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• Applications Support and Development
• Product Testing and Development
• C# Programming

Greater Boston Area

• Coordinate ADE team activities for customer application development and support.
• Mentor new ADE's to strengthen individual skills and increase team efficiency.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and application development expertise for ADE team, regional experts, and large customers.
• Programming and bug fixing in C# and C++ using Visual Studio as IDE, GIT repositories, and BitBucket
• Budget and resource management

Greater Boston Area

• Work with industrial SCARA, articulated, and parallel-link robots daily to integrate Adept's strengths in robotic packaging and assembly into Omron's automation portfolio.
• Contribute to the development of new hardware and software products. This includes generating specifications, design validation testing, usability testing, troubleshooting, and documentation for new product introduction.
• Recreate/Isolate bugs, debug, temporary application work-around, and resolution for existing… Show more
• Recreate/Isolate bugs, debug, temporary application work-around, and resolution for existing software products.
• Support customer application development, troubleshooting, and service.
• Travel internationally for escalated customer support and internal development collaboration.

Greater Boston Area

• Provided direct customer support for legacy production systems and pre-sale application development including brainstorming, "proof of concept" demonstrations, troubleshooting, installation, and commissioning.
• Hosted >50 customers for an automation symposium with demos of robotics applications to promote robotics sales in the Northeast US.
• Supported the optimization of machine vision, motion profiles, multi-robot packaging application layout/allocation, and program… Show more
• Supported the optimization of machine vision, motion profiles, multi-robot packaging application layout/allocation, and program structure.
• Continued reputation for professional and timely customer support leading to successful sales and ongoing relations with customers. Show less

Troy, NY

Researched laser sintering of thermoelectric nanoparticles as an undergraduate researcher. This project progressed into thesis for MS in Mechanical Engineering. Thesis not yet released to public domain.

Troy, NY

• Performed machining (manual & cnc), CAD modeling (NX & SolidWorks), and generated documentation.
• Utilized rapid prototyping capabilities for unique part functionality tests (starch & ABS).
• Produced designs for selective laser sintering additive manufacturing system.
• Developed designs and constructed an automated system to perform a metallurgical research polishing process:o Reduce the inaccuracies of manual polishing, promoting previously impossible research… Show more
• Developed designs and constructed an automated system to perform a metallurgical research polishing process:o Reduce the inaccuracies of manual polishing, promoting previously impossible research developments.o.
• Implemented Adept SCARA robot for improved part manipulation strategies of parts identified by machine vision. Show less

Reading, Pennsylvania Area

• Drafted pump & instrumentation diagrams for both chemical and power plant processes.
• Conducted plant walk-downs for field verification of system construction and as-built modifications.
• Reviewed valve and component compliance with provided code and standards local to the customer project sites.
• Contributed to design of fuel gas system for existing power plant conversion from coal to gas.

Troy, NY

• Worked with graduate students on functional designs for high precision fluid mechanics experimental devices.
• Produced Brewster angle microscopes and viscometers for characterization of molecular monolayers.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.83/4.0