Robert Jenson Email & Phone Number

West Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Inspected pump components and drafted detailed reports including dimensional data and qualitative analysis of products’ conditionEngineered detailed mechanical repair specifications based on industry standards and company-established best-practicesEstimated job costs and quoted repairs to customersManaged refurbishment projects from planning to completion and coordinated project schedules with the Shop Manager and General ManagerCoordinated with vendors and subcontractors to ensure proper implementation of engineering specifications and to maintain schedulesDeveloped relationships with clients and sought out new customers through sales calls and visits

Performed NASA-sponsored project in stress and failure analysis of bonded joints under mechanical/thermomechanical loads by using finite element method (FEM) & developing robust joint models and related efficient computational codesFabricated carbon-fiber/epoxy composite laminates via vacuum assisted resin transfer technique (VARTM) & wetted lay-up methodConducted fracture tests of carbon-fiber/epoxy composite laminates

Performed data analysis on experiments performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityPresented weekly reports to collaborating researchersParticipated in reconfiguration of experimental setup by recalibrating photomultiplier tubes for the Modular Neutron Array

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Thesis title: "Stress-function variational method and its applications in the strength analysis of bonded joints and hard coatings"

B.A., Physics, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Pi Sigma Worked as a research assistant in the MoNA Collaboration, analyzing experiments run at the NSCL.