Joshua Baida11191 Casa Street Ventura, California, 93004 805-218-8299 jbaida@calpoly.edu

I am a mechanical engineer with a history in engineering design, project management, and military service. I have experience operating at a wastewater treatment plant and years of work in the painting industry. I consider myself a highly motivated, competitive person striving to be as competent in my work as possible.

EDUCATIONCalifornia Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CAMechanical Engineering B.S. (Graduate, Dec 2016) Overall GPA : 3.25

WORK EXPERIENCEUS ARMY CADET COMMAND San Luis Obispo, CAROTC Cadet (September 2012 – December 2016)

XO (Executive Officer) – oversaw the training meetings for the battalion by creating powerpoints detailing future events

Future United States Army Officer

Doug’s Painting Private Painting Contractor Ventura, CACommercial/Residential Painter (December 2008-Present)

Preparation and painting of various clients’ properties professionally More than 20 separate projects a year ranging in thousands of dollars

City of Oxnard Public Works (Wastewater Division)Engineering Intern (Summer 2016)

Designed an automatic chlorinating tablet feeder system to effectively disinfect a sample pipeline and reduce maintenance intensity, ensured proper functioning of a Cogeneration (Enginator) unit on site

 SCHOOL PROJECTS

Relevant Coursework : Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Vibrations, Heat Transfer, Linear Algebra, Hand Drafting, Computer Drafting, Mechanical Design, GD & T, Machining, Finite Element Analysis, Controls

Programs : Matlab, Solidworks, Excel, Engineering Equation Solver (EES), Abaqus

Design of Tracked Vehicle –(Spring 2015) responsible for research and specification of suitable bearings and shafts on electrically powered drivetrain looking at factors such as cost, reliability, and fatigue life

Joshua Baida11191 Casa Street Ventura, California, 93004 805-218-8299 jbaida@calpoly.edu

Bomb Calorimeter Experiment –(Spring 2014) discovered the energy content of an M&M chocolate piece in KJ/BTU

US Army Geospatial Center Internship (DC, Summer 2015) - LiDAR surveying systems

Senior Project – (Fall 2015-Spring 2016) responsible for implementation of Air Conditioning Vapor Compression System experiment into Heat Transfer class for Cal Poly students

Finite Element Analysis of FSAE brake rotor including thermal and mechanical stress model; experience in static and dynamic analyses of rigid bodies

AWARDS, HONORS, CERTIFICATIONS Certified Engineer in Training (EIT) ROTC Scholar Athlete (Spring 2015) Dean's List (Winter 2015)