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About
I’m a meticulous and detail-oriented product designer and engineer. My background in mechanical engineering gives me a better understanding of the inner workings of the products I design and allows me to design for manufacture from the beginning. My SolidWorks skills allow me to evaluate designs quickly and effectively in 3 dimensions. I have experience working at small, intense product-design firms, both as a mechanical engineer and as an industrial designer. This experience taught me the utter importance of time, clear and regular communication, organization, and attention to detail.
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Education
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Master of Fine Art Candidate Industrial DesignAcademy of Art University2010 - 2014Honors: 1 of only 2 continuing graduate ID students selected for AAU's 2011 Spring Show
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BS Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Engineering ManagementCornell University2005 - 2008Cornell FSAE Project Team: -Brings together 40-50 undergraduate and graduate students of mechanical, business, electrical, and systems engineering fields to fund, design, build, test, and race an open wheel style race car in accordance with the Society of Automotive Engineers -Our team had won 4 of the last 8 competitions upon my graduation, all of which had over 100 schools entered from around the world. • Leader of the Engine team my senior year • Attended 8 meetings per week to keep the team organized, focused, & productive • Designed, built, and tested a butterfly throttle, which integrated neckdown and restrictor to reduce the length of the intake line and reduce turbulent flow • Made and approved technical drawings for manufacture • 4 years of machining experience with 1.5 years experience writing code for, and operating, a CNC mill • Tested and tuned ‘06 & ’07 engine packages • Led project to completely rebuild 2004 racecar for use in driver training
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Experience
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Product EngineerNew York, NYJun 2014 - Present (10 years 6 months)•Responsible for product engineering tasks from ideation to manufacturing and quality
•Frequent collaborative work with engineers and designers from top NYC design firms
•Correspond with manufacturers in China daily with regular visits to ensure quality, review manufacturing processes, and help to refine and streamline existing processes creatively
•Integral in the design and engineering of injection molded parts including reading tooling drawings, trouble shooting molding problems, and navigating issues with tool-safe changes -
Freelance Product Design EngineerNew York, NYNov 2013 - Present (11 years 1 month)- Providing Mechanical Design support of structural components and mechanisms, including research,
sketching, CAD modeling, FEA, and communication with their factory in China as needed -
Freelance Product Design EngineerNew York, NYFeb 2013 - Present (11 years 10 months)- Performing all phases of the design process -- taking a client’s idea from vague concept to manufacture-ready!
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Freelance Product Design EngineerBay Shore, NYFeb 2013 - Jul 2013 (5 months)- Produced professional research documents and preliminary SolidWorks files for the development and certification of a new product for the utility market
- Commissioned to create illustrations for a proposal with a tight timeline, which I successfully completed by taking napkin sketches and verbal instruction to create clear visual communication aids that strengthened their proposal -
Freelance Digital IllustratorApr 2012 - Sep 2012 (5 months)- Athletic apparel start-up with patented pockets for your personal electronics
- Created illustrations in Photoshop of pre-production apparel for online sales, hang-tags & website
- Worked directly with the founders to bring their ideas to reality, delivering on time for the launch of their website -
InternSan Francisco, CAJul 2011 - Mar 2012 (8 months)- Engaged in Product Design, CAD Modeling with SolidWorks, and Rendering with KeyShot 2
- Conducted market research for competitive audits and trend reports
- Incorporated design sketches and feedback into refined CAD models, renderings, and presentations -
Engineering AidPlainview, NYMay 2009 - Aug 2009 (3 months)- Aeroflex Motion Control Systems provide complete and integrated motion solutions for space, military, avionics and strategic industrial customers.
- Conducted and monitored tests of actuators for JPL’s Mars Science Laboratory, working side-by-side with JPL employees to see delivery of working units on time
- My meticulous and rigorous nature was of great value when working with that very important, expensive, and sensitive Mars-bound equipment -
InternBurlington, MAJun 2007 - Aug 2007 (2 months)- Technology Development Firm employing a small group (about a dozen) of mostly mechanical engineers who are hired by companies to take their product idea through all or some of the phases of design from pencil sketch to production ready.
- My jobs included finish machining and assembly of prototypes, component design including FEA analysis using COSMOSWorks and CAD drawing using SolidWorks, and brainstorming.
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@erikshewan, member since 2012
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