Education

Northern Arizona University: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.40

Honors/Awards

· American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Spring 2000-Present)

· Gamma Beta Phi Academic Honor Society (Spring 1998-Present)

· Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society (Spring 1997-Present)

· Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society (Spring 1997-Present)

· NAU Highest Ranking Scholars (Fall 1996-Fall 1997)

· NAU Dean’s Honor List (Fall 1996-Fall 1997)

· Biography Published in The National Dean’s List (20^th Edition) (Spring 1997)

· Award for Outstanding Scholarship (Fall 1996)

Leadership Positions

· Ingersol Rand for American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fall 2000-Present)

· Vice President of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society (Spring 1997-Spring 1998)

· Historian of Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society (Spring 1997-Spring 1998)

· Executive Committee Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society (Spring 1998-Spring 1999)

Skills/Classes

· Egr. Design I, II, III & IV · Thermodynamics I & II · Material Science (with lab)

· Vibrations · Heat Transfer · Mechanics of Materials (with lab)

· Machine Element Design · Thermal Fluids Lab · Technical Writing

· Kinematics · Fluid Mechanics · Computer Programming in C

· AutoCAD/Mechanical Desktop · Circuits I & II (with lab) · Mechanical Statics & Dynamics

· MathCAD/Mathmatica · Finite Element Analysis · Statistics

Major Class Projects

· EGR 486: Design and build a working prototype of an active large crack protection device for rock climbers. It must be able to hold falls up to 13KN of force. (Present Project)

· EGR 386: Designed, tested and built a mixing and heating systems for an egg-shaped anaerobic sludge digester. (Spring 2000)

· EGR 286: Designed and built a robot out of LEGOs that was able to pick up balls of four different sizes and weights and place them in a hoop nine inches above the floor. The robot had to be able to move forwards, backwards and turn left and right. (Fall 2000)

Previous Work Experience

Summer 2000: Mechanical Engineering Intern for SmithGroup (Architectural-Engineering Firm)

· Static pressure drop calculations in ductwork · Selected diffusers, registers and grilles

· Selected and sized heat exchangers · Selected plumbing fixtures

· Plumbing inverts · Sized plumbing piping

· Mechanical draftsman · Sized ductwork

Summer 1999: Mechanical Engineering Intern for SmithGroup (Engineering-Engineering Firm)

· Mechanical, electrical and architectural draftsman · Basic plumbing design

Summer 1998: Draftsman for Lowery, Sorenson and Willcoxson Engineers Inc. (Consulting Engineering Firm)

· HVAC load calculations · Mechanical draftsman

· Heater/air conditioning unit sizing