1. Juan Saavedra jasaavedra@miners.utep.edu
3060 Cooper Woods Dr. Loganville, Ga 30052 US: (915) 873-4825
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Ph.D. MechanicalEngineering; Industrial, Manufacturing & Systems concentration
Expected graduation date: Dec 2016 – GPA: 3.8 / 4.0 (currently Full time available)
UTEP:Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering – 2012
UTEP:Bachelor of Science in Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering – 2010
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teacher Assistant; UTEP IMSE department; August 2012 – June 2016
 Instructor of Industrial System Simulation (including Lean principles) and IE undergraduate senior
project.
 Teaching assistant for graduate & undergraduate of: Design of Experiments, Advance Quality Control,
Methods & Ergonomics, etc.
 Leader for class development of “Green energy manufacturing” for Graduate & Undergraduate levels.
Manufacturing Engineer Intern; CareFusion; June 2015 – August 2015
 Responsible for improvement, control and reporting of OEE & Validation approvals.
Quality Engineer; General Labels & Printing L.C.C.; April 2012 – September 2013
 Coordination of support areas for production (Quality, Maintenance, Safety, Environmental, Graphic arts
& Pre-press)
 Responsible of quality system for entire supply chain and New Product validation & documentation
(PPAP).
 Responsible for ISO 9000 & 14000 system management.
 Project management for cost reduction projects.
GOLD Associate;Johnson & Johnson; May 2010 – April 2012
 Ethicon Inc. – Supply chain, Capacity Planner
 Cordis de Mexico – Manufacturing Engineer
 Ethicon Endo Surgery – Quality Engineer
Engineering Intern; Schneider Electric; August 2009-December 2009
ACHIVEMENTS
 “Best senior project – Mentor” Award,Fall 2013 – UTEP
 “Bright Ideas” Award,December 2012 – General Labels & Printing
 “Outstanding Manufacturing Master student” Award,Spring 2012 – UTEP.
CERTIFICATIONS ANDCOURSES
 Six Sigma Green Belt by IIE, November – 2012
 ISO 9001:2008 Training by TMAC, November – 2012
 ISO 14000 Internal Auditor by ‘Q&M consulters’, May – 2012
 CQA (Certified Quality Auditor) by ASQ,December – 2011
 Project Management certified by TEC de Monterrey, October – 2011
PUBLICATIONS
 Comparative study of teaching lean manufacturing via hands on and computer aided simulation. (2016).
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual national conference.
 Cost estimation including rework for processsigma levels using Simulation. (2015). Industrial and Systems
Engineering Research Session (ISERC). Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) national conference.
 Augmenting High School Students Interest in STEM Education Using Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
(2015). American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
 Identification of Rework Station Location to Reduce Cost and Enhance Rework. (2012). Manufacturing
Engineer Thesis. UTEP.