David Snyder is seeking to enter a mechanical engineering program with relevant work experience. He has worked in welding, drafting, construction labor, and landscaping roles, gaining hands-on engineering knowledge. His education includes a B.S. in Physics/Engineering from Westmont College where he assisted with research projects, and he is currently pursuing an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at UC Riverside researching new solar cell materials. His skills include automotive and small engine repair, electrical wiring, circuitry, computer repair, construction, and software programs for engineering, astronomy research, and office productivity.

1. David Michael Snyder
Objectives
To enter into a Mechanical Engineering Program, bringing with me my previous
knowledge and experience, both from in the field work knowledge, and
experience as well as textbook knowledge and common sense. It is important
to be able to not only engineer ideas on paper, but to also accurately and
efficiently engineer ideas that can be used in the field.
Experience
Gil’s Welding May 2008 - Present
Welder’s Helper/Welder/Engineering/Landscaping
 General Landscaping in Employer’s Personal Backyard
 Welder’s helper
o Assisting in completing multiple water storage tie-ins from the
water district, to the farmers.
o Assisting in multiple structural welding jobs
 Welding
o Stick, wire, and HeliArc in multiple structural welding jobs
o TIG
o MIG
 Engineer
o Structural ideas for cages
o Structural ideas for lockboxes
o Mathematical formulations for tie-ins and pipe angles
Construction Specialty Services May 2011 – September 2013
Draftsman
 Walk out all Pipelines to give accurate coordinates
 Walk out/ Map out Steam Lines to assist head Engineer in determining
the heat loss in pipelines with insulation.
 Constructed drafts of current and future pipeline routes and facilities
718 West Center Street
Pomona, California 91768
E-mail:
dmsnyder91@gmail.com
Phone: (805) 272-5494

2.  Understand and input all components of the pipeline including valves,
expansion loops etc. as well as inputting all type, schedule, and
hardness of all components
 Software Used
o Google Earth
o AutoCAD Plant 3D
o AutoCAD P&ID
o Microsoft Projects
o Windows 7/8
o Mac OSX All
Construction Specialty Services May 2011 – May 2013
Roustabout/ Labor Hand
 Worked in the New Construction and Maintenance Subdivision
 Worked as a Roustabout and General Laborer.
 Shadowed the industrial engineer for multiple projects.
 Read and field-verify plans.
 Helped to install petroleum, steam, clean water, dirty water, PVC,
polyethylene, and steel pipelines ranging from 1 to 34 inches.
 Worked to complete a 4-inch flow line and a 4-inch Waste Water line.
 Worked to complete a 6-inch flow line and a 6-inch Waste Water line.
 Running the time management /scheduling project through Microsoft
Project 2010.
 Assisting with AutoCAD Plant to understand the Soft Water Plant being
built from the ground up.
 Have had experience running pipelines above ground and
underground.
 I am very proficient in using Microsoft Excel and all other Microsoft
Programs.
 I am very familiar with using Parallel’s Desktop in order to run all
Windows Programs on my Mac.
Westmont Physical Plant August 2010 – May 2013
Student Employee
 Landscaping
 Irrigation (fixing sprinkler systems)
 Heavy Equipment Operator (to move boulders and/or large objects)
 Maintained both practice and game fields for Soccer/Track and Field
 Mowing of Lawn (ride-on and push behind)

