1. CHRISTOPHER ELDRIDGE
515 Hilliard Street (860) 559-1778
Manchester, CT 06042 Email: cre99001@hotmail.com
PROFILE
Systems Engineer and Principal Investigator of advanced life support and energy storage systems for NASA and the United States
Navy, with responsibility for new product development initiatives from concept to proto-type development, testing, systems analysis,
and final product performance verification.
COMPETENCIES
• New Product Development • Test System Development & Automation
• Computer Modeling • Project Management
• Systems Engineering • Environmental Engineering
• Manufacturing & Costing • Patent Development/Technical Papers
• Air Revitalization • Environmental Health & Safety
WORK EXPERIENCE
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND, Windsor Locks, CT 2004 - Present
SPACE SYSTEMS, with expertise in electrochemistry, air revitalization and systems engineering.
• Develop advanced electrolyzer stacks and systems for energy storage and oxygen generation applications.
• Perform preliminary design of fuel cell systems for advanced spacecraft and submarine power generators.
• Develop humidity and carbon dioxide control systems for submarines and spacecraft.
• Design and programming of automated test systems for control, data acquisition, and safety.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
New Product Development
• Work in collaboration with business development team, combined with strong customer interface to accurately define
clients' needs for projects averaging a 5-10 year lifecycle.
• Focus design initiatives on product quality, while minimizing the overall cost.
• Design and improve resource recovery technologies to achieve maximum cost efficiencies.
• Conduct extensive laboratory work including design and fabrication of test systems, materials testing, preliminary design
work, material analysis, software/hardware, product configuration, and building of proto-types using multiple scales.
• Perform ongoing data collection and analysis using various software tools, followed by continuous refinement and
incremental building to full-scale proto-type development.
• Interface with manufacturing and other production resources to cost out all variables relative to production and final
assembly.
Project Management
• Oversee the product development lifecycle, from start to finish, working cross-functionally in a matrix structure.
• Develop project schedules, milestones, performance metrics, and project costing.
• Serve as Principal Investigator and Project Manager for high profile projects.
• Facilitate cross-functional teams to effectively coordinate resources, while building consensus and support for shared
goals.
• Use critical path methodology to keep all parties focused and target with project objectives.
Manufacturing
• Interface with production and manufacturing throughout the design, testing and costing process.
• Review manufacturing recommendations to facilitate cost effective product design.
• Facilitate team meetings to discuss product performance, costing, reliability, safety, durability, and quality.
• Function in a troubleshooting capacity during the design process, including complete failure analysis.

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Environmental Engineering
• Design and develop environmental engineering technologies to maximize utilization of existing resources.
• Integrate environmental engineering methods into each project including water reclamation and air reclamation (carbon
dioxide, humidity and trace contaminate control).
Components/Systems Engineering
• Address cost controls down to component level.
• Develop nominal and contingency requirements for systems and components.
• Validate full compliance with clients' requirements for product performance.
• Develop and utilize test systems and tools to validate product performance.
Modeling
• Use computer modeling throughout the design, proto-type development and testing cycle.
• Utilize multiple computer software tools including Visual Basic, MATLAB, Java, and Excel.
• Build tools for calculations covering transient and steady state modeling.
INSTITUTE OF MATERIAL SCIENCE, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 2003 - 2004
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
• Developed foam sealants to improve the expansion characteristics of bridge joints for the Department of Transportation.
• Contributed to the experimental design and analysis, physical property and deformation testing, and design of the field
installation system.
WORK HISTORY
ADVANCED SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER 2009 - Present
SYSTEM ENGINEER, Orion Program 2007 - 2009
ELECTROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2004 - 2008
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT
Bachelor of Science in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 2004
• GPA 3.4/4.0; Dean's List School of Engineering
• Completed graduate level courses in Engineering Project Management, Numerical Analysis, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,
and Information Systems.
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, Hartford, CT
Completed Java Programming Courses 1 & 2, GPA 3.95
PATENTS/WRITINGS
Patent Application (Co-Inventor), "High-Differential-Pressure Water Electrolysis Cell & Method of Operation", 2009,
PA0012339U-U74.12-156KL
Patent Application (Co-Inventor), "Catalyst for Life Support System", 2011, PA-15490-U; 67010-404PUS1
Primary Author/Principal Investigator, "CO Oxidation for Post-Fire Cleanup", 2011, 41st International Conference on
Environmental System
Co-Author/Co-Inventor, "Dual-Feed Balanced High-Pressure Electrolysis of Water in a Lightweight Polymer Electrolyte
Membrane Stack, TBD (2011/2012), Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Co-Author/Co-Inventor, "Advanced Catalysts for the Ambient Temperature Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide and
Formaldehyde", 2010, 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems
References available upon request