brian schlotterbeck

* My role at Mason West included: * Perform engineering calculations for seismic bracing, anchorage, and equipment mounting * Steel design for equipment, piping, and containers/tanks * Communicate with and prepare calculation reports for customers on engineering projects

* Design of body structures for consumer electric vehicle (body in white, BIW). * Design locations include: * Roof system * Lower door sill energy absorption components * Rear cross member * Integrate components with other areas of design including vehicle glass, trunk/deck lid, door frame, and sealing surfaces. * Experience with Catia surface modeling to create complex vehicle body models.

* Bardex Corporation is a market leader in the custom design, development and manufacture of heavy load-moving systems used in the offshore oil & gas and shipyard industries. * My role at Bardex included: * Detailed design of steel structures, hydraulic components, and custom-built products * Analyzed engineering decisions using calculation methods and FEA studies * Provided detailed drawings used for production * Communicated with third-party contractors/component providers to ensure system compatibility * Reviewed colleagues' drawings/calculations and provide comments/corrections when necessary * Design/invented components for use in the overall system * Understand how individual components in a large, complex system interact and ensure that design decisions fit within the overall goal * Provided organized calculations to explain/justify design decisions * Mentoring of engineering intern by providing theoretical and practical advice which directly related to the internship project * Source for professional advice and helping colleagues achieve their engineering goals.

* Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. My role at Schlumberger included: * Developed a mathematical model to determine the bending limit of a down hole tool during operation * Performed an FEA on the CAD model * Designed a 3 point bend test setup to verify and supplement the mathematical model and FEA

Volute is an affiliate of Otherlab developing a new type of compressed natural gas (CNG) tank that will increase the range and cargo space of CNG vehicles. We aim to make CNG a credible alternative to gasoline in a wide range of vehicle applications.

Continumm Mechanics, Tissue Mechanics, Structural-Property Relationships, Fracture Mechanics, Computer-Aided Design, Finite Element Method, Robotics, Mathematical Models in Engineering, Engineering Design, Modeling & Simulation in Design"]