Peter C. Thomas

5970 Bob St. / La Mesa, CA 91942 / Telephone: (619) 463-9799

Objective

Employment in mechanical engineering design.

Education

M.S.M.E. - San Diego State University - San Diego, CA, 1995

Relevant Courses:

• Convection Heat Transfer - Control Systems
• Conduction Heat Transfer - Boundary Layer Theory
• Advanced Thermodynamics - Combustion
• Gas Dynamics

Grade Point Average: 3.95 of 4.00




B.S.A.E. - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott, AZ, 1990

Relevant Courses:

• Aircraft Detail Design - Drafting I, II
• Instrumentation Lab

Designed and drafted aircraft structural components for senior project.

Grade Point Average: 3.3 of 4.0

Experience

San Diego State University - San Diego, CA

Graduate Research Assistant 9/93 - Present

• Analyzed fluid-mechanical effects of combustion using finite-difference code.
• Assisted in the design of combustion chamber apparatus.

Shannon Engineering, Inc. - Seattle, WA

Aerospace Engineer 9/91 - 11/92

• Certified aircraft and modifications in compliance with FAA Regulations.
• Project Manager of program involving modification of flap control system.
• Responsible for designing parts and preparing Autocad documents.
• Worked directly with clients, maintained good customer relations.
• Performed other flight testing and setup of measurement equipment.

Computer Skills

IBM-PC, UNIX, SPARC - FORTRAN, BASIC
• Autocad, CadKey - WordPerfect, MS Word
• Mathematica, Matlab - Lotus 123, Excel

References

AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST