Permanent
Address: NJ,
Temporary
Address:
(email for full contact information)
EDUCATION
www.motorsport.cranfield.ac.uk
MSc
Motorsport Engineering and Management
Graduate
Sept. 2004
One
of 20 Students Admitted. First American Admitted to Program.
Relevant
Coursework Includes: Composite
Materials, Advanced Metallic Materials, Power Train Design, Vehicle Dynamics,
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Design, Aerodynamics, Electronics and
Data Acquisition, Project, Financial, and Human Resource Management, The
Business of Motorsport,
Relevant Coursework Includes: Statics, Dynamics, Advanced Calculus, Properties of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Design of Mechanical Components, Mechanics of Composite Materials, CAD, Writing for Engineers, Elements of Electrical Engineering, Design of Mechanical Systems, Heat Transfer, Power Plants, Engineering Economics, Internal Combustion Engines, Vibrations, Vehicle Dynamics
Stock
Car Racing Career Development (SCRCD)
June 2001 August 2001, Instructors: Jim and Chuck Bown, NASCAR Busch Series
Summer program dealing with stock car fabrication, tuning, and Race Day duties. Trained in all pit stop duties, specializing in tire changing. Experience with body work, chassis and suspension fabrication and tuning, tire maintenance, engine, transmission, and differential installation and removal, at track record keeping, and pit set up.
Completed
20 weeks of welding instruction in MIG, TIG, Arc, and Gas.
Two day
course concentrating on car control and vehicle dynamics.
MOTORSPORT EXPERIENCE
June 2002 September 2002
R&D/product development engineer involved with new
component/system design, product testing and analysis, customer service, as
well as corporate liaison between parent and child companies.
September 1999 Present
Chief Engineer/Project Manager,
Vice President, Engine Team Leader, Team Welder, Test and Competition Driver. 2002 Highest Naturally
Aspirated Hp Award. Responsible
for sponsorship, organizational meetings, faculty-student relations, budget
management, setting and maintaining deadlines, managing and directing a team of
30 people. Responsible for successful and timely construction
of a formula racecar. Experience with mill, lathe, welding, composites and molding
techniques.
Advanced
Materials Structures Laboratory,
May 2000 present
Assistant Researcher. Involved in project devoted
to curing and preparing graphite samples for fracture analysis, automating in-house autoclave, preparing samples for
fracture testing, and consulting for all projects relating to the use of
advanced materials.
Promotion Motorsports
sponsored SCCA
club race team
March 1991 November 1994
Pit Crew Member. Two car Porsche racing team. Learned aspects of team
work, race day duties, problem solving strategy, and racing theory.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineering Machine Shop,
Sept. 02 Dec. 02
Teaching
Assistant. Taught Senior Engineering
Design Students proper usage of shop equipment, mill and lathe, and various
safety issues.
Martial Arts Institute of
Sept.
91 Sept. 99
Assistant Instructor, Black Belt. Over 8 years of instruction in Tae Kwon
Do. Taught and lead classes of all age
groups; from 5 to mature adult.
Organized and lead traveling demonstration team of elite students.
Represented school at many competitions of form, sparring, and breaking: 3rd
Place 96 Jr. Olympics,97 Jr. Olympics, many NJ-state awards, and won Most
Outstanding Student Award.
COMPUTER SKILLS C++, MATLAB, AutoCAD, IDEAS,
Pro/Engineer, Pro/Mechanica, ANSYS,
LABVIEW, UNIX, Microsoft
Applications, FORTRAN-90, MAPLE 6
ORGANIZATIONS · Porsche Club of America (PCA) NNJR member since 1999, drivers
education,
autocross.
·
Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering
Honor Society)
·
Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
·
Golden Key International Honor Society
·
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
·
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE, since 1999)
·
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, since 1999)
Personal
Statement: At present I am a 22-year-old,
energetic, young man looking to make his way into the motorsports industry in
order to achieve his long-term goal of being a professional motorsports
engineer. My enthusiasm, ability to be
easily motivated, work ethics, thirst for knowledge, team work, dedication, and
natural management ability are all factors that have helped, and continue to
help to make me the best at whatever I do.
I am looking for a team oriented, fast-paced, challenging, yet rewarding
position in motorsports that will give me room to grow into more
responsibility.
References Upon Request