Radu Pavel
2445 West Bancroft St., Apt. 7, Toledo, OH 43607Home: (419) 537 0869, Mobile: (419) 283 6409
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BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer with over seven years of progressive experience with one company and two research centers. Proven strengths in research and development activities, manufacturing processes, design of experiments, advanced scientific data processing and analysis, advanced visual presentations and shows, teaching activities. Work in different international laboratories in Europe & USA. Rapidly promoted and recognized as a strong, enthusiastic leader capable of achieving challenging objectives. Expertise in:
· Manufacturing processes, Tools & Fixtures· Materials
· Metrology, precision measurement
· Project management & Facility planning
· Process planning, documentation
· Process & product development
· Total Quality Management,
ISO9000 quality systems
· Lean manufacturing
· Statistical Process Control, Six Sigma
· National and international auctions
· Training and education activities / · Over 6 years experience in drafting and technical drawing
· Over 4 years experience in CAD/CAE (AutoCAD, I-DEAS, Pro/Engineer, CATIA, MARC Mentat)
· Travel and international contacts experience.
· Paper reviewer
· Book editing
· Multimedia (advanced presentation skills).
· 5 years experience in typographic machines - printing and maintenance.
· Current speaker of English, French and Romanian
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Precision Micro-Machining Center – The University of Toledo (January 2000 – Present)
PMMC is an integrated industry-academia manufacturing research center with twenty U.S. and five international member companies. Abrasive Micro-Machining Consortium manages the PMMC.
Chief Engineer, reporting to Director of PMMC
Technical Secretary of Abrasive Micro-Machining Consortium
· Investigate the Micro-Machining Manufacturing Processes with focus on Hard Turning, Burnishing and Grinding including Electrolytic in-Process Dressing (ELID) technique.
· Complete a joint industrial project titled “Interrupted and Continuous Hard Turning” patronized by Diamond Abrasives Corporation, Dana Corporation, and Tecumseh Products Company. The major objectives were to analyze the wear of cutting inserts and surface quality, and to determine the optimum cutting regime based on a model that predicts the surface roughness.
· Investigate CBN Grinding Wheels Wear at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
· Investigate ELID grinding technology. Collaborate with Japanese company to tune up CNC surface grinding machine Thompson.
· Technical co-operation and consulting with: Diamond Abrasives Corporation, Dana Co., Tecumseh Products Co., CITCO Operations, Master Chemical Co., ACME Co., Valenite Inc., and Kennametal.
· Supervise and advise graduate students to successfully complete their Master Project or Thesis. Main translator and editor of the “Handbook of Machine Tool Analysis”, authors Marinescu,I., Ispas, C., and Boboc, D., Editor: Marcel Dekker.
· Work as team member for Technology Action Fund Proposal 2002.
· Access granted to Ohio Supercomputer Center through successful proposal.
· Teach classes of Manufacturing Engineering, Tool Engineering, and Material Science for undergraduate and graduate level.
· Attended numerous seminars specialized on manufacturing processes: manufacturing and use of superabrasives, manufacturing and use of coolants, etc.
· Work for PhD dissertation with preliminary title “Cutting Tool Wear, Surface Quality Analysis, and Chip Formation for Continuous and Interrupted Hard Turning”.
Self Managed Company «Monitorul Oficial», Romania (Aug. 1995 – Dec. 1999)
Editing and printing house of the Romanian Government official publications.
Mechanical Engineer position in Development and Investments Department
· In charge of maintenance and safety of printing machines.
· Design component parts.
· Prepare technical correspondence related to printing machines.
· Member of the team working to optimise the placement of printing machines.
· Prepared and took part at national and international auctions for printing machines and/or related equipment.
· Prospecting delegate at Polygraphic Fair I.F.R.A. ’97, Amsterdam, Netherlands – prospect the printing market and establish commercial contacts.
· Attended training courses concerning the operation and maintenance of the offset printing machines SpeedMaster 74 and GTO 52 – team leader, Heidelberg, Germany.
Center for Advanced Technologies for New Materials - University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania (Sept. 1996 – December 1999)
Associate Researcher
· Investigate fretting wear of composite materials.
· Investigate technologies for new materials.
· Translated and edited books and papers in the manufacturing field.
· Involved in multimedia activities – presentations and movie editing.
Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France (April to October 1999)
Associate Researcher - funded by TEMPRA grant.
Topic: Development and optimization of knowledge concerning the Computer Integrated Manufacturing. The Concurrent Engineering processes were studied on the basis of a Pro/ENGINEER – CATIA software platform.
Leonardo grant, United Kingdom (May 1998)
Explore of good practice in staff training to support the students’ access to employment. Promote the development of advanced technologies within the field of career guidance.
Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France (April to June 1996)
TEMPUS grant awarded for doctoral stage
Research topic: Tribological behavior of composite materials. Project completed: Experimental and theoretical analysis of fretting behavior of epoxy composites reinforced with continuous glass fibers.
EDUCATIONPh. D. Candidate, Manufacturing Engineering – University of Toledo, Ohio. (2000 – Present)
Preliminary Thesis Title: “Chip Formation, Cutting Tool Wear and Surface Quality Analysis for Continuous and Interrupted Hard Turning”. GPA: 4.00. Expected graduation date: December 2003.
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering – University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Romania (1995 – 1996)
Dissertation: “Nonconventional Processing Technologies for Composite Materials – Abrasive Water Jet Machining”.
B.S., Mechanical Engineering – University “Politehnica” Bucharest, Romania (1990 – 1995)
COMPUTER SKILLSOperating Systems: MS-DOS, WINDOWS, MAC-OS, some work in UNIX.
Programming: BASIC, PASCAL.
Engineering Software: AutoCAD, Pro/Engineer, I-DEAS, MSC MARC, CATIA, some work in Unigraphics.
Other: MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, FrontPage, Adobe PhotoShop, SPSS, Statgraphics, MatLab.
OTHER INFORMATION· Languages (other than English): Romanian – excellent; French – very good.
· President of Student Chapter of Society of Manufacturing Engineers at The University of Toledo
· Technical Secretary of Abrasive Micro-Machining Consortium