Nic Wentling

Principal Owner & CTO at Moonbase Labs
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal Owner & CTO
      • Nov 2019 - Present

    • Co-Founder & Software Engineer
      • May 2017 - Nov 2019

    • Founder
      • Aug 2016 - May 2017

      Partnered with Builders Plus to consult, program, and present two technical demos - Builders Plus Office & the River Vista Apartment Complex, with the purpose of showing the capability of a Virtual Reality system in construction using the HTC Vive.Work Conducted:• Programmed demos in C# utilizing the Unity game engine.• Consulted on asset creation through Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, and Google Sketchup.• Consulted on VR technologies and market trend.• Presented and conducted walkthroughs of demos at conventions, with general construction contractors, architects, and potential customers.• Researched and experimented with workflows to optimize turnaround speed of demos.Videos of demos can be found below:

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Web Developer
      • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

      • Collaborated with a UI/UX designer to implement a custom designed Wordpress theme using the LAMP tech stack.• Communicated with clients to provide development updates and to receive feedback.• Self-taught React.js and Redux courses to prepare for future client work. • Collaborated with a UI/UX designer to implement a custom designed Wordpress theme using the LAMP tech stack.• Communicated with clients to provide development updates and to receive feedback.• Self-taught React.js and Redux courses to prepare for future client work.

    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Material & Process Engineer - Metalbond & Composites
      • Jan 2014 - Jun 2016

      • Provided technical support of composite and metal bond structures for Engineering Production Support, Quality, Shop Personnel, Management, and outside metalbond/composite suppliers.• Applied extensive statistical analysis and visualization techniques on large datasets of material properties through Minitab, Excel, and VBA.• Conducted experimental evaluations of materials and processes to determine if they were suitable for production use.• Aided Stress, Fatigue, and Engineering Production Support in the evaluation of material strength of materials in assembly that were not compliant with technical specifications.• Collaborated with Quality personnel to review large datasets of machine and manufacturing data to determine possible process and specification changes to improve the manufacturing of metal bond assemblies.• Composed and peer reviewed manufacturing and material deviations and specifications for metal bond and composite manufacturing.• Drafted, conducted, and evaluated extensive technical audits of Metal Bond and Composite suppliers of Textron Aviation.• Researched, created, and taught technical presentations to shop personnel, supporting engineers, and quality inspectors on metal bond and composite technology.

    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Material & Process Engineering Intern
      • May 2013 - Dec 2013

      • Assisted production and experimental programs in problem solving material and processing problems.• Communicated and worked with suppliers on material qualifications and issues.• Conducted testing and experiments to determine material mechanics and properties.• Prepped, constructed and coordinated test specimens and procedures. • Assisted production and experimental programs in problem solving material and processing problems.• Communicated and worked with suppliers on material qualifications and issues.• Conducted testing and experiments to determine material mechanics and properties.• Prepped, constructed and coordinated test specimens and procedures.

    • Student Assistant
      • Jan 2013 - May 2013

      • Tested experimental composite and metal samples on MTS machines. • Tested experimental composite and metal samples on MTS machines.

    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Material & Process Engineering Intern
      • May 2012 - Aug 2012

      • Constructed, prepped and tested composite panels for the KART program.• Aided in tensile testing for metal, composite and bonded samples with MTS machine.• Conducted several ASTM property tests for the NASA +3 Project. • Constructed, prepped and tested composite panels for the KART program.• Aided in tensile testing for metal, composite and bonded samples with MTS machine.• Conducted several ASTM property tests for the NASA +3 Project.

    • Student Technician
      • Aug 2011 - May 2012

      • Worked within 2-3 person teams preparing composite specimens for testing. • Worked within 2-3 person teams preparing composite specimens for testing.

    • Design Engineering Intern
      • May 2011 - Aug 2011

      • Worked within 2-3 person teams reverse engineering parts for experimental propeller systems.• Aided in manual machining for experimental parts.• Assisted with propeller construction, testing and testing reports.• Created an Excel inventory database with user and Access data input. • Worked within 2-3 person teams reverse engineering parts for experimental propeller systems.• Aided in manual machining for experimental parts.• Assisted with propeller construction, testing and testing reports.• Created an Excel inventory database with user and Access data input.

    • Student Assistant
      • May 2010 - Sep 2010

      • Collaborated in constructing and breaking down crash tests.• Aided 3-5 clients with construction of seats and setup. • Answered clients’ questions regarding testing and procedures. • Collaborated in constructing and breaking down crash tests.• Aided 3-5 clients with construction of seats and setup. • Answered clients’ questions regarding testing and procedures.

    • Owner
      • Feb 2007 - May 2010

      • Researched, developed, and grew business while maintaining 38 properties• Created marketing material & conducted small marketing campaigns• Handled accounting, communications, billing, and creation of contracts • Researched, developed, and grew business while maintaining 38 properties• Created marketing material & conducted small marketing campaigns• Handled accounting, communications, billing, and creation of contracts

Education

  • Wichita State University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering
    2009 - 2013

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