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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,
University of Washington; Seattle, Washington 1977.
REGISTRATION
Professional Engineer, Mechanical, Washington State,
1983, #232-01-0021179
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tom is a Professional Mechanical Engineer with the
proven ability to recognize the essence of the product at hand, of realizing
how the product fits into corporate goals, to produce the engineering and
design with an appropriate systems design approach. To date, Tom has
developed the following supporting abilities:
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Design with human factors, to improve productivity,
sales, and for the disabled.
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Design in conjunction with industrial design and
industrial engineering, manufacture-ability, and inspect-ability concepts.
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Design for injection molding, casting, fabrication,
forming, and extrusion; heat treatments, coatings and plating for all
common materials.
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Design for electronics, considerations for wiring, PC
boards, analogue and digital components, shielding and heat transfer and
an appreciation for good grounding.
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Calculation of stresses, vibrations, weights, centers
of gravities, and moments of inertia. Finite element modeling and
interpretation of reports.
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Engineering of standards, DNV, AGMA, ASTM.
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Twelve years in-depth experience with common job
shop, and C.N.C. equipment. Professional manufacturing experience.
Quality presentation of designs to vendors through functional and
realistic tolerances. Detail drawings are simple and complete.
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An excellent problem solving format and documentation
discipline. The application of 3D AUTOCAD to create a virtual product
that can be viewed from any angle.
For the last ten years Tom has been the Principal of
PROEM, a professional engineering consulting firm that provides on-site
consultation for fast-track production development. Some of PROEM’s clients
have been International Biomedics, Sabro America, Ingersoll-Rand, Beebe, New
Concepts, University of Washington, Nova-Tech Engineering Inc., Intermec
Inc., Sound Ocean Systems, and Electroimpact. Projects of note for PROEM
include:
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Aircraft Fuselage Window Riveter. The machine
fastens the window forging to outer skin, drills holes, and inserts rivets
or bolts. This is a design to respond to an RFQ and requires a balance
between real detail and just showing concepts. The quotation showed all
aspects of the machine including exploded views using the 3D model. The
model was also used to create a video color animation of the product.
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Towed Underwater Vehicle, will operate 3.5 miles
down, disrupts the sea floor in a particular way for research on bottom
recovery. Very complex fabrications, nozzles. Fast track 3D model and
details, tow point FEA analysis.
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Aircraft Wing Riveter. A five-axis driller and
riveter, attaches the skin to the rib structure, 3D layouts to verify
access to the curving panels, details for all machine and installation
requirements. Developing the product required several redesigns, the
virtual product allowed fast verification of concept and conversion to
documentation.
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Marine Hydraulic Boom Crane, very fast-track for Fish
Expo 89 display, design knuckle boom version first, the boom crane used
same parts, detailed these for show unit. Autocad layouts, Lotus 123
based calculations, parts detailed in Los Angles via telephone transfer.
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Aircraft Tooling, C-17 underwing fixed platform.
Structural steel and detail to Douglas Aircraft Company standards and
California Building code. Heavy use of balanced cantilever structure.
Hand layout and calculations, Autocad detail.
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Computerized Forwarding System for U.S. Postal
Service, prints and applies the label to a wide range of mail, quickly.
Product concept and design, coordinate electrical and software. Autocad
layout and detail, Lotus 123 calculations. Procure all parts and assemble
five units and test.
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Air, 30 hp, stand alone gypsy. 30 inch diameter head
for Kevlar rope, 12,000 lb capacity. Fast track hand layout and
calculations for Lloyd’s submittal, hand details.
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Hand Chain Hoist modification, Chain guides for
upside down, powered use. Hand details, made prototype parts, assembled
unit, and tested.
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Winch, Hydraulic, Planetary, Navy specifications,
using existing parts, special drum, hand crank option. Hand details for
building, Autocad redraw (by others) for Navy specification and operators
manual. Hand layout and calculation.
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Lithotripter (kidney stone breaker), laser and high
voltage components. Tight tolerance optics. Experimental tooling and
parts. Industrial design and model building to provide sales tools. All
phases of involvement, portfolio photos best way to understand this one.
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50 ton Ultra-low Headroom Hoist for English Channel
Tunnel, very fast-track 90 days from concept to delivery of six tested
units in England. Napkin layout, hand calculations, Autocad details (by
others).
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Blast Freezer, made out of/in a containerized cargo
box. Field survey of under construction unit, made corrections for
existing structure and provided hand details after the fact.
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