Experience

Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc.

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Development Engineer

  • Sep 2011 - Present

  My responsibilities as a product development engineer involve supporting sales and manufacturing with current product offerings, development of new products, and customer support for high level analyses. My primary responsibility is in developing and supporting custom transient thermal analysis software and tools, and using them to provide technical analyses to customers. This involves many different aspects, including: 1. development of finite volume and finite element theory and… Show more My responsibilities as a product development engineer involve supporting sales and manufacturing with current product offerings, development of new products, and customer support for high level analyses. My primary responsibility is in developing and supporting custom transient thermal analysis software and tools, and using them to provide technical analyses to customers. This involves many different aspects, including: 1. development of finite volume and finite element theory and models specific to brazed aluminum heat exchangers 2. fatigue theory and experimental validation of fatigue properties 3. programming Matlab, VBA, and Ansys APDL code 4. optimization of code through GPU and parallel computing to reduce solution time and computer resources 5. development of user-friendly input and post-processing methods 6. developing standard work instructions and report templates for customer deliverables 7. training colleagues in the use of transient thermal analysis software 8. technical report generation and presentation of simulation results to customers Other activities I am involved with are: 1. field data analysis 2. experimental design and construction (including hydraulic and electrical system design) 3. project management Show less My responsibilities as a product development engineer involve supporting sales and manufacturing with current product offerings, development of new products, and customer support for high level analyses. My primary responsibility is in developing and supporting custom transient thermal analysis software and tools, and using them to provide technical analyses to customers. This involves many different aspects, including: 1. development of finite volume and finite element theory and… Show more My responsibilities as a product development engineer involve supporting sales and manufacturing with current product offerings, development of new products, and customer support for high level analyses. My primary responsibility is in developing and supporting custom transient thermal analysis software and tools, and using them to provide technical analyses to customers. This involves many different aspects, including: 1. development of finite volume and finite element theory and models specific to brazed aluminum heat exchangers 2. fatigue theory and experimental validation of fatigue properties 3. programming Matlab, VBA, and Ansys APDL code 4. optimization of code through GPU and parallel computing to reduce solution time and computer resources 5. development of user-friendly input and post-processing methods 6. developing standard work instructions and report templates for customer deliverables 7. training colleagues in the use of transient thermal analysis software 8. technical report generation and presentation of simulation results to customers Other activities I am involved with are: 1. field data analysis 2. experimental design and construction (including hydraulic and electrical system design) 3. project management Show less



Cummins

• Stoughton, WI

• Student Co-op

  • Jun 2008 - Jan 2009

  Student co-op in research and development with the Emissions Solutions group, working primarily with on-road diesel engine emission control systems. Projects included: 1. researching and implementing appropriate system to measure PCDD and PCDF emissions from a prototype copper-zeolite SCR system 2. developing test setup for DEF injector droplet sizing 2. experimental design and data analysis Student co-op in research and development with the Emissions Solutions group, working primarily with on-road diesel engine emission control systems. Projects included: 1. researching and implementing appropriate system to measure PCDD and PCDF emissions from a prototype copper-zeolite SCR system 2. developing test setup for DEF injector droplet sizing 2. experimental design and data analysis



Kohler

• Sheboygan, WI

• Student Co-op

  • May 2006 - Jan 2007

  Student co-op working with Power Systems group, working with large industrial backup generators. Used static analysis to analyze generator frames for compliance with seismic provisions of IBC 2006. Extensive use of free-body diagrams and MS Excel workbooks and formulas. Student co-op working with Power Systems group, working with large industrial backup generators. Used static analysis to analyze generator frames for compliance with seismic provisions of IBC 2006. Extensive use of free-body diagrams and MS Excel workbooks and formulas.