Plastics Engineer
04703

Industry: Manufacturing - Plastics


Resides: Pennsylvania


Salary: Open

 

Relocate: Yes

 

On the Market: May 2003


Objective:

         To obtain a full time job in the field of Plastics Engineering.  Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, product and process development.

Educational Background:

        Bachelor of Science Degree, Plastic Engineering Technology                  GPA: 3.95

        Penn State Erie, The Behrend College                                                             (May 2003)

                 Member of the Penn State Schreyer Honors College

Relevant Experience:

Engineering Intern, (Company) Plastics ~ Middlefield, OH                                           (May 2002 – Aug 2002)

         Designed and built molds used for vertical injection molding machines.  Designed and built secondary operation equipment.  Ran product samples and operated horizontal mills and lathes.

 

Supplemental Instruction Leader / Physics Tutor, Penn State Behrend                                    (Jan 2001 – May 2002)             

       Led tutor group for an introductory physics course. Taught basic study techniques and reviewed homework. 

Engineering Intern, Zurn Industries ~ Commerce, TX                                              (May 2001 – Aug 2001)

Set-up and troubleshot molds.  Ran samples and tested new product lines. Gained experience running single screw extruders, setting up extrusion lines, running a variety of tests, and serving on design project teams.

Engineering Intern, Sipco Molding ~ Meadville, PA                    (Dec 2000 – Jan2001)                                                          
Shadowed mold designers and toolmakers.  Updated prints on AutoCAD and Pro/E. 

Quality Control Inspector / Press Operator, Edinboro Molding ~ Edinboro, PA            (May 2000 - Aug 2000)

         Completed visual inspections of parts.  Shadowed processors and checked dimensional specs.

Academic Projects:  

        Scooter Design Project—converted steel scooter to plastic, utilizing design techniques and finite element analysis.

        Mold Flow Project—identified filling problems of an existing part, then found a solution by altering mold design.

        Completed eight and sixteen run design of experiments (DOE).

Relevant Course Work:  

         Mold Design and Process Strategies               Plastic Part Design                 Plastic Processing I, II, & III

         Plastic Materials and Properties                      Quality Control                                Advanced CAE

         Finite Element Analysis                                   Polymer/Organic Chemistry            Computer Aided Drafting

Computer Abilities:                           

         Mold Flow, ANSYS, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Works, AutoCAD, CADKEY, Rhinoceros, B-Sim, T-Sim, Excel

 

Honors, Activities and Awards:

         Recipient of eight academic scholarships

         Member of the Society of Plastic Engineers (1999-Present)

         Published and Presented Original Research at ANTEC (2002)

         Finalist - Outstanding First Year Student Award (2000)

         First Place – Behrend Physics Club - Egg Drop Contest (2000)

         Junior Engineering Technical Society Team (J.E.T.S.) placed 3rd in the state competition (1999)

         Community Volunteer, Intramural Sports Participant, and Hall Council Representative





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