Mechanical Engineer with emphasis on Mechanical and Structural Design. Special interest (trained) in Computational Mechanics Methods, Finite Elements

I’m a Mechanical Engineer from the National University of Colombia (Colombia – South America). I’m a recent university graduate and I’m looking for an opportunity to develop the technical and operational engineering skills.

INGENEX Ltda. March-July 2006
Project Engineer
Functions: Design steel structures. Build 3D models of the structures, beams, columns and belts. Develop the details of anchorage and assembly for all the structures pieces. Bogot? – Colombia.

CIVALCO Ltda. – BAVARIA Janury-March 2006
Project Engineer
Functions: Design Fire Control Water Pump System, using NFPA code. Installation of a 500 GPM Diesel pump in parallel with an Electric pump. Zipaquira – Colombia.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA August 2004-August 2005
Functions: Manage Aid Computer Design room; support the offered courses in design mechanics software, finite elements and numeric modeling. Bring up date and maintenance the computers too. Bogot? – Colombia.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA – FAILURE ANALYSYS GROUP – FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE April 2005 – June 2005
Research Engineer
Functions: Computational Simulation of the failure phenomena in a pressure vessel using the Finite Element Method. Bogot? – Colombia.

CIVALCO Ltda. August-October 2004
Designer
Functions: Design and develop the software: Procedimiento de Atenci?n de Emergencias. OCENSA – Cove?as.. Bogot? – Colombia.

CIVALCO Ltda. July 1999 – June 2002
Designer
Functions: Draw hydraulic pipe lines sketches and the P&ID fire control systems. (Mobil, Ecopetrol, Termocentro). Bogot? – Colombia.

Mechanical Engineer, Universidad Nacional de Colombia – South America, September 2005.

Additional courses
Computational Drawing, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, January – May 2004
The Finite Element Method, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, August – November 2003
Numerical Methods without Mesh introduction, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per?, July 2003
III Congreso Bolivariano de Ingenier?a Mec?nica, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per?, July 2003
VI Congreso Colombiano de Elementos Finitos y Modelamiento Numérico, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, May 2002
II Congreso Colombiano de Ingenier?a Mec?nica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, October 2001

PUBLICATIONS: “Extensive Modeling of 3DOF Passive Dynamic Walker” – 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots, London – UK, September 2005.
“UN-BOT: Design and Construction of a Four Legged Walking Robot” - 1st IEEE Latin American Robotics Symposium, Instituto Tecnol?gico Aut?nomo de México – ITAM, Mexico D.F., October 2004.
“Aplicaciones del Método de los Elementos Finitos”, Magazine: Presencia Académica Internacional de la Facultad de Ingenier?a., Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot?, D.C. April 2004.
“Estudio de Sustituci?n Articular de Cadera por medio de Elementos Finitos”, II Semana Técnica de, Ingenier?a Mec?nica – ASME, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot?, Agosto 2003.
“Dise?o de Resortes Para Veh?culos mediante Elementos Finitos”, III Congreso Bolivariano de, Ingenier?a Mec?nica, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per?, Lima, July 2003.
“Estudio de Esfuerzos Mec?nicos en Pr?tesis de Cadera”, III Congreso Bolivariano de Ingenier?a Mec?nica, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per?, Lima, July 2003.
“Grupo de Trabajo, Motores de Dos Tiempos – UN”, I Semana Técnica de Ingenier?a Mec?nica –ASME, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot?, August 2002.
“An?lisis, Desarrollo y Consideraciones de Dise?o de Motor Kawasaki 0.60 dos tiempos, mediante modelamiento por Elementos Finitos”, VI Congreso Colombiano de Elementos Finitos y Modelamiento Numérico, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot?, May 2002.