Sam Clark

sam@nerdpatternbaldness.com

Education:

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

May 15, 2004

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, minor in Electrical Engineering

GPA: 3.85/4.00

Experience:

CPFD Software

March 2008-Present

Applications Engineer

Albuquerque, NM

• Perform CPFD simulations as engineering projects for customers.
• Provide customer support for CPFD software.
• Design test problems and testing routines for software.

Alion Science & Technology

May 2005-March 2008

Associate Engineer

Albuquerque, NM

• Assist in the design and modeling of the Galmer Arbitrage GT.
• Design and maintain the Galmer, Inc. website.
• Use CFD modeling (Flow-3D) to address NRC safety issue GSI-191 for commercial nuclear power plants.
• Write technical reports for commercial nuclear power plants to submit to the NRC.
• Develop automated techniques to produce consistently excellent documents.
• Create data analysis and orginization scripts to improve efficiency and quality.

New Mexico Dept. of Trasportation

September 2004-May 2005

Bridge Inspector, District 2

Roswell, NM

• Developed and maintained a GIS-connected MS Access database of all bridges in District 2.
• Inspected 500+ bridges in southeastern New Mexico.
• Wrote inspection reports, recommended improvements, and kept records of all bridges.

NMT General Engineering Department

January 2004-May 2004

Computer Programming for Engineers Teaching Assistant

Socorro, NM

• Helped students to learn the basics of computer programming using MATLAB.

Intel Corporation

May 2003-August 2003

Process Engineering Intern, Chemical Mechanical Polish Area

Rio Rancho, NM

• Led intern team to design an experiment aimed at cost savings of over 30%.
• Improved data and statistical analysis skills.

Intel Corporation

May 2002-August 2002

Process Engineering Intern, Diffusion Area

Rio Rancho, NM

• Qualified two vertical diffusion furnaces for production processes.
• Pulled data from various databases, analyzed using Excel, and presented results.
• Developed a tool dedication matrix to track process capabilities of all furnaces in the factory.
• Coordinated a yield improvement experiment with a potential 40 die per wafer increase.

NMT Chemical Engineering Department

June 2001-December 2001

Lab Research Assistant

Socorro, NM

• Conducted methane permeation tests on fluorinated landfill polymers.
• Prepared samples, collected data using LabView, analyzed data using Excel, and reported results of multi-trial comparisons.

NMT Team F.R.A.C.T.A.L.

January 2001-August 2001

NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program

Socorro, NM

• Helped design and build apparatus for an experiment studying the turbulence of water, and its related fractals, from 0-g to 2-g.
• Created structural drawings with Cadkey, confirmed safety of design, worked with machinists to build apparatus, and wrote relevant portions of proposal to conduct experiment on the KC-135 (Vomit Comet).

NMT General Engineering Department

Fall Semesters 2000-2003

Engineering Drawing Teaching Assistant

Socorro, NM

• Instructed and aided students in the methods of hand and computer aided drawing using Cadkey. Mainly focused on 3-Dimensional part drawings.

Honors:

• Recipient of the Cramer Award - awarded to the male and female engineering students of highest scholarship (i.e., highest G.P.A.) in every graduating class.
• Recipient of Gas Processors Association Permian Basin Chapter Scholarship
• Tech Scholar - requires 65 credits with 3.5/4.0 GPA and adviser recommendation.
• Honor Roll Spring 2000 through graduation - requires 13+ credits with 3.0/4.0 GPA.

References:

Available upon request.