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Wyoming, Minnesota, United States

Sterling Heights MI

Ames, IA

As a Departmental Technician for the Mechanical Engineering department I am responsible for building, demolishing, cleaning, moving, modifying, improving, and maintaining rooms and labs within the Mechanical Engineering department. Departmental Technicians learn to use a large variety of tools, equipment and techniques to accomplish our jobs.

Ames, IA

My main resposiblity as a recording engineer is to operate audio and video equipment to generate a physical and digital record of all musical performances performed in Music Hall at Iowa State University.

I assist in teaching ME 415 - Mechanical System DesignME 415 is a mechanical Engineering Capstone Design course.This course uses a team approach to solving design problems involving mechanical systems. Teams use current design practices they will encounter in industry. They document decisions concerning form and function, material specification.

Saginaw, Michigan Area

• At Nexteer Automotive I was assigned to the team responsible for creating the steering gear in the autonomous Chrysler Pacifica. My responsibilities were to:
• Support engineering issue resolution for customer compliance
• Support all required program documentation including: -DFMEA’s, Design Reviews, Customer issues/communications tracking, Customer Documentation
• Coordinate process related documentation including 6 Step, Design Tracker, Customer PDT Minutes between customer and Saginaw engineering team
• Coordinate and support design change activities such as: -Samples, vehicle testing, and validation for noise vibration and harshness of the steering system.
• Interpret and analyze system and customer specifications

Saginaw, Michigan Area

• My job was to support a current Manufacturing Engineering team with daily support tasks.Some of these tasks include:
• Developing a physical inventory for spare parts used to service machines on the assembly line.
• Loading software images to computers in order to create service laptops for diagnosing problems with machines on the assembly line.
• Participating in a Problem Solving For Team Leaders class which combines concepts from Shainin Red X and 6 Sigma training into a one week course.
• Using problem solving tools to reduce part reject rate on an assembly line.
• Troubleshooted the design of a malfunctioning tool, offered design changes, machined components for better performance

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• In the time I worked with Mestek I was able to see several projects from start to finish. My responsibilities included:
• Creating and modifying mechanical drawings in CAD
• Troubleshooting component failure with international customers to reduce the service needed on a machine sold worldwide.
• Communicating with machinists for the best building and machining practices
• Ordering parts from vendors
• Updating drawings to the latest revisions

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Senior

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Transfer, Mechanical Engineering

I completed my gen-eds as well as my math and physics courses before transferring to Iowa State University.