DAVID A. PHILLIPS
e-mail: phillipsdavida@yahoo.com
Permanent Address:
RR 1 Box 660
Cobleskill, NY 12043
(518)234-8421
Objective:
A mechanical engineering position with a specific interest in part design
using CAD systems.
Education:
BS, Mechanical Engineering,
Expected Graduation Date: May 1997
Current GPA: 2.73
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Employment Experience:
Amphenol Aerospace, Sidney, NY
- Mechanical Design Engineer, June 1997 to Present
- Design high performance electrical connectors for variuos applications including aviation, military, and automotive
Ericsson, Lynchburg, VA
- Mechanical Engineering Co-op, August 1995 to December 1995, May 1996
to December 1996
- Designed and modified several parts for mobile radio equipment
- Gained experience with MIL-STD-810E Environmental Testing Procedures
- Gained experience and familiarity with the processes of forging, casting
and injection molding
- Gained experience in sheet metal working and forms of rapid prototyping including SLA and SLS.
- Gathering quotes, ordered samples and dealt with production problems
of suppliers.
- Analyzed samples for approval
- Used mill machines, and drill presses to modify and improve thermodynamic
properties of parts
Conex Corporation, Hawthorne, NJ
- Aided in architectural construction and demolition, Carpenter's Helper,
May 1993 to January 1994
Projects:
- Designed and built a functional device to act as a Ping-Pong
Practice Partner as part of a group of five students for a class
project.
- Designed a modular constant velocity transmission for a lawn tractor
in conjunction with 5 other students for a class project.
- Rebuilt my 1984 Ford Ranger so that it was powered by a 289 in3
V-8 engine.
Special Skills:
- Familiar with UNIX, Microsoft DOS, Windows (versions 3.11, 95, NT Workstation 3.51 and 4.0), BeOS, Microsoft Word (versions 6.0, 95, and 97), Excel (versions 95 and 97), and Microsoft Access, Lotus Word Pro, 123, and Approach, HTML
- Use of Pro Engineer (CAD) at
Ericsson to design land mobile radio equipment, mphenol Aerospace to design electrical connectors plus personal projects
- One semester of C programming
- Experience in auto repair and building construction.
Hobbies and Miscellaneous:
- Varsity Track :1988 to 1996
- Personal fitness, Japanese animation, Movies, Comic book collecting,
- Repairing/reconstructing automobiles
Other:
- United States Citizen
- Willing to relocate.