Objectives:

Product design engineer: creative product design and new product development team lead

Employment:

   Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Project Engineering InternMarch ’08 – September ‘08

   - Optimized natural gas usage in plant processes as part of a project to save approximately $10,000/month

   - Designed and supervised installation of numerous safety guards to protect production technicians

   - Specified and supervised installation of two-ton crane for ease of maintenance on machinery

   Boeing Commercial Airplanes

777 Freighter Structures Design Engineering InternApril ’07 – September ‘07

   - Designed approximately 100 parts for 777 Freighter Body Integration

   - Coordinated parts with stress analysis and manufacturing engineering to ensure structural rigidity and proper fit

   - Investigated existing engineering problems on airplanes under construction

   Acumed, LLC

Product Engineer InternJune ’06 – September ’06

   - Redesigned and organized Locking Elbow Plate System for international distribution  

   - New product research, development and design for manufacturability

   - Coordinated pricing, drawings, and specifications of product trays with outside vendors for new product lines

Education:

Pursuing B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Oregon State University Class of 2009

Cumulative GPA: 3.72

Honors:

Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society

Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society

University Honor Roll

Coursework:

Engineering: CAD/CAM/CNC Programming, Precision Measurement Instrumentation, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Material Strength Analysis, Dynamics

Computer Skills: LabVIEW, CATIA V4/V5, SolidWorks, COSMOSWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD, EdgeCAM, CNC programming, rapid prototyping, all Microsoft Office tools

Other Activities:

Playing the bagpipes, member of Portland Metro Pipe Band, cooking, and traveling

References:

Takwe Yango

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.                             tyango@armstrong.com

Project Engineer                                (541) 397-7660

Takwe was my mentor and oversaw many of my projects at Armstrong. In addition to supervising my work, he and I worked on some projects together.

Sam Sugiyama

Boeing Commercial Airplanes                                                        sam.k.sugiyama@boeing.com

777 Freighter Fuselage Team Leader                                                                   (425) 342-8701

Sam was one of my mentors at Boeing and personally showed me many of the aspects of the company, as well as providing me with very interesting projects.