Evan Vander Hoff Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Az, Us

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Manages design group consisting of mechanical and electrical engineers• Oversees design engineering activities including; project development, fixturing development, andprioritization• Collaborates with customers during initial design and design review phases

Grand Rapids, Michigan

• Designs mechanical components for electronic enclosures, including metal brackets, housings/chassis, injection molded parts and backshells. • Designs harnesses per IPC/WHMA-A-620, SAE-AS50881 & customer specifications, developing wire diagrams and form boards• Chooses components utilizing military and manufacturers specifications to ensure that customer requirements are met• Works closely with manufacturing, test and quality departments to qualify and finalize products

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan

• Drafts detailed drawing packages, incorporating GD&T, bill of materials, and wire diagrams• Creates control documents, white papers, and detailed assembly instructions• Develops fixtures for assembly, including molds for connectors and circuit cards• Evaluates designs for manufacturability and redesigns for time and cost savings

Case Western Reserve University

• Researched origami patterns to be used as structures for soft robotics• Developed motor control and sensor circuits using Arduino based programming and processors• Researched paper accepted by IROS conference 2014:E. Vander-Hoff, D. Jeong, and K. Lee, “OrigamiBot-I: A Thread-Actuated Origami Robot for Manipulation and Locomotion,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Chicago, IL, USA, September 2014, pp. 1421-1426. DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2014.6942743

Mentor Ohio

• Participated on projects involving the design and production of fuel nozzles and components for jet engines • Created detailed fixtures for use in assembly processes• Determined lean production methods through monitoring production processes

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

• Designed springs and drafted drawings in SolidWorks • Internal Auditor Training (ISO 9001:2008)• Ensured customer satisfaction through communication and solving of issues • Completed special projects, including organizing manufacturing equipment to maximize space using lean principles

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Mechanical Engineering

M.S.E. Mechanical Engineering, Engineering

Left program when I moved to Arizona.

B.S. Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, Engineering