Justin West

Experience

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  RASC-AL (National Institute of Aerospace)

  Nov 2012 - May 2013

  Project Lead

  -Represented UF at a national space design competition -Developed and presented a comprehensive manned mission to Mars-Responsible for team organization and ensuring individual parts were completed and integrated-Responsible for the crew transport and propulsion systems

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  E-ONE

  May 2014 - Oct 2014

  Applications Engineering Intern

  -Manage production issues, design and implement solutions-Optimize designs for modularity and manufacturability-Design custom pump modules rapidly and to customer's specifications-Create standard libraries and templates to accelerate design process and increase flexibility

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  University of Florida

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2017

  Design and Manufacturing Teaching Assistant

  Responsible for safety training students on each of the machines in lab, providing detailed information about traditional manufacturing, critical evaluation of student designs and drawings, reinforcing concepts such as design for manufacturability, tolerancing, and the importance of GDT. Creation of parts, tooling, and general lab improvement projects that require advanced manual machine knowledge, TIG, and CNC experience.Also responsible for assisting students from UF design teams and research labs in the MAE student manufacturing lab. I assist students manufacture parts and often suggest design modification for increased manufacturability or increased reliability. Show less

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  Gator Motorsports

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Fueling System Lead

  -Design all components of the fueling system-Optimize and test internal baffling and slosh reduction-Oversee manufacturing and assembly

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  Okuma America Corporation

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Manufacturing Engineering Intern
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  University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Aug 2018 - May 2019

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Working under Dr. Tony Schmitz in the Machine Tool Research Lab on wire arc additive manufacturing in collaboration with the DoD.

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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  May 2019 - now

  R&D Associate Staff with the Advanced Machining and Machine Tool Research group

  • R&D Associate Staff

    Oct 2019 - now

  • Machining and Machine Tool Research Intern

    May 2019 - Oct 2019
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  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Aug 2019 - now

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Hybrid manufacturing of light metals