Nancy Shepard Email & Phone Number

Greater St. Louis Area

High Ridge, Missouri

•Design and model new molds in SolidWorks for epoxy casting

High Ridge, Missouri

• Analyze costs involved in producing a new product• Create models and drawings in Solidworks• Modify existing products for improvement or customer needs• Interact on a regular basis with all departments in the company

Rolla, Missouri

• Learned to make an alumina paste with the right composition to be extruded on a FEF machine (a type of 3D printer)• Learned to operate several machines including: surface grinder and cutter, various presses, etc.• Gathered, organized, and analyzed strength test data • Worked individually with guidance from experienced staff members and graduate students• Attended meetings on graduate projects

Rochester, Michigan

• Co-authored and presented a published paper at the 2012 SAE World Congress in Detroit, MI• Worked in a small group in a tribology lab• Gathered, organized, and analyzed data concerning scuffing tests on 4140 Steel, 1075 Steel, and Ductile Iron• Learned to operate several machines including: ball on-disk-tribometer, Rockwell hardness tester, mechanical stylus for measuring roughness, optical microscope, abrasive cutter• Attended conferences and professional activities such as the Young Automotive Professional Conference• Interacted formally and informally with professional engineers as well as faculty and industry mentors