1. Alex Ranum
(858) 733-0400
alexranum@gmail.com
Education Graduated December 2015
University of Colorado — Boulder, CO B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Experience
United Technologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS): intern June - August 2014
• Supported the engine nacelle team for the Mitsubishi regional jet (MRJ) program
• Gained basic composites knowledge
• CATIA-V5 engineering design
• Developed a VBA macro to track engineering changes
• Conducted trade studies for nacelle component
University of Colorado Boulder: teaching assistant August - December 2015
• Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)
• Instructed a lab section where I taught students 3D modeling software (SolidWorks)
• Taught assemblies, 2D drawings, surfacing, GD&T, weldments and configurations
• Conducted office hours, graded homework and quizzes
Senior Projects: Ford Motor Company August - May 2014- 2015
• Oil Conditioning Team Lead
• Coordinated project management
• Designed a system to thermally condition 30 quarts of gear oil to -7C or 35C
• Responsible for formatting and processing large amounts of data. (Excel/Lab View)
FPV/UAV Projects: January to May 2012
• Designed and built a lighter than air vehicle for a school competition.
• Won best in class for our design.
• Researched, built and integrated a first person view (FPV) RC airplane and quad copters
and with autonomous capabilities
Other Experience
Mission Bay Yacht Club: Sailing instructor June - August 2010-2013
Community Sailing of Colorado: Sailing instructor June - August 2015-2015
• Created lesson plans and taught class sizes ranging from 1 to 20 children.
• Coached all levels of sailing from learning to sail to Advanced level competition.
• Coached an athlete to a national championship title.
CIEE: English language assistant (volunteer) December – April 2016
• Helped teach English in the Spanish school system
• Comfortable in the Spanish culture and language
Software
• Solid Works (CSWP certified & Course TA)
• Fusion 360
• CATIA–V5
• Solid Works Flow Simulation
• Matlab
• Excel, Word, Power point, Outlook
• VBA
• Labview
• Engineering Equation Solver (EES)
• NX
• Simulink
• HSM Express
Interests
• Competing in cycling and triathlon event for 9 years
• Won 2010 High School National Sailing Championship and 2009 US Sailing Worlds Team
• CNC programing and machining titanium and aluminum
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