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JACOB BARKERMechanical Engineer

Phone: 970.231.7159 Email: Jake.G.Barker@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE & STRENGTHS 9 years experience in R&D and product development roles Fluent in Solidworks, ABAQUS FEA, MS office, CREO, and various specialized

software Vigorous problem finder & solver Demonstrated ability to quickly learn concepts, processes and technical methods Established success in finding enabling solutions and effectively delivering

business resultsEDUCATION

Colorado State University ─ Fort Collins, COBS Mechanical Engineering (2007) - GPA 3.8MS Mechanical Engineering (2009) - GPA 3.5

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2014 - 2015 Operations Engineering Consultant ─ Anadarko Petroleum Corp ─ Evans, CO.

Safety Prep Engineer: Analyze and prepare wells offset to new drilling & completion operations

─ Research and data mine for information critical to technical and economical well evaluation

─ Write workover rig procedures to test and repair, or plug and abandon wells

─ Provide engineering support to well operations teams in the field─ Ensure that work meets COGCC regulations and conditions of approval─ Performed study of cement blends for best practices in remedial annular

cementing─ Identified and prevented unnecessary remedial cement work due to

regulatory submission errors saving Anadarko estimated 15 million of dollars in 2014

2010 - 2014 Product Development ─ Composite Technology Development ─ Lafayette, CO.

Lead Engineer: Type IV high pressure composite tank program─ Utilized Solidworks CAD and ABAQUS FEA models to optimize graded

laminate structure of carbon fibers to exploit maximum fiber potential and reduce tank cost by 25%

─ Developed best practices for processing and manufacture of developmental low cost carbon fibers into composites using toughed epoxy systems

─ Lead materials development program into successful next step of funding and development

─ Patent Pending: US20150192251A1

Lead Engineer: High temperature, high pressure zonal isolation devices for geothermal operations

─ Brought program from design concept through DOE Technical Readiness Level 7 using a Design, prototype, test, build and integrate cycle

─ Developed enabling manufacturing methods, process documents and specialized tooling

─ Performed loading and structural analysis, modeling of non-linear high deformation tri-axial compression of elastic porous materials, proof-of-concept performance simulation, design and build of test facility, prototype testing and manufacturing development

─ Patent Pending: WO2012119090 A1 and US20130062061 A1

Lead Manufacturing Engineer: Linerless composite propellant tanks in Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV)

─ Produced most efficient, lightweight propellant tank currently available to military UAVs

─ Lead lean and continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing processes and quality control

─ Performed root cause analysis to nonconforming units and modified manufacturing plans to reduce part rejections with engineering change orders

─ Coordinated all procurement, manufacturing, customer compliance testing and product delivery for over $500k in sales to an aerospace prime

Design & Manufacturing Engineer: CubeSat articulating satellite arrays─ Utilized carbon fiber sandwich panel construction to meet stringent

requirements─ Created very unique and cost-effective manufacturing method and tooling

of composite primary support structure─ Lead engineer on 2 of 5 subsystems: Articulation unit and Primary housing

structure R&D Engineer: Various Programs─ Interaction with customers to develop design requirements and product

specifications─ Developed detailed component designs with GD&T drawings and fabrication

process manuals─ Responsible for scheduling and task planning for development projects of

system components ─ Supervise and direct technician work

Company Safety Officer Training in: Program Management, Product Development, and Lean

Manufacturing2009 - 2010 Research Associate ─ National Renewable Energy Laboratory ─ Golden, CO.Hydrogen Storage Engineering Center of Excellence

─ Perform characterization tests of air sensitive, carbon nanomaterials for surface area and adsorption of hydrogen using high pressure and high vacuum equipment

─ Design and setup high pressure hazardous gas pressure vessels, piping and equipment using allowable stresses, cyclic fatigue analysis and ASME B31.1 specification codes

─ Analyze data, deliver test reports to center partners, determine test parameters and create operating procedures

2007-2009 Graduate Student Researcher ─ Energy Materials Laboratory ─ CSU

─ Successfully develop synthesis and processing methods for next generation cathode materials and thin film coatings in Lithium Ion batteries

─ Plan and conduct battery testing including: design of experiments, analysis of results, materials characterization, and publication of results

─ Coursework focused on mechanics of solid materials, materials science and chemistry

2005-2007 Research Assistant ─ Orthopedic Bioengineering & Mechanics of Materials Research Labs ─ CSU

─ Performed and summarized mechanical testing of novel co-polymer materials (BioPoly™) for all graduate students on the total hip replacement orthopedic device program

─ Optimize sintered manufacturing process of co-polymer test specimens─ Performed mechanical tensile testing using video extensometers ─ Designed tight-tolerance test fixtures for small punch ATSM testing method with

Pro-E (CREO)