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Design Engineer (cont.) - Hypo/Hypothermia systems. The water based Hypo/Hypothermia system is currently being evaluated in five different hospitals in a Traumatic Brain Injury Study, and is projected to reduce mortality rates of patients by 20%.

Project Supervisor - EG&G Automotive Research, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (1985 to 1991). Supervised Vehicle Testing and Engineering Services Group. Group responsibilities included instrumenting client-owned test vehicles with a multitude of electronic transducers to record various operating parameters, computer analyzing data, and submitting it to the appropriate client. Wrote client proposals, vehicle test procedures, as well as provided the technical and financial management for the group. Became very proficient with LOTUS 123 and WordPerfect software. Started by myself, the group grew to $250,000 in annual sales.

Contract Mechanical Design Engineer - Milam Design Services, Inc., Houston, Texas (1983 to 1984). Designed and built equipment for Schlumberger, Inc.: (1) downhole radar logging tool calibration fixture, (2) nuclear logging tool eccentralizing device with remote actuation, and (3) test fixture to determine accuracy of several different shaft rotation measurement transducers operating in a hostile downhole environment. Successfully completed contract.

Senior Development Engineer - Dresser Atlas, Houston, Texas (1982 to 1983). Responsible for design and development of "Weight On Bit" module for use in downhole directional drilling. This product was an integral component of the Measurement While Drilling (MWD) system. Also authored the acceptance test criteria and operational specifications for this device. Utilized the following technologies to develop this elaborate transducer: Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), Mechanical Design, Fluid Mechanics, Vibration, and Fatigue Analysis, as well as extensive Materials Engineering. Successfully designed and built module.

Mechanical Design and Development Engineer - P A, Inc., Houston, Texas (1981 to 1982). In charge of design, construction, and implementation of electrically conductive "ribbon" coil winding machine for coils used in Magnetic Particle Inspection. Extensive system integration was required involving hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical design. Designed special mechanisms to shear, guide, and crimp terminal to the ribbon. Guide mechanism was especially challenging because of the ribbon being so delicate. Successfully completed machine paid for itself many times over in savings in man hours winding coils by hand.

Project Development Engineer - Eastman Whipstock, Houston, Texas (1976 to 1981). Responsible for performance reliability and product improvement on all Directional Drilling Turbines and the largest Positive Displacement Mud Motor (PDMM) utilized by this oil field company specializing in directional drilling and borehole