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• Due to long-term medical problems I am unable to provide financial assistance at present
and for the foreseeable future. Please remove me from your list to save mailing costs.
• I am using my engineering in medical research [attached a resume]
• Retired, Senior Staff Engineer, Hughes Aircraft Co. (now Raytheon). Good luck with your
Senior Design Projects.
• I am a senior manager at Mercedes-Benz Engineering for Powertrain Design with Catia
V4.x. Currently, I supervise 30 people. My experience is that still too few students graduate
without being exposed to 3D-design projects, 3D-design and rapid prototyping should be
the core of every engineering training, which may help graduates to start their own business
right after school. Please use my donation to support and realize your ideas.
• Currently, I am working for Lockheed Martin as a project engineer with extravehicular
activity tools at NASA's Johnson Space Center. I will be graduating from the University of
Houston in May with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
• Because I recently purchased a home, a financial contribution to your program is not in my
budget. However, I can offer feedback. (1) Since I have been involved in R&D as well as
project development, I have observed a gradual movement away from Pro-C. SolidWorks is
becoming the tool of choice for 3-D solid modeling at small-to-midsize companies. (2) In
addition to rapid prototyping, I strongly encourage you to provide education/training in
Virtual prototyping, i.e., the use of FEA, CFD, and thermal analysis tools to decrease the
costs associated with product development. After three years employment at Boeing
(during which time I was responsible for inlet design and testing as well as integration of the
joint strike fighter engine), I moved on to the biotech industry. I have been employed at
Illumina, Inc. in San Diego for one year. My current responsibilities revolve around the
development of machines to synthesize DNA. I use 3D solid modeling, CFD, etc. to produce
virtual prototypes. I have those prototypes fabricated, then assemble and test them. This is
followed by design iteration (if necessary) and release for production.
• I have already contributed $1000 last month to the UofA earmarked for the engineering
school. I graduated in '93. Say hi to Dr. Perkins if he is still there. He was/is the best. Went
to MBA school. Did investment bank, now do venture capital.
• Keep up with your good work. Like to learn more about the activities.
• I remember your Finite Element Analysis class well! I am happy to make a donation to
support the Senior Design Projects. As a student, I thought the Senior Project was one of
the most valuable courses in the AME curriculum. Having to work as part of a team was
good preparation for the real world. At the present time I am a Software Test Engineer for
Inter-Tel, a small telecommunications company in Chandler. After graduating in 1991, I
moved to Dallas hoping to find work in the Aerospace industry. But I ended up starting a
career in telecommunications with MCI and moved into R&D and testing with Nortel
Networks. I enjoy what I am doing now, and my husband (also a US grad) and I are very
happy to be back in Arizona. Good luck with the new facility and courses.
• It is nice to hear that our AME Department is making good progress. I am very glad to be
able to contribute. Moreover, please keep me on your list. Furthermore, I graduated in 1984
for my BS and in 1987 for my MS. I returned to Brazil in 1989 when I joined Vesuvius
Refractory. I have been with them since. I am Plant Manager for the Rio Plant. Vesuvius
has 95 plants worldwide, 35 in the USA. I married my wife Marillia in 1984 in the USA and
my American born son, Ibrahim, is 14 years old now and we are planning for him to attend
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