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Denver, Co, Us

Englewood, Co

- Engineered and designed controls equipment for the oil and gas industry - CTBs, LACTs, etc- Initiated group-wide ISO 9001-based QA program

Watkins, Co

Primary duties include design and construction of proof-of-concept projects to aid in the deliveryof bulk explosives and blasting agents.- Demonstrated how a potential company-wide savings of $3.6 million per year in lost AN productcould be saved by using a load cell-based delivery platform to more accurately meter product.Saved approximately $75,000 on the demonstration system by designing, constructing, andprogramming the system myself.- Reduced the cost of controller development for a radio controlled F-750 by $100,000 byprogramming the HMI, PLC, and CAN-based I/O modules myself. The controller was alsodesigned to be easily integrated into a fully autonomous vehicle.- Increased laser initiator test capsule reliability to 99% by characterizing the output of all laserdiodes used for initiation. Previous reliability was approximately 60%.- Decreased average laser initiator initiation time from 100 ms to 10 ms by suggesting the use of athreaded assembly rather than a press-fit assembly.- Demonstrated cost savings for a laser initiator of 80% and increase in output efficiency of 3x byusing a heated bridge wire instead of a laser for PETN initiation. This came to light in researchinghot wire initiators designed by LANL where it was shown that required hot wire initiation energyappeared to be on par with laser initiation energy.Skills/Equipment: NI Labview/cRio, DAQs, load cells, CAN/CANopen, IFM HMIs, Codesys, fabrication, Delphi vehicle radar, sonar, LIDAR, project management, research, Arduino (GPS, XBee), etc.

Aurora, Co

Affiliate marketing, small scale retail, and Android Apps (PFM Ballistics)

Littleton, Co

- Reduced metal oxide catalyst manufacturing time by 90% by researching previous work on thesubject. The process was changed from a time consuming and expensive batch precipitationreaction to a continuous flame spray pyrolysis reaction.- Saved $200,000 on design and installation of the first public hydrogen fueling station in India byreducing required subcontractor costs and performing the electrical, controls, and installationwork myself.- Reduced future fueling station design time by approximately 30% by arranging a modularstation controller system and code. This was possible because many NG and H2 fueling stationsuse similar equipment and arrangements.- Eliminated the need for separate NG valve programming software by incorporatinguser programmable functions into the PLC and HMI of the Hythane Dual Fuel kit. Doing soeliminated the need for Hythane personnel to be on-site for commissioning and start-up.Primary duties include hydrogen/natural gas fueling station design & construction, PLCs (GE, Phoenix Contact, Red Lion mainly), Carbon nanotube production and research, carbon nanotube composite materials (concrete, plastics, epoxies, paint), welding/fabrication, dual-fuel (NG) genset controls.

Global

GPS-NDS, seismometers, analog radio/cable, digital radio/cable, UNIX, nuclear basics, physical fitness, HMMWV qualification, tower certified to 100 ft, 1 yr electronics training - digital and analog circuits.