Philip van Veen

• Developed skills in creating technical part, assembly, and weldment engineering drawings. • Utilized SOLIDWORKS modelling skills to design fabricated sheet metal and weldment parts, effectively resulting in the time efficient modification of current products and the first release of new product development. • Recent completion of both CSWP and CSWA SOLIDWORKS examinations • Utilized surface modelling skills to design plastic interior components, considering mold and die restrictions for a vacuum forming process • Used FEA software to analyze the stresses caused from the theoretical required force and transferred this knowledge to optimize weld locations to ensure the structural integrity of the cab product

• Collaborated with production engineers and manufacturing supervisors to evaluate the utilization of robotic welding resulting in increased manufacturability and production efficiency • Developed engineering reports and presented these documents to both upper management and engineering co-workers refining both communication and written skills • Outsourced multiple products, communicating with different vendors in order to compare cost analyses and specifications to determine the most cost-effective and quality option

• Obtained considerable experience with the construction of fifteen different houses, barns and sheds, framing both the structural and visual components of a building, resulting in the practical knowledge of material and structural properties • Contributed to a cooperative, team environment, utilizing problem-solving strategies to collaboratively accomplish tasks, while maintaining a safe work environment • Used problem solving and equipment operative skills to construct given designs within a time constraint

• Trained to work with a variety of different animals, farm equipment, and robotic milkers, which developed work ethic, diligence and problem-solving skills • Learned to fix and construct different mechanical equipment and practically used reverse engineering techniques to problem solve, providing a wide exposure to mechanical design in agriculture

• Successfully completed 21.25 credits at the University level including Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Finite Element Analysis, Machine Design, Engineering Mechanics, and Engineering Analysis • Six-time Dean’s Honour List with a total 84.4% average.