Taylor Ferguson Email & Phone Number

East Aurora, New York

• Work with cross functional teams to create comprehensive costs for new development items. This entails the estimation of tool plans (including injection mold layout approximation and the calculation of tool sizes), quoting of purchased components, and labor estimates.• Create engineering concept layouts, rough CAD models, tool plans, and costs on established products that do not receive full product-engineering support.• Review product designs, including plastic part design and tool plans, to optimize products and promote cost efficiency without sacrificing product quality.• Maintain updated product costs and BOMs at each development lifecycle, ensuring appropriate assumptions are carried through, in order to track costs and BOM details while identifying opportunities for continual improvements.• Work with global cross functional teams to ideate and implement cost reduction plans for over-cost projects.• Participate in Process Improvement Kaizens and Value Engineering Sprints to drive product and process efficiency.• Spearhead the creation of new tools, calculators (using Visual Basic and Excel), and development processes for more efficient and accurate costing.• Recruit, interview, and manage interns for the Summer Intern program.

East Aurora, New York, United States

East Aurora, New York, United States

• Provided engineering direction and technical support to the cross-functional product development team.• Provided guidance in concept feasibility and efficient manufacturing/assembly recommendations.• Estimated costs and established preliminary mechanisms and tool plans for early design concepts, driving cost reduction efforts as required.• Managed the complete lifecycle and development process of products using PLM systems and GCS/Citrix scheduling.• Worked with cross-functional teams to ensure products meet cost, schedule, performance, and quality goals at each development milestone.• Reviewed and approved virtual CAD geometry for products using Pro-E.• Reviewed and debugged pilot samples of products to ensure full product functionality and reliability.

• Worked with adviser and other students to explore emerging research fields in Mechanical Engineering and Design• Expanded upon knowledge gained throughout my undergraduate career through more specified graduate coursework and projects• Engaged in Professional Development seminars through the iSEED program

• Proctored Exams• Assisted TA's in running student AutoCAD labs• Graded examinations and student projects

• Reviewed consumer returns data and suggested product changes and/or improvements• Analyzed defective product returns and determined cause of failures• Set up and ran laboratory experiments to simulate product use and abuse simulations• Inspected packaging and instruction sheets to ensure that regulatory and reliability requirements were upheld before printing• Established an organized system by which engineers communicate corrective actions and product changes• Provided input to Design engineers to allow for the efficient designs of new product to domestic and international regulatory standards• Reviewed/wrote product specifications

• Reviewed consumer returns data and suggested product changes and/or improvements• Analyzed defective product returns and determined cause of failures• Set up and ran laboratory experiments to simulate product use and abuse scenarios• Provided input to Design engineers to allow for the efficient designs of new product to domestic and international regulatory standards• Reviewed/wrote product specifications• Joined a team of fellow engineers to standardize reliability requirements companywide

• Produce Clerk – Stock various fruits and vegetables. Also attend to customer shopping needs while assisting with meal planning. Responsible for closing the department without management supervision.• Cashier and Café Maintenance – Attended to customers at café check-outs while maintaining cleanliness and replenishing supplies in the eating areas. Also facilitated the organization and running of special events.

• Assisted in idea generation for product development and design• Created computer-based models of products and components in Pro-Engineer• Physically built and constructed models and prototypes of products• Dissected and analyzed various products in the market• Performed various office and organizational tasks to aid engineers

• Organized project books into a computerized database and cataloguing system using SQL Server• Monitored and analyzed live data collected from power plants• Created new user screens for the EtaPRO VirtualPlant predictive maintenance software suite, to be implemented in various plant systems• Helped customers update and troubleshoot their EtaPRO software• Assisted the completion of office renovations by constructing shelves and moving office equipment

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.9/4.0

• Design of Open Engineering Systems (DOES) Laboratory - Design Analytics Research • Presidential Fellowship Recipient • iSEED Fellowship.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.7/4.0

Activities and Societies: University at Buffalo Honors College, Design of Open Engineering Systems Undergraduate Research, Tau Beta Pi.