Robert Thacker Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, OH

Pax River, MD

ESDP Training starting 06/2011, to last 5 yearsTurbine Component engineer for the past 4 years. I support CIP and S&T efforts for turbine components of gas turbine engines. I have worked closely as a federal employee with Pratt and Whitney, GE, and Rolls Royce. I have experience in turbine materials (HCF, LCF, creep, thermal cycles, etc), design methods.

Volunteer WorkMentor of Autodesk Inventor Crew, Team 836 - The RobobeesDesign robotics work for FIRST Robotics Competition. First mentor to start a CAD design crew on the team.CAD design work includes structure, wiring, electronics, stress analysis, technical drawings, and animationsWorking with High Schoolers

Research in the design and fabrication of hovercraft design with Dr. Dennis McLaughlinDual ducted fan air vehicleStudy of how a streamlined front end effects the aerodynamic performance of an otherwise blunt front end modelDesigned a new streamlined front end via Solidworks, made using rapid prototyping, and used in a closed-return wind tunnel tests at.

Hydraulic work with valves and actuators. Designed brackets to fit valves with customer-ordered actuators. Design parts in SolidWorks and AutoCAD. Responsible for the engineering of company products in accordance to sales orders. Underwent project management training. Trained new employees.

Research in Ice Adhesion with Dr. Jose Palacios and Ed BrouwersOn a project that designed and contructed a airfoiled cantilever beam structure that held a piece of a Boeing wing to study how ice sheared off at Penn State's Icing ChamberStarted with Bernoulli beam bending equations and followed the design process into Solidworks (including design and stress.

FIRST Robotics Team 103Leader of a four-time National Award Winning Design CrewTrained all new design team membersSmall group, with at most 4 peopleDirectly involved with winning the 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 National Autodesk Inventor AwardDeclared Autodesk's Inventor of the Month - April 2006Alumni Status after 2006-2007 seasonReturned as an alumni in.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, 4.0 Gpa

Bachelor Of Science, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: USLI - University Student Launch Initiative, University Choir (Tenor I), Lion Ambassadors, PSU LV Honors Club.

Diploma

Activities and Societies: FIRST Robotics - Cybersonics Technology Team 103, National Honor Society, National French Honor Society, French.