Nathan Wolverton Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

- Maintained design responsibility over Cameron’s collet connector product line; equipment used to remotely connect blowout preventer (BOP) stacks to deepwater drilling wellheads at depths of up to 15000 feet.- Presided over the product development of Cameron’s first 20ksi wellhead connector starting with prototype design completion through manufacturing support, testing, result analysis, and design documentation.- Spearheaded a division wide sealing technology initiative to determine elastomer seal selection guidelines and provide training on industry specific seal design. - Engineered a wide range of successful product modifications to improve reliability and safety of deepwater drilling operations.

Houston, Texas, Us

-Engineered solutions to minimized waste in multiple areas of Ascend’s nylon compounding process; reducing contaminated water usage by 50%, decreasing nylon pellet leakage, and reducing opportunities for nylon pellet contamination-Consulted regularly with trade professionals, mechanics, plant operators, electricians, and engineers to solve system problems and to become more knowledgeable on the mechanical systems involved with various plant projects-Involved in plant safety reviews and working on teams for practical plant solutions

Washington, Dc, Us

-Worked with manufacturing engineers and trade experts in the mechanical fabrication branch of NASA, obtaining exposure to development processes related to space hardware while gaining valuable experience related to machining, welding, and fabrication-Communicated with potential and current customers on a regular basis including: participating in overview meetings for new projects, discussing solutions to manufacturing problems, specifying work order requests, and ensuring delivery of manufactured parts

-Focused heavily on SolidWorks 3D modeling in conjunction with FEA simulations, motion studies, and 2D drawings-Observed multiple chemical plant environments while assisting in engineering and fabrication contracts including the design phase of a nitric acid expander-Assisted in a wide variety of failure analysis and forensic engineering cases for Dr. Sparks, owner, founder, and manager of SERF Inc., who acts as an expert witness in a wide variety of legal cases