Electrical Engineering Resume
Chillicothe, IL
Objective Start a career as an electrical engineer by applying knowledge acquired from hands-on and troubleshooting skills at CAT and ATS, leadership skills from coaching basketball, and learning from radio frequency classes, electrical circuit classes, and senior project.
Education
Major: Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Senior Project Work: Ultra Wideband Antenna – Researched available antenna designs, and then redesigned a current antenna design using Advanced Design System (ADS). Used ADS to test the coplanar waveguide of the antenna, and then worked with a supplier to fabricate the antenna. Finished testing the antenna to ensure the VSWR, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio, was below 2.0 through the Ultra wideband frequency range, 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. – Report available upon request.
Illinois Central College (ICC), East Peoria, IL
Major: Associates of Industrial Electrical Technology - May 2004
Basic Computer Skills: Used Excel, Word, FrontPage, PowerPoint, and Access along with other mainframe and web based programs almost on a daily basis, and used Visio about once a month at CAT. Excel and Word were used on a daily basis at ATS.
Experience
Confidential, Peoria, IL Calibration-Metrology Technician I (Jul 2010 – Mar 2012)
- Calibrated thermocouples, pressure transducers, and MicroMotions that ran and evaluated test cell engines using VersaDac and WDAS.
- Drafted calibration reports using Word and Excel
- Showed initiative by performing team lead duties without team lead title.
- 6 Sigma Green Belt – Project: Improvements to Production Speed Sensor. A speed sensor was failing tests due to a leaky coil. Contributed to project by doing sensor characterization and RPM, air gap, and temperature measurements.
- Used basic lab equipment to test and analyze returned production sensors, switches, and newly designed electronic components
- Drafted failure analysis and test result reports using Word and PowerPoint
- Designed and deployed web pages using Microsoft FrontPage
Additional Info
- Awarded Caterpillar P.E.R.F.E.C.T. Full Scholarship ICC Industrial
Electricity and inducted into Phi Theta Kappa at ICC - Tutored for Henry Junior High School’s After School Program for 2 years
- Volunteer Henry Junior High Assistant Baseball and Basketball Coach for 5 years
- Current Henry 5th and 6th Grade Girls’ Head Basketball Coach for 4 years
- Worked for the 2010 Census as an Enumerator and an Office Clerk