Awards
These are some of the awards I have won during my career.
Fluke Contest
Fluke Instruments held a world wide design contest who could come up
with the best use of their ScopeMeter. I took first place out of
16,000 entries having
designed a circuit board to measure the response of a liquid pouring nozzle.
First, I used the ScopeMeter to look at and record pressure curves of the nozzle in operation. From those curves I used my
mechanical engineering knowledge to interpret what was happening at each stage of the pressure curve. This gave me insight
into what was happening inside the nozzle.
Next, I created know defects in the nozzles and looked at the curves. This proved my knowledge
and gave me great feedback.
Lastly, I think built an embedded circuit that measured the width of the curve to kick out defective products on the production
line.
Fluke World Wide Contest
Calculations for Fluke Contest
Industrial Arts Award
Every since I can remember, I always enjoyed designing things mechanical and electrical. In high school, I knew I wanted to go to college so I was taking college classes: calculus, chemistry, physics, but I also wanted to learn how to build things. So, I took DOUBLE overloads of classes, which meant no lunch (ate packed lunch between periods) nor study hall. This allowed me to take two more classes all year round. The classes I took were electronics, machine shop, and automotive classes. The school recognized me by awarding me the industrial arts department award for graduation.
Industrial Arts Award
Engineering License
I took the extra step of getting my Engineering License from the State of Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation and the National Society of Professional Engineers. When I took the exam, it was a general exam
for all engineering disciplines and it covered:
Mathematics & statistics
- calculus, analytical geometry, vector analysis, statistics, probability
Engineering ethics & professional pratice
- code of ethics, liability, licensure
Engineering economics
- time value of money, cost analysis, break-even analysis
Statics & mechanics of materials
- force systems, equilibrium, stresses
Mechanical engineering
- fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, machine design, kinematics
Electrical & computer
- circuits, power systems, signal processing, electronics, electromagnetics
Other
- engineering science, materials science, properties of materials
Engineering License
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