Resumé
Published by jfs on Monday, February 23, 2009
Objective:
Secure controls or mechanical engineering appointment in Corvallis, OR or Seattle, WA for June – September 2009 with possible continuation after completion of Masters.
Publications
- Slostad, J.T.; Barnes, I.M.; Frank, S.S.; Hoyt, R.P.; Newton, T.D.; Shepherd, J.F.; Voronka, N.R., “Sensorpod sensor deployment technologies,” Sensors Applications Symposium, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE , vol., no., pp. 42-47, 2006
Education:
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 2008-Present
- Masters Candidate in mechanical engineering. Estimated Completion: Spring 2010
- Current research interest is in Dynamics and Controls, specifically Robotic Navigation and Coordination, using learning control and neural networks to develop methods for multiple independent agents to learn to coordinate for a common goal through communication
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California 2001-2005
- Graduated with a B.S. in engineering in May 2005
- Courses included a breadth of engineering topics (manufacturing principles, materials engineering, mechanics (fluid, continuum and structural), digital and computer engineering, and design), multiple semesters of signals and systems engineering and general physics, 8 semesters of mathematics and 12 semesters of humanities courses.
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia Spring 2004
- 1 Semester, arranged through the Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University
- Courses included: Systems Studies. Circuits & Electronic Systems, Embedded Systems
Experience:
Tethers Unlimited Inc., Bothell, Washington 2005-2008
- Designed and built a prototype of a fully automated tether-winding machine (Allen-Bradley PLC). Further adopted this machine to optical fiber and co-authored a series of proposals bringing in more than $1M in new contracts. Achieved sub millimeter accuracy over up to 5.5 km of fiber, with several successful at sea tests of initial submarine communications buoy design. Machine is the first of its kind to work without an operator in the loop. Later tasked with leading the design of a production level machine (5000 packs annually) for optical fiber. This lead to development of a 2nd stage prototype (Berkley Process Control PLC) to evaluate new design options. Also played a supporting engineering role on other DoD and NASA SBIR contracts, including a successful satellite flight mission (Multi-Application Survivable Tether).
Engineering Clinic, Northrop Grumman Space Technologies Fall 2004 - Spring 2005
- Contracted to automate characterization procedure of Millimeter Wave Imaging Lenses. Automation completed in LabView, including interfacing with source/receiver of millimeter waves and 3 translation stages. Team leader of 4 person team.
Engineering Clinic, Sun Microsystems Laboratories Fall 2003
- Contracted to design an integrated circuit to measure on-chip capacitance (of traces) on the order of 10 pF. Used Electric and HSPICE for chip development and testing. Final chip was produced in a MOSIS TSMC 180 nm run. Member of 4 person team.
Macintosh Consultant, Computing & Information Services, Harvey Mudd 2003-2005
- Maintained and updated student computing labs, as well as faculty servers and services.
Webmaster, Casablanca American School 1997-2001
- Created and maintained school website.
Skills:
- Competent with Allen-Bradley and Berkley PLC systems.
- Comfortable on Macintosh, Windows, and Unix computers.
- Proficient in programming (C++, Java, Pascal, Rex, Prolog), LabView, HSPICE, Electric, CAD (Solidworks), numerical manipulation (Matlab, Maple, spreadsheet), database management (MySQL), word-processing, page-layout, graphical design, web-design and server management;
- Conversational French;
- Strong sense of timeliness and work ethic; Work fluidly in a team;
- Competent knowledge of laboratory and machine shop equipment.