| OBJECTIVE: |
to apply my mechanical engineering education and
artistic talent in an environmentally
conscious product design environment |
COMPUTER
EXPERIENCE: |
Pro/Engineer, Autocad, Rhino, Basic STAMP,
HTML, MATLAB, 3DStudio |
TECHNICAL
EXPERIENCE: |
Product Design Engineer
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1998-2000, 2002-present |
| Montgomery Pfeifer |
San Francisco, CA |
- designed with Pro/E injection molded and sheetmetal parts for
consumer electronics
- acted as liaison between clients and domestic and overseas
manufacturers
- made certain industrial design was carried through to the
final product
- created 2D technical drawings for toolmakers' reference and
clients' documentation
- interacted extensively with rapid prototyping facilities
- started company's paper recycling program
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Fairing Team Leader
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1996-1997 |
| Cornell University Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team
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Ithaca, NY |
- lead a small design team to create an aerodynamic, aesthetic,
and well crafted composite car exterior
- cooperated within a large group to complete a hybrid electric
vehicle for the 1997 Tour de Sol
- used AutoCAD and NURBS based surface modeler to edit body
panel design
- used model making, sculpting, and drawing skills
- contacted and acquired sponsors for parts and funding
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| Coop Engineer |
9/95-12/95, 5/96-8/96 |
Sandia National Laboratories
Advanced Eng. &
Mfg. Software Development Dept. and Design Integration
Department |
Albuquerque,NM |
- analyzed and edited Sandia's mechanical design process by
carrying out a mock problem from design to testing to manufacture
in a paperless, drawingless Pro/E environment
- led the organization of the creation of video flythroughs,
stereolithography models, and solid models from raw synthetic
aperture radar data
- wrote Pro/Engineer extensions with Pro/Develop and C++
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| Video Production Assistant |
6/92-8/93 |
Lockheed Missile and Space Co., Inc.
Solar
Astrophysics Laboratory |
Palo Alto,CA |
- designed computer to laser disc graphic user interface using
IDL, allowing the laser disc player to be controlled from any
terminal in building
- programmed image filtering procedure to mask extraneous
information from satellite images of the sun
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OTHER
EXPERIENCE: |
Apprentice Blacksmith and Head of Product Production
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2001-2002 |
| Jefferson Mack Metal, Inc. |
San Francisco, CA |
- gained metal working knowledge and skills - welding, forging, applying patinas, grinding, installation
- maintained product production schedule and helped trained new employees
- created spreadsheet on manufacturing costs of entire product line
- in charge of all shop procurement
- wrote and compiled HTML manual describing how to make each product
- organized outdated inventory tracking system
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| Maintenance and Archery Staff |
summer 1994 |
| Camp Oljato, Boy Scouts of America |
Huntington Lake,CA |
- reinforced leadership, group cooperation, and teaching skills
- devised new schedule for archery class which passed a higher
percentage of scouts
- accessed, diagnosed, and repaired various failures in
electricity, plumbing, building structure, and waste management
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| EDUCATION: |
San Francisco Institute of Architecture
Eco-Construction Materials and The Ideas of Bucky Fuller |
Fall 2002
SF,CA |
The Crucible, UC Berkeley Extension
Kinetic Sculpture, Jewelry Making, Blacksmithing, Pinball Maintenance |
2001-present
Berkeley,CA |
Stanford University, Continuing
Education
History and Philosophy of Design |
Fall 1997
Palo Alto,CA |
San Jose State University, Open University
Polymers, Industrial Design Foundations, and
Modelmaking |
Fall 1997
San Jose,CA |
Cornell University, Sibley School of Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering with Human
Factors concentration
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Overall GPA: 3.8 |
May 1997
Ithaca,NY |
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| ACTIVITIES: |
Bay Area O2, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, set welder for California Shakespeare Festival, volunteer exhibit builder for exploratorium Science Museum, California Blacksmith Association, Australian Trust of Conservation Volunteers, Australian Blacksmiths Association (Victoria), Black Rose Cycles - building bicycle trailers and cargo bikes, Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout, Cornell Japanese Animation Society, Peer Advisor |
| REFERENCES: |
available upon request
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