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Houston, Tx, Us

Remote

Help train artificial intelligence systems mathematics.

Texas, United States

Industrial Automation including SCADA, Servers, PLC, HMI, Instrumentation, Advanced diagnosis remotely and on site • PLC, HMI and Device Programming and Setup for Facility, Well Site and Pipeline Controls • Commissioning of Facility, Well Site and Pipeline Controls • Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Facility, Well Site and Pipeline Controls

Nacogdoches, Texas, United States

Deemed member based on academic performance.

Nacogdoches, Texas, United States

http://pme-math.org/what-is-pmeRecognition of being good at mathematics.President of Texas Delta Chapter for about a year.Delivered paper at national convention.

Rogers, Arkansas, United States

https://www.dsarogers.com/• Wrote HMI application for Delta Wrappers in Factory Talk View Studio ME to closely match Soft Flow interface.• Developed software for several Horizontal Flow Wrappers and distribution systems involving multi-axis servo control using Allen Bradley RS Logix 5000 and Soft Flow.• Provided startup support and trouble shooting for High Speed Wrappers and Distribution Systems in US and Europe.• Systems worked on were at major food producers in the US and Europe.• Provided remote online assistance with control system issues in factories from Minnesota to Poland.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

https://www.ssiconveyors.com• Provided conduit layouts, bid packages and hired electrical contractors for two $2M conveyor jobs.• Took over managing CAT, Little Rock job which was not going well. Restructured the job to get material flowing to the field in the correct order. Directed field crew including the superintendent who in turn managed several iron workers. Directed in house mechanical designers where their work impacted or was needed on the project. Scheduled and monitored the fabrication and machine shop where this job was concerned. Designed the build carts using Catia to provide an effective, safe and ergonomic solution. Worked with COMAU to perform and study FEA analysis of cart designs to insure safety and durability. Converted the solid models to 2D scaled representations suitable for shop drawings. The carts carried a max load of 70,000 lbs in pairs and weighed about 5,000 lbs each. The carts were fabricated and worked “out of the gate”. The build cart design prior to mine would have yielded un-useable results. Worked with the customer on change orders to insure they received a system that met their needs and that they had bargained for.• Provided complete control system design including wiring diagrams, control panel layouts, HMI design, network schematics, VFD setup and PLC programming for a John Deere farm implement paint system. Provided oversight of the field electrical install including the DeviceNet network and control panel. Studied the NEC and provided cost effective intrinsically safe controls where needed. The system was started ahead of time and beat the ramp up goals. The plant was able to roughly double the scheduled ramp up output during the entire process. The fifth day of ramp up was canceled because all inventory needed for the week was already processed. • Provided a complete control package to upgrade one of the Blue Bird conveyors from continuous pull to indexing.

Georgia, United States

• The literal direction given initially was to “provide the vision” for manufacturing the new D3.• Reviewed all major design elements of the new D3 School Bus to insure feasibility. Initially found numerous manufacturability issues including a reliance on spot welding the front and rear structures which would require dipping the entire structures in e-coat. The size of the structures would have made this plan un-feasible. Ultimately, worked to bring Henrob on board and specified self piercing rivets combined with MMA adhesives to solve the problem.• Explored automating many of the assembly operations. In depth feasibility studies were done to explore automating the roof sheet operation, floor assembly and the front and rear structure.• Studied and tested several MIG wire types and MIG welding schedules to determine the best cost vs. performance balance for welding and/or brazing galvanized sheet metal.• Worked with product engineering to evaluate FEA, destructive test results and other data to improve on and correct durability and safety shortcomings in order to meet FMVSS while minimizing product cost.• Developed assembly plant layout, hired contractors, oversaw construction of prototype area used to initially build all of the new structures that could not easily be integrated into existing facilities. • Designed – electrical and mechanical - the new D3 floor assembly machine. While what could be afforded for the floor assembly operation was very limiting, the equipment produced a large number of early production floors.• Hired structural engineer, where appropriate, to specify overhead equipment material and fabrication methods.• Reviewed and approved designs for numerous build fixtures.• Studied feasibility and secured funding to convert existing continuous pull body line conveyors to indexing control.

Louisiana, United States

Alliance CompressorLead Control Engineer for a highly automated assembly plant. The plant uses 200+ PLCs, HMIs, servo drives and several robots. • Responsible for development, troubleshooting and maintaining all control systems. The operation ran 24/7. I was responsible for providing support whenever it was needed.• Developed system to divert compressors to the correct paint booth. The system used several sensors to track compressors on a monorail, scan the barcode on each, perform a database lookup for paint color and push this data to a FIFO queue. If the barcode could not be read or a database error occurred, there are 5 zones with associated push buttons that allow an operator to manually code the colors on the fly. If the color is black, then the compressor stays on the main monorail conveyor. If the color is red, then a pick and place reaches out and moves the compressor to the other monorail conveyor. Modified vendors pick and place programming to provide much improved performance.• Assisted in development and installation of Paint Monorail. • Developed numerous reporting systems for Management. By running very involved SQL queries, throughput trends by model, time frame, shell size, before brake, after brake, etc were reported to upper management. • Electronically provided engineering data to the shop floor equipment and personnel and kept it up to date.• Logged thousands of hours of online experience monitoring, providing short and long term fixes for and upgrading control systems. Most of this experience involved making changes while production was running in a careful and systematic manner. • Studied and worked towards standardizing the several hundred PLC and HMI programs in order to make them more maintainable. Wrote virtual PLC and some HMI solutions in Visual Basic as part of this effort. Worked to provide HMI programming that prompted relatively inexperienced users to make the right decisions. Developed security system.

