(520) 773-8917
Todd Kornfeld
416 S. Verde St.
Flagstaff AZ 86001
Objective:Seeking a permanent mechanical engineering position in which to exercise design and analysis skills in order to achieve a superior final product.
Education:Northern Arizona University (ABET accredited)
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Graduating May 2001
Senior, 3.34 GPA
- Financed 75% of education with work-study and financial aid
- National Science Foundation Scholarship recipient 2000-2001
Work
Experience: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona, September 2000 - Present
Engineering Advanced Composites Laboratory principal investigative research assistant
- Currently responsible for tool, and procedure design for fabrication of square cross section composite tubing.
- Performed all necessary stress and loading calculations for new design.
Raytheon SystemsCompany, Tucson Arizona, May 2000 to August 2000
AMRAAM Service Life Prediction Program, Product Support.
Full time Mechanical Engineering Intern.
- Completed analysis of specific missile joint assemblies and missile components of the United States Air Force and Navy for failure and degradation trends.
- Performed numerous missile history research investigations.
- Created database usage instructions to be presented to high ranking officials in the United States Air Force and Navy.
APS Energy Services (Sponsor), Flagstaff Arizona, November 99 to May 2000
Market Research & Analysis for NAU Campus Supply.
- Analyzed campus supply warehouse for safety and structural integrity.
- Gave recommendations for loading and orientation of warehouse inventory based on analysis.
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona, May 98 to May 2000
Surplus Property Warehouse Worker
Computer Skills: SolidWorks 2000
- AutoCAD R14 and
Mechanical Desktop
- MathCAD8
- MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.)
- Computer hardware installation and troubleshooting
- Proficient at problem solving.
Relevant
Coursework:
- Vibrations
- Heat Transfer
- Fluid Mechanics
- Material Science
- Mechanical Design
- Kinematics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Dynamics
- Circuits
- Thermodynamics I & II
- Automatic Controls
- FEA (Spring 2001)
- Four semesters of engineering design. (Spring 2001)
- Senior design project: redesign of the steering actuation system for the 2007 mars rover, sponsored by JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
- Team member for mechanical design of an anaerobic sludge digester mixing system (386 design class).
- Team leader for design and implementation of a robot based game controlled through a graphical user interface (286 design class).
Activities:Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) student chapter,
Interests:Enjoy working on computers, biking, rock climbing, drawing, designing mechanical
devices to use around the house. Currently taking lessons toward a private pilot license.
References:Available upon request.