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Obejective: Mechanical Design Engineer focusing on product design and manufacturing. My goal is to become a team leader in the workplace and establish myself as a well qualified and highly knowledgeable professional.I have experience in machine design, maintenance and fabrication. I am extremely mechanically inclined and understand concepts quickly and accurately. I have excellent work ethic instilled since childhood and I am proud to be an American.Specialties: FEA, ANSYS, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Microsoft Office. Skilled in the operation of farm equipment, tractor, back hoe, skid steer, forklift, horizontal milling machinery, horizontal abrasive saw, punch press, and industrial machinery.I have specific knowledge of the abrasive industry, mainly in honing stones, silicon carbides, and aluminum oxides.Focus: FEA, Machine Design, Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer, and Product Realization

• Mechanical Design Engineer

  Pride Abrasive, Inc.

  Jul 2004 - Jan 2010

  I have worked for the past five years at a small abrasive business in a management position, leading fellow employees. I have also been responsible for fabricating, designing, and maintaining all machinery used by the employees. Another of my duties has been to decrease utility costs and reduce waste in manufacturing processes. Quality control and machine design have been my two primary tasks.

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  University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  Mechanical Engineering