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Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area

Manitowoc, WI

• New Product Development for International Defense Trucks
• Provide estimates for engineering hours and material costs for project planning and quoting purposes.
• Function as technical project management for new product development of international defense products.
• Major duties include project scheduling, design lead for vehicle, documenting issues, solutions and results and coordinating specialized engineering groups for the total system design.

• New Product Development for wire-line oilfield equipment
• Project lead for new product development of oil-field wire-line trucks with design and project management responsibilities.
• Major duties include project scheduling, designing and objectively evaluating designs, and documenting issues, solutions and results.
• Design of hydraulic and mechanical systems, build, and field test prototype units to qualify designs.
• Assist in selection of suppliers/integrators.

Lafayette, Indiana Area

The goal of my research was to fundamentally understand EHL contacts in the presence of a binary fluid.Perform experimental work, develop an analytical model and correlate the results.

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Sustaining Engineering for Rigid Framed Mining Truck Transmissions
• Knowledge of planetary transmissions and associated gears, carriers, clutches, housings, and seals, as well as the proper interactions of these components.
• Experience with hydraulics and hydraulic controls used to engage clutches and modulate pressure.
• Communicated with manufacturing personnel to evaluate deviation requests and develop possible rework plans. Performed failure analysis on components of… Show more Sustaining Engineering for Rigid Framed Mining Truck.
• Communicated with manufacturing personnel to evaluate deviation requests and develop possible rework plans. Performed failure analysis on components of interest in the event of a failure.
• Applied Pro/E as a design and analysis tool in addition to some detailing work.

Harrison, OH

• Rotating assignments in Design, Test and Development and Manufacturing.
• Design assignments focused on cost reduction and performance improvements of existing products
• Test and Development assignments focused on competitive evaluation, design and procurement of test equipment and building prototype units
• Manufacturing assignments focused on improving first time past rates, supporting quality audits and implementing corrective action and worker safety improvements.

Msem, Engineering Management

Msme, Mechanical Engineering (Tribology)

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering