Education

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, In

Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019 - Current

University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, Mechanical Engineering, December 2013

 

Experience

Integrated Product Team LEADER Jul 2019 to Present

Rantec power systems

Product support engineer                                            OCT 2017 to JUN 2019

Rantec power systems

Process Engineer                                                              APR 2015 to JUL 2017

SCA North America

  • Led continuous improvement projects on a critical asset resulting in a 23% efficiency increase

  • Drove waste reduction initiatives utilizing LEAN manufacturing best practices, reducing raw
    material waste by 50%

  • Applied corrective/preventive action and root cause analysis tools to solve a range of manufacturing
    problems, increasing mean time to failure by 18% across six fully scheduled converting machines

  • Managed and conducted manufacturing line trials for new products and capital upgrades

  • Created detailed manufacturing instructions to document new processes and capture best practice

  • Applied statistical process control methods to optimize machine settings and reduce quality failures

 

Research Assistant                                                           Nov 2013 to Apr 2015

Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Canterbury

  • Successfully managed multiple projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines, resulting in
    several publications

  • Designed and instrumented complex experiments to validate numerical research and FEA results in
    collaboration with overseas researchers

  • Modeled fluid-solid interactions in FEA/CFD packages

  • Experience with mechanical testing and materials characterization

  • Developed novel methods to produce porous media using additive manufacturing

 

Teaching Assistant                                                           Feb 2014 to jun 2015

Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Canterbury

  • Taught a weekly class in Thermo-Fluids Engineering

  • Held weekly office hours, prepared and graded problem sets and tests

 

MANUFACTURING Engineer - Intern                                 Jan 2013 to Feb 2013                      

 Transit Engineering

  • Collaborated with engineers and technicians concerning product design and tooling to ensure efficient production methods

  • Developed skills operating machining and workshop equipment, including CNC mills and lathes

 

New Product Development Engineer - Intern            Nov 20011 to Sep 2012

Smooth Air Products ltd

  • Successfully developed a heat recovery ventilator from initial concept through to production, resulting in a major new
    product line sold throughout New Zealand

  • Built and tested prototypes to evaluate and improve heat transfer efficiency against current industry standards

  • Reduced scrap production from 20% to 7% and reduced time by utilizing automated production methods

  • Developed a standard work library of CAD assemblies, engineering drawings, bill of materials and manufacturing
    procedures, increasing production efficiency, reducing changeover time and improving technician training

 

Journal Publications

  1. Munro, B.K., Becker, S.M., Uth, M.F., Preußer, N., and Herwig, H. ”Fabrication and Characterization of Deformable Porous Matrices with Controlled Pore Characteristics”. Transport in Porous Media.(2015) 107: 79. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-014-0426-0

 

Conference Presentations

  1. Munro, B.K., Becker, S.M (2014) “Experimental Analysis of Entrance Effects in Low Reynolds Flow in Porous Media”. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA.

  2. Becker, S.M., Munro, B.K. (2014) “Experimental characterization of the deviation from Darcy flow at low Reynolds numbers through elastic porous matrices”. Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA.

 

Awards

  • Terry Boyle Memorial Trust Scholarship, 2014

  • Methanex Prize for Best Materials Project, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Canterbury, 2013

 

Hardware and Software Skills

Computer Programming:

  • Python, VBA, SQL, Matlab

Software:

  • SAP, Microsoft Project, Minitab, Manufacturing Execution Systems, ANSYS, LabView, SolidWorks, MS Office

Metalworking

  • CNC mills, lathes, TIG/MIG/Arc welding, sheet metal forming, additive manufacturing, composite fabrication

Electronics

  • IPC J-STD-001 certified

 

Extracurricular

  • University of Canterbury Division One Rugby Team 2010-13, Golf (scratch golfer), Cricket, Athletics

  • Avid reader

  • LOX/Methane rocket engine development