N.A.U. P.O.BOX 6106

Flagstaff, AZ, 86011

Peter James Chilcott

Mutantjazz@hotmail.com

(928) 523-4388   Home

 

 

 

Objective:

Employment in the field of Mechanical Engineering.  To function on team project intensive work.  I am interested in working with multidiscipline and multicultural teams.

 

Education:

Northern Arizona University

                   January 1999 – May 2002

Flagstaff, AZ

¨       Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering – May 2002

¨       Transferred from Natal University in January 1999

¨       German proficiency

 

 

Natal University

          January 1997 – December 1998

Durban,

South Africa

¨       40 transfer credits towards Mechanical Engineering

¨       2 years part-time

¨       Bilingual in Afrikaans and Zulu proficiency

 

Experience:

Intern – Ridcon Services  CC

Natal, Pinetown, 12 Nipper Rd                                             Summer 2001

South Africa

¨       Client relations

¨       Design and product creation

¨       Lathe and milling machine work, welding

¨       Assisted design and manufacture of textile industry components and machines, ie. spinneret and candle filters, inspection tables and small and large scale fabric rewind machines

 

 

Signage Technician – N.A.U. Paint Shop

Northern Arizona University                                   August 2001 – Present

Flagstaff, AZ

¨       Computer aided design

¨       Use of vinyl cutter and CNC machine for relief signs

¨       Design and manufacture of all signage for N.A.U. Campus

 

 

ME486 Capstone Design Project – Automatic Belay Device

Northern Arizona University                                   August 2001 – Present

Flagstaff, AZ

¨       Part of Design Team approached to design an automatic belay device for Black Diamond

¨       Intensive documentation, presentation and client relations  

¨       CAD, design analysis, documentation  

 

 

Field Assistant – Ecological Restoration Institute

Forestry Department, N.A.U                                                 Summer 2000

Flagstaff, AZ

¨       Field data collection for use in lab analysis

¨       GPS, power tool usage and orienteering to locate plots

¨       Participation and cooperation with a multifaceted task force

 

Honors:

¨    Finalist, Swimming, World Student Games, Sicily ‘97

¨    Gold, Pan Pacific School Games, Perth Australia ‘96

¨    Gold, Speedo Cup, Darmstadt Germany ‘96

¨    Gold, British Champs, Leeds England ’95, Captain

¨    Awarded Full Scholarship for swimming to Northern Arizona University ‘99

 

Skills:

 

¨    Welding, lathe and milling machine work

¨    Proficient communication and computer skills

¨    CAD, CNC, engineering documentation and analysis

 

References and Academic Transcript available on request