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San Antonio, Tx, Us

Fluid Machinery Systems SectionMachinery DepartmentMechanical Engineering Division

Victoria, Texas Area

Manage and prioritize projects to improve process equipment (ASME BPVC Section VIII Div. 1, API 653/620/650, and ANSI) by creating scopes of work, specifying engineering requirements, reviewing purchase orders, approving detailed design drawings, and following management of change procedures from concept to implementation.• Review changes to pressure, temperature or materials used in ammonia, natural gas, chemical, and utility piping systems.• Approve engineering drawings &… Show more Manage and prioritize projects to improve process equipment (ASME BPVC Section VIII Div. 1, API 653/620/650, and ANSI) by creating scopes of work, specifying engineering requirements, reviewing purchase orders, approving detailed design drawings, and following management of change procedures from concept to implementation.• Review changes to pressure, temperature or materials used in ammonia, natural gas, chemical, and utility piping systems.• Approve engineering drawings & calculations for piping, heat exchangers & pressure vessels. • Lead finite element analyses (FEA) through third party firms to validate mechanical integrity of process equipment.• Develop project funding proposals ranging $30k-$1.2M and communicate the economic justification to management.• Lead and participate in root cause analyses (RCA) investigations to determine causes of failures on critical equipment. Show less

Kansas State University

Worked with a senior engineer at the Institute of Environment Research on Kansas State University campus. Duties consisted of aiding graduates with research projects, typical maintenance of working space, and independent research projects.• Designed and built a water system to capture instrumentation data through LabVIEW and designed a mounting system for particle image velocimetry (PIV) instrumentation.• Rebuilt the thermal performance chamber’s insulated wood floor to restore the… Show more Worked with a senior engineer at the Institute of Environment Research on Kansas State University campus. Duties consisted of aiding graduates with research projects, typical maintenance of working space, and independent research projects.• Designed and built a water system to capture instrumentation data through LabVIEW and designed a mounting system for particle image velocimetry (PIV) instrumentation.• Rebuilt the thermal performance chamber’s insulated wood floor to restore the floor surface and improve the chamber’s ability to maintain constant temperature throughout the duration of experiments. Show less

Manhattan, Ks

Worked with Dr. McCornack's Integrated Pest Management Lab at Kansas State University. Aided graduate student's with their research projects and experiments. Duties included experiment set-up, following experiment protocols, data collection protocols, and data entry in excel spreadsheets.