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Eugene, Or, Us

Bridgewater, Nj, Us

Automation + Process Control SME for Raw Material Distillation, Lens Material Formulation, and Chemical Extraction processes.- Executed $500k control system upgrade to Chemical Extraction Process (Class I, Div 1) - Responsible for daily production of lens material for Rochester Manufacturing Operations- Leading standardization, optimization and automation of raw material distillation in Class I, Div I area- Leading process improvements and equipment redesign for scale up of lens material formulation

Bridgewater, Nj, Us

Part of a controls engineering team responsible for the design and validation of a fully automated contact lens manufacturing platform.

Responsible for the design and programming of control systems for systems that integrate solar, wind, fuel cell, CHP, generator, large format batteries and Utility grids for renewable smoothing, demand response & control, UPS, and micro-grid applications. - Redesigned monitoring system for benchmarking site power demand to reduce cost and speed up the sales cycle - Refactored existing ladder-logic based site-controller into a modular and configurable architecture in structured text to allow code reuse across residential, mobile, and industrial-sized systems- Added remote browser-based and mobile monitoring, along with automated FTP data transfer and report generation to system design, including retrofitting existing systems in the field- Managed commissioning of control systems for several 250-1000kWh battery systems

Designed, programmed, and commissioned PLC based control and SCADA systems. - Programmed PLC and HMI based control systems for several water and waste water facilities- Debugged customer PLC code for a Prototype Sterilization Machine to meet critical deadline for customer- Managed completion and FAT of eight automated test stands for medical device manufacturer- Managed build of 1kW Wind Turbine demonstration system

Bridgewater, Nj, Us

Provided control system and automation engineering design and project implementation. - Integrated laser printer into a packaging machine, including working with vendor engineering staff, modifying existing PLC (Unity), and HMI (WW Intouch 9) software, integrating laser power and I/O into the existing control panel, designing and programming a completely new touch screen based operator interface in VB.Net- Designed and programmed a VB6 operator interface for a bottle cap leak testing machine- Participated in PLC and HMI upgrades to existing automated contact lens manufacturing lines

Seattle, Washington, Us

Responsible for detailed design of SCADA systems, including defining system architecture requirements, hardware, software and instrument specifications, control panel layouts, PLC and HMI programming, VFD, OPC, and historian configuration, field surveys, start-up services and supervising junior engineers and designers.- Designed PowerLogic based Energy Monitoring system for SeaTac Airport 2.1 Mft2 Rental Car Facility - Modified control system for Ethanol and Biodiesel blending at Shell Gas Terminals- Designed Gas Monitoring/Life Safety Alarm System for Amgen Helix Facility, including control panels, and interface with Siemens Building Automation System- Programmed and commissioned PLC based environmental control system for Boeing Paint Hangar

Boulder, Co, Us

Designed laboratory automation and instrumentation. - Led the evaluation of robotic automation platforms to be utilized across all R&D departments- Designed and managed development of temp controlled magnetic bead separation system, which became workstation product (www.magbeadworks.com) licensed to Wild Goose Engineering- Designed and managed fabrication of LED based UV light source for photo-chemistry processes to realize a 10X reduction in costs and processing time

Lake Oswego, Oregon, Us

Designed and implemented process control strategies and industrial automation used in the production of aerospace, automotive and medical components. Utilized Six Sigma Black Belt training to achieve process improvements.- Designed a SCADA system for CNC Machining cell used to reduce scrap and tooling cost by $75k a month- Programmed VB6 and VB.Net apps to automate QC data entry/analysis to reduce labor costs by $57k per year- Improved Cpk from 0.89 to 2.70 of hot iso-static pressing, reduce heat treatment costs by $150k- Reprogrammed pick-place robots to reduce defects associated with tool cleaning in molding department- Trained and mentored ten new Six Sigma Green Belts and 40 operators in basic Statistical Process Control

Burlington, Ma, Us

Designed and commissioned biopharmaceutical equipment, including managing vendors and in-house panel and machine shops, specifying instruments, designing control panels, PLC and HMI programming (RSLogix 500, iFix).

Ms, Bioresource Engineering

Bs, Bioresorce Engineering