John Killoran Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Designed and fabricated new technologies for automating indoor vertical farming• Identified harvesting, seeding, and packaging as 75% of labor costs through a financial model developed in Octave/Excel• Implemented automated seeding machine and elevator designed in SolidWorks as part of labor reduction efforts• Analyzed effectiveness of environmental controls through Kibana time-series visualizations

Philadelphia, Pa / Los Angeles, Ca

• Led product development efforts to create new-to-market table-top cooking smoke filtration device• Completed 2 functional prototypes, optimizing designs for smoke capture and flow rate through head piece• Confirmed improved air quality by 50% with use of prototypes over standard overhead ventilation hoods

Philadelphia, Pa

• Manage shop inventory—including woodworking and circuitry equipment• Consult and aid in the design and construction of a range of engineering projects for engineering students

Philadelphia, Pa

• Taught Introduction to Mechanical Design to a class of 20 university students—mostly freshmen engineers• Instructed and assisted students through 5 course projects, utilizing design software, and approaching design

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Commissioned construction projects—INOVA Hospital, MGM Hotel & Casino, and American University Radio Station—alongside professional engineers, commissioning experts, and field technicians• Collected, prepared, and evaluated HVAC data in order to report building progress to management• Developed Operations & Maintenance manuals, weekly status reports, and project proposals

Falls Township, Pa

• Performed mechanical repairs on various printers and copiers• Maintained workflow by completing and mailing out all of the district’s print orders in an efficient manner