3.  Sustainable home landscaping including the facilitation of leveling and
construction for Westmont Community Garden, currently a sustainable
food source for the Westmont Dining Commons
Gene Watson Construction May 2010 - September 2010
Roustabout/ Labor Hand
 Worked in the Vintage New Construction Subdivision.
 Worked as a Roustabout and General Laborer.
 Learned how to read blueprints properly.
 Learned the Process of Field Verification.
 Certifications: first aid, CPR, aerial lift, Forklift, Confined Space.
 I shadowed the industrial engineer for multiple projects.
 I primarily worked on 4-inch steel oil flow pipelines as well as fusing 4-
inch polyethylene wastewater pipelines.
 I helped install all of the fittings, outside plumbing, and supports
during the installation of a “free water knock out” tank and system.
 Worked in completing the Free Water Knock Out Project.
 Drive water truck to assist with dust control
Trader’s Take-N-Bake August 2008 – May 2009
Pizzayolo
 Make Pizzas
 Clean
 Prepare food including all vegetables, dough, sauces
Education
University of California, Riverside August 2013 – June 2015 (Present)
M.S in Mechanical Engineering
Research
 Advanced Material Processing and Synthesis (AMPS) Lab UCR Graduate
Division
 Research for new solar cell battery storage materials within the
Mechanical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering
Departments.
 Understand and synthesize new material using Planetary Ball Mill
 Understand and synthesize new material using Clean room/Vacuum
Chamber
 Understand and synthesize new material using Current Activated
Pressure Assisted Densification CAPAD synthesizing, or Spark Plasma
Sintering.
 Machinery Used for graphite construction

4. o Lathe
o Grinder
o Drill Press
Westmont College Santa Barbara California August 2009 - 2013
B.S in Physics/Engineering
 Assisted Westmont College Annual Math Contest 2009, 2011, 2012,
2013
 Teaching assistant for Circuits and Electronics Course Lecture & Lab
Spring 2013
 Excelled in Circuits lab, building operational amplifier high pass, low
pass, band pass, inverting, notch filter and many other circuit designs.
 Proficient in using Breadboards, Circuit Elements (resistors,
inductors…), FLUKE Multimeters, Stanford Function Generators, as well
as Tektronix Oscilloscopes
 Private Tutor for a number of physics and math students
 Given keys for Observatory, General Physics Labs, and Electronics Lab
 Software
o MATLAB
o PSpice
Research At Westmont
 Westmont College Research Symposium
 Tracked and imaged asteroid 2005 YU55 November of 2011
 Assisted Westmont Alumni in Variable Star Research, as well as side
research on M51
 Asked to lead community 3rd Friday events at the Westmont
Observatory by SBAU
 Operate/Instruct/Research Westmont College Observatory using Keck
Telescope
 Member of Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit
 Prepared light curve on a variable star as well as researched a smaller
curve within light curve possibly sampling secondary pulsation that is
shifted by a cosine factor.
 Proficient knowledge in taking images, and focusing image with a CCD
camera attached to both the 24” reflector, and 8” refractor.
 Proficient ability to operate Machine operated Telescopes as well hand
operated telescopes
 Mapped out the star pattern in the Field of View of the CCD Camera
 Software
o CCDSOFT
o MAXIM DL

5. o THE SKY 6
o THE SKY X
Skills
 Vehicular Mechanics
o Gasoline Engines
 General Maintenance and Repair
 Have diagnosed and replaced most engine,
transmission, and body parts on multiple vehicles
o Small engines
 Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuild lawn mower, edger,
weed eater, generator.
 Electrical Wiring
o Run conduit and multiple gauge wire above and below ground.
 Circuitry and Computers
o Properly diagnose and fix computers (Desktops and Laptops)
reformatting disks, soldering parts of a motherboard, and
understanding all error codes. Have experience Fixing internal
components of laptops and phones (screens, dc ports,
digitizers, batteries). Very fond of Linux, Mac, and Windows
OS.
o Proficient in Soldering and breadboard engineering
 Home Construction/Handyman
o Network Wiring
o Plumbing (snaking, leaks, caulking)
o Painting (inside, outside)
o Sanding (furniture, outside house)
o Drywall
o Taping and Mudding
o Washer/Dryer mechanics
o Hardwood flooring
o Installed Ceiling Fixtures (lights/fans)
o Wallpaper
o Removing Tile (Bathroom and Shower)
o Garage Floor Tile Removal

6. o Garage Floor Leveling
o Garage Floor 2-Part Epoxy
 Software
o PC and Mac Platforms
o Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Projects)
o Google Earth
o AutoCAD P&ID
o AutoCAD Plant 3D
o Mat LAB
o PSpice
o CCDSOFT
o MAXIM DL
o THE SKY 6
o THE SKY X
o Parallel’s Desktop