Responsibilities: designing and creating computer hardware and software for tailoring research data, data acquisition development, electronic and electrical repair on departmental research equipment, operation and maintenance of non woven fiber spunbond research equipment, instrumentation calibration schedules, and shopping for domestic and foreign spare parts vendors
Responsibilities: aviation transponder, communications, and navigation equipment component level repair, maintenance, and installation
Certifications: King KX-170 Navigation / Communications Transceivers; KY-196/197 Digital Communications; KR-85, KR-86, KR-87 Digital Automatic Direction Finders; KT-76/78 Transponders; 3M Storm Tracking Radar; S-TEC Auto-Pilots
Responsibilities: business machine (i.e. computers, printers, calculators, etc.) component level repair, maintenance, and installation
February 1994 - Attended a two week training course on motor drives at Reta Electronics, GmbH in Hennef, Germany.
September 1993 - Wrote several machine process control programs for automation of extruder equipment and air handling units using Basic and Machine Language routines.
May 1992 - Developed Macintosh automatic fiber diameter measuring apparatus incorporating Pascal programming, video cameras and microscopes.
July 1990 - Attended a two week training course on nonwoven fiber spinning at Reifenhäuser, GmbH in Troisdorf, Germany.
1989 - Wrote the only Federal Aviation Administration approved Loran-C Instrument Flight Rules certification computer program.
1988 - Developed IBM video capturing apparatus for aircraft instrument panel overlay designing.
1988 - Drafted modification drawings to a Bell 412 helicopter's static system using Auto CAD.
June 1988 - Certifications from the Federal Aviation Administration in Vacuum, Static, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and their associated components.
1987 - Made a training tape for marine Loran-C navigation covering history, theory, and operation; incorporating computer animation, calculations, and audio on video tape.
1986-present - Auto CAD drafting course and frequent use.
1986-1990 - Created numerous sheet metal projects using most mechanical shop tools.
December 1985 - Gave a presentation and speech at the National Robotics Society in Oak Ridge.
November 1985 - Completed a credited self-study college course in Robotics.
September 1985 - Wrote several machine language programs for Robotic instruments.
1985-present - Member of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering society.
1985 - National Dean's List honors.
1980-1986 - Worked full-time as an electrician during summers to help pay for school. Worked with residential, commercial, and industrial wiring installation and repair.
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