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Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Anchorage, Ak

- Oversaw a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, project managers and designers.- Participated in the Management Review Team meetings to maintain Quality Management System (QMS).- Prepared financial analysis' on capitol investments to present to stakeholders.- Helped facilitate good communication between production staff and project managers.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

- Managed and maintained cradle to grave contracts for stainless enclosures, skids and custom fabrication projects in both hazardous and non hazardous environments.- Prepared proposals, submittals, 2D/3D drawings, oversaw manufacturing and helped perform final QC/testing of products.- Worked alongside electrical, controls and automation engineers for full system integration of products.- Pursued and develop alternative markets to diversify companies revenue streams.- Conducted site visits in highly safety conscious and sometimes hazardous, Arctic and North Slope settings.

Anchorage, Alaska

- Updated and developed AutoCAD drawings from hard copy and red-lined drawings- Designed heating and ventilation systems; boilers, chillers, VRF systems, plumbing and fire safety- Ensured designs and construction met standard building codes- Contacted vendors for technical information (submittals & O&M) and quotes- Estimated and prepared job bids

Richmond, Ca

- Designed, developed and prototyped new components for the custom bicycle frame manufacturing industry using product development techniques- Prepared quotes for manufacturing of custom parts- Developed g-code using MasterCAM and manual programming- Setup new and existing jobs on CNC mils

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Lectured and mentored fourth-year students working towards designing and manufacturing biologically-inspired educational devices for high school curriculum’s within a 10-week term.- Increased collaboration between New Jersey Academy of Sciences and Drexel University.- Provided valuable feedback on process and designs resulting in highest class average out of 3 sections.

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Aid in the development of a bio-derived blue gill sunfish robot.- Design, develop, and manufacture precision testing apparatuses.- Translate gathered needs from primary, secondary and tertiary stakeholders to develop engineered research implements. - Make use of a wide variety of machining processes and techniques including but not limited to; Fused deposition modeling, Laser cutting/etching and Machining using both lathe's and vertical mills.- Maintain professional working environment with a variety of graduate students, professor's and undergraduate students.

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Graded 80+ student’s homework, exams and projects in a timely and fair manner.- Helped students of varying skill levels develop concrete understanding of Engineering Reliability.- Provided insightful feedback to professor to help improve the class in future iterations.

Greater Philadelphia Area

- Assembling/disassembling bicycles ranging from track bikes to viewpoints.- Painting/prepping bicycle frames at a professional level.- Streamlining interactions between customers and employees.- Spec-ing out and ordering parts kits for high end custom bicycles from a multitude of vendors.- Translating customer needs into target specifications for designing bicycle geometry and componentry.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

- Contracted as a commercial fisherman, fabricator, and designer from May to August in the 2009 and 2010.- Administered the repair and upkeep of four aluminum commercial fishing vessel's.- Developed complete understanding of hydraulics, electrical and drive systems in commercial fishing boats- Designed and built two 32' aluminum skiffs making use of Maxsurf for initial design, arranging material acquisition and manufacture of both boats, from the welding to the wiring. - Worked daily in a strenuous work environment where safety, physical toughness, and attention to detail was of utmost importance.

Greater Boston Area

- Organized the scheduling of a multitude of both audio and video class recordings.- Self taught to work with a wide variety of audio and video recording equipment (digital recorders, PA systems, video cameras, MAC's, PC's, etc.).- Established organizational system's for keeping track of class recordings, ensuring quick and easy access.- Maintained professional working relationship's with students and professor's alike.

Greater Boston Area

- Aided a small team of engineers in the development of an ultra capacitor bank as an alternative to battery's in current electric and hybrid vehicles.- Performed thermal analysis testing using thermal couple's for heat flow optimization. - Manufactured and produced CAD drawings in SolidWorks.- Gained understanding of the workings of hybrid automobiles.

Bachelor And Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 3.6

Activities and Societies: - ASME (Fall 2009-present) - Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society; Treasurer (Spring 2011-present) - dLab: Drexel Official.

Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore

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Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering