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Chandler, Az, Us

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Manage Regional Engineering Escalation Team that troubleshoots Technical Issues on Dry Etch Equipment (semiconductor Industry)

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Manage Regional Engineering Escalation Team that troubleshoots Technical Issues on Dry Etch Equipment (semiconductor Industry)

Hillsboro, Or

Dry Etch: Layer and Equipment owner. Responsable for process development and equipment maintenance.

 Develop equations for a hybrid unified viscoplastic constitutive model to predict the inelastic behavior and damage state of nickel based superalloys and austenitic stainless steels; which in turbines and piping applications allows less conservative designs that results in higher efficiencies and lower costs. Analyze and program classic unified viscoplasticity models using FORTRAN language and ANSYS to examine models accuracy predicting superalloys mechanical behavior. Contribute in the development of a novel software capable of performing numerical optimization of material constants values used in viscoplastic and mathematical models. Perform monotonic tension, stress relaxation, creep, fatigue and life prediction simulations employing User Programmable Features (UPF) in ANSYS Mechanical APDL to predict material’s mechanical response. Complete monotonic tension and cyclic loading tests at different stress levels and strain amplitudes, on 304 stainless steel specimen operating an INSTRON 5960 Universal Testing Machine (UTM). Conduct strain and deformation analysis of metallic, polymer, composite and concrete specimen by operating a Correlated Solutions VIC-3D digital image correlation (DIC) equipment.

El Paso, Texas Area

 Served as a tutor of general engineering courses for over 540 engineering students. Responsible for the development of quizzes and projects to evaluate students learning progress. Participated as a design judge in engineering design student competitions.

El Paso, Texas Area

 Worked as a group with 10 student leaders and university Staff towards the organization and planning of the off-road international intercollegiate design competition Mini BAJA SAE that hosted more than 1,100 engineering students from US and around the world at UTEP campus. In charge of the planning and the development of 10 competition events that tested the capabilities and limitations of the 100 off-road cars designed by engineering students from different universities. Coordinated the participation of 65 engineering and business professionals in the design and business competitions, where competitors justified their designs to the participating professionals from engineering and financial perspectives.

Facilities Services

 Developed schematic diagrams displaying the different configurations of water systems (including water pumps, heat exchangers, flow meters, ball and butterfly valves) used within mechanical rooms throughoutcampus buildings that provide water to the air handler units, with the objective of identify unnecessary components to increase the overall system efficiency. Examined air handler unit diagrams to ensure the matching of the diagrams to the current air handler configuration by indicating air inlets, filters, dampers, actuators, thermometers, thermocouples, coils, mixing areas, fans, and air outlets with the objective of conserving energy through thermal energy efficiency that would aid the University in its endeavor to become a Tier 1 institution. Conducted a cross-campus inventory of all research equipment towards the development of a plan to better control and administrate research inventory.

El Paso, Texas Area

 Met with more than 30 local business owners looking for sponsorship to aid in the financing of the Baja Project; successfully raised over $6,000 to cover travel expenses and project funding. Organized seminars imparted by faculty members for students, to helped them understand what engineering is about. Some of the imparted topics were: leadership, failure analysis, computer aided design (CAD), mechanical design, heat transfer, basic machining processes. Served as a mentor to 10 freshmen and sophomore mechanical engineering students during a basic structural analysis project, where a tool box wagon was designed.

 Design a functional hydraulic brake system by calculating required pressures, forces and components sizes to successfully meet competition requirements and ensure UTEP’s vehicle acceptance to compete in power tests and a 4 hours endurance race in the intercollegiate competition 2012 SAE Baja in Portland, Oregon. Machined custom designed steering system components, such as: spindles, joints and steering arms using mills, lathes and CNC. Actively coordinated a team of 23 engineering students to set objectives, tasks and follow timelines in order to complete the design and fabrication of an off-road vehicle to compete nationally. Administered a budget of $15,000 to purchase necessary tools, materials and parts for the fabrication of the off-road single passenger vehicle.

 Coordinated shipping/receiving process of import/export merchandise trailers from US to Mexico meeting tight timelines to minimize customer waiting time. Revised and classified merchandise information to determine the import tariff of products based on origin country, materials, and product quantities, towards the elaboration of import declaration documents. Supervised a group of 4 workers to ensure the proper handling of import/export merchandise during boarding of merchandise from boat containers to trailer containers.

Juarez, Mexico

 Participated in the Industrial and Mechanical engineering team that designed and implemented the assembly line of one of the most promising side-by-side ATV in the market, the BRP Can-am Commander which was first launched to the market on 2011. Designed 7 different manual fixtures used in the assembly line, to facilitate the assembly process resulting in manufacturing time reduction of 12 man hours per day, thus saving the company $2,000 dollars per year. Negotiated fixture fabrication price with external suppliers to obtain as much as 20% in price reduction. Adjusted sub-assembly line balancing processes to reduce manufacturing time, which resulted in the reduction of 4 man hours per day, thus saving the company $600 dollars per year. Optimized a layout distribution of a sub-assembly work station to successfully reduce the used space by 80 ft2 of floor space on a 520 ft2 sub-assembly work station. Validated 4 designed assembly fixtures of the Can-am Commander with the internal quality department to guarantee the design fixtures meet the company quality standards. Created an internal database of pneumatic tools inventory for the implementation of maintenance program.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: SAE, Tau Beta PiDevelopment of a Unified Viscoplastic Constitutive Model to describe the behavior.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, AIAA, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)