Georgia, United States

• Product Engineering liaison for both new and existing products, capital equipment justification, tooling design, PLC programming, control system design, plant layout, assembly line design, assembly instruction database design and upkeep, assembly support including mechanical. • Lead ME on the project to develop a BB Conventional Chassis; project management responsibility included insuring BBCV Chassis (Vision) manufacturability via interaction with product engineering and “partial” releases, capital acquisition phase for assembly facilities and equipment, guidance to other manufacturing engineers and engineering contractors, assembly line design, equipment purchase, and other quote and spending activity for the BB Conventional Chassis line. Instrumental in working with product engineering and Bendix on the development of a BBCV Drivers Control Module (DCM); I insisted on this and the concept was carried over to the new FE/RE school bus design done years latter also with my complete support. The $2.91M line was built on budget and on time. The BB conventional chassis now dominates BB conventional sales. For Bendix news releases on the BB DCM go to Bendix announcement of All American DCM and observe about 2/3 of the way through the announcement continuing to the end. • Developed tooling and equipment including control systems • Provided a preliminary layout and cost estimates for the FE/RE body line and presented my findings to the president of Blue Bird along with several other executives. This was a rushed effort. I had two weeks to develop the layout, estimate equipment and facility cost, etc. • Designed a chassis line that combined FE and RE chassis production adjacent to the new BBCV line. The system provides all BB FE and RE chassis; this given a very tight initial budget (about $125,000), short timeline (3 months) and very limited resources.

Arkansas, United States

• Duties included work measurement, capital equipment justification, tooling design, plant layout, material flow, Product Engineering liaison for both new and existing products, assembly support including mechanical and electrical systems, IT interface with Chassis Manufacturing, Supervised a second shift testing / certification operation. • Improved product design change implementation with cross functional teams. • Supported the Chassis Assembly Line for electrical system installations as well as mechanical system installations. J1939 and J1708 vehicle control system support. • Developed and implemented several types of new equipment. Developed an exhaust trap installation device. Designed and implemented other tooling including fuel tank installation torque tooling, battery cable tooling and durable, production friendly VEPS cables. • Provided liaison Manufacturing Engineering support for corporate (Ft. Wayne) Chassis Engineering projects. • Improved manpower usage in several areas by organizing materials and work flow. • Received certification in Basic Most (Pre-determined work measurement)

Nashville, Arkansas, United States

Poulan Weed Eater• Presented an Investment request for the development of a new assembly process for the company's highest volume product. Design of and supervision of the construction of two assembly lines. The project was a fundamental factor in the company reporting the highest earnings in its history. • In the first year as an Industrial Engineer, I placed 104 tools of my design into production. In that year, I placed numerous other tools such as workstations, BOSCH assembly lines, air drivers, DC drivers, and material handling equipment. • Designed the electric system and wrote the PLC programs for six semi-automated leak testers, two fully automated leak testers, a CO/CO2 monitoring system, and a assembly line with test booths and pack-out equipment staffing 100 people. • Directed about 15 people including maintenance, electricians, contractors, etc.• Recognized ergonomic issues and corrected them; specific projects include material handling equipment to reduce operator fatigue and automated clamping devices to reduce operator strain.• Recognized safety issues and corrected them; specific projects include several guards for automated and semi-automated equipment, conveyor belts, etc.• Studied the cost data and production forecast and wrote a $460,000 IR for a second-generation assembly line based on the line I put in place several months earlier. The IR was approved and I designed the tooling, assembly process, electrical system, control system, purchased materials, supervised construction, and wrote the PLC programs for the development of the line. The line was completed on time (12/1/99) and under budget. The fifth day of production the line built 3300 line trimmers with a 20% improvement in efficiency. Before this, a maximum of 2500 trimmers were built per day in the same floor space. • Developed database to build a list of weighted averages of labor standards by product family to use in capital equipment justification calculations.

Nashville, Arkansas, United States

Ran various machining centers. Mostly KingsburyMachined crank cases and cylinders

Nashville, Arkansas, United States

Worked as an assembly operator mostly installing carberators

Nashville, Arkansas, United States

MechanicSpecialized in removing, rebuilding and installing motorsVarious machining task such as surfacing flywheels, rotors and doing valve jobsAlso worked on every other automotive system including AC, brakes, transmission and so forth.

Nashville, Arkansas, United States

Performed Oil changes, changed Tires and did AC work

Hope, Arkansas, United States

Mainly ran a dough mixer that produced about 1000 lbs of dough in about 1 hour.Stacked very hot pans on carts very quickly

Houston, Texas, United States

Mainly removed and replaced transmissions

Taught 7th graders computer literacy in the 5th ward of Houston

Nacogdoches, Tx

Duties included handling meetings and general social activities to promote higher learning in mathematics. Delivered paper at the national meeting of pi mu epsilon. First undergraduate in the history of SFA to do so.