cables and cleaning fiber optic mating surfaces. Pressure tested cooling systems. Assembled, potted and tested sensor cables. Operated overhead Cat 3 cabless crane. Red lined process documents. Physical inventory.

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

• Assembled automobile steering columns and subassemblies and maintained production equipment.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Operated and maintained MOCVD equipment to grow compound semiconductor epitaxial wafers.

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Tested agricultural robot hardware and software - as an outsider / new user - for compatibility and user-friendliness. Reviewed user guides and assembly instructions for accuracy, clarity and completeness. Collected data with robots. Assembled robots.

Rantoul, Illinois, United States

Assisted the Client’s Network Administrator to set up new PCs for their new network and then replaced the old systems with the new systems.

Champaign, Illinois

• Collaborated with scientists, production managers, engineers and vendors to research, develop, implement and document processes and data collection formats in support of both research and production operations for.
• Researched, specified and procured materials, equipment, tools and supplies.
• Formulated, mixed and dispensed proprietary phosphor pastes, glass sealing frit pastes andvehicles.
• Designed, fabricated and modified assembly jigs for new lamp designs, as well as for increased throughput of existing lamp designs, to maximize yield per oven cycle.
• Cut, shaped and bonded various types of glass - Soda lime, quartz, fused silica, lead, MgF2, conductive coated and strengthened - for use in lamps and assembly jigs.
• Assembled visible and UV lamps using patented designs and proprietary processes and materials.

Champaign, Illinois

• Built winch assemblies and other Gill/Porter products and packed for shipping.

Urbana, Illinois

• Produced proprietary materials for the lighting industry using proprietary methods.
• Processed and sorted materials using chemicals, sieves, micro balances and visual inspection.
• Set up, operated, troubleshot and maintained computer controlled pneumatic punchers.
• Inspected product for quality and conformance to internal and customer specifications.
• Employed precision measuring devices for the above activities.

Urbana, Illinois

• Assisted Senior Materials Scientist and other research scientists to develop new materials and processes as well as new applications for existing APL materials in the lighting and electronics industries.
• Managed lifetime testing of and data collection on experimental lamps.
• Maintained test lamp database.
• Documented procedures and operations.
• Calibrated and maintained photometric data collection equipment.
• Trained others to operate equipment and use the experimental lamp database.

Urbana, Illinois

• Planned and executed the hardware installation of local area and wide area networks.
• Specified and ordered cables, connectors, hardware, tools, test equipment and related materials.
• Designed and built or solicited bids for proprietary cabling interfaces.
• Upgraded, maintained, troubleshot and serviced all network hardware.
• Assisted customers via telephone.
• Maintained customer records.

Paxton, Illinois

• Developed inspection and process instructions.
• Originated and evaluated engineering changes to products and processes.
• Resolved in-house and vendor quality issues.

Paxton, Illinois

• Assembled, wired, calibrated, tested, troubleshot and repaired linear and switching power supplies.

Champaign, Illinois

• Assembled, wired, calibrated and tested uninterruptible power supplies and microprocessor control systems.

Douglasville, Georgia

• Installed, operated, troubleshot and maintained satellite communications equipment for television programming and data acquisition.
• Set up and monitored satellite turn arounds and uplinks.