Jacob Johnston Email & Phone Number

Arvada, Co, Us

Golden, Colorado, United States

As the research and development and project engineer I design and propose tailored water filtration systems for unique water profiles in remote parts of Central America. I work as part of an international team addressing the challenge of bringing clean water to marginalized communities. I have had the opportunity to travel to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Haiti to work along side members of these communities and our local staff to install the systems that would begin to supply treated water for the families in the area.Many of our projects are located in places with no access to grid electricity, so I have also been able to learn a lot about solar power systems and their application in water pumping. Part of my research role has been to come up with ways to overcome the challenges often associated with solar water pumping. I have been excited to work on creating PLC programs that allow our systems to run autonomously when necessary and to eliminate some operator error.

Golden, Colorado, United States

During my time at Mines, I worked alongside my advisor, Dr. Nils Tilton, to develop and benchmark numerical models for the simulation of reverse osmosis and membrane distillation systems. I developed a second-order accurate model for the challenging case of unsteady water flow over an immersed object. This allowed me to study the flow regimes and solute transport that exist in some of the most common real-world water filtration applications.

Portland, Oregon Area

Participated in ongoing research for Dr. Timothy Doughty on the use of a Nondestructive health monitoring technique as a viable method for predicting catastrophic failure in a structure. Completed research to find new test conditions that could verify the robustness of this model. Planned and carried out several tests. Collected hundreds of hours of data using LabVIEW and NI-DAQs that was processed using a Nonlinear Modal Tracking method. Created a MatLab program that could analyze the collected data in near-real time and plot the results for immediate viewing.

Shelton, Wa

Worked with experienced professionals to keep the Shelton Waste Water Treatment facilities functional and presentable. Placed in charge of other summer help to make sure tasks were completed. Carried out given responsibilities off-site in a timely manner without supervision.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering