Rushton Westcott

Experience

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  Maine Maritime Academy

  Sept 2010 - May 2013

  Teaching Assistant

  Prepared all SCUBA equipment, proctored practice exams, assisted in all pool practice sessions and helped guide real world sessions.

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  Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

  May 2011 - Jun 2011

  Cadet

  As the cadet I assisted the 3rd A/E in maintaining the subsystems of the engine room; Generators, Potable Water, Lubrication Oil Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Cooling Water Systems, Evaporators, Sewage, Bilge System, All Pumps and Motors, and the Machine Shop.

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  Maersk Line, Limited

  May 2013 - Mar 2014

  3rd Assistant Engineer

  As the 3rd A/E on the Maersk Arkansas I was in charge of three 1200 kW rated MAN B&W Generators, all Lubricating Oil Systems; Storage tanks for the Main Engine, Generators, L/O Coolers, L/O Levels in both Main Engine and Generators, L/O Purifiers. Additional systems I was responsible for were the Potable Water systems including the evaporator (fresh water generator), the Sewage (MSD) system, Sea water strainers, Bilge system, Low Temperature Coolers for Jacket water system, and the Sludge and Slops tanks. Show less

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  GulfMark Offshore

  May 2014 - Jun 2015

  Assistant Engineer

  The 3rd Assistant Engineer maintains subsystems of the engine room; Generators, Potable Water, Lubrication Oil Systems, Sewage System, Bilge System, All Pumps and Motors.

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  Florida Atlantic University

  Jan 2016 - May 2019

  Student
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  The SolidExperts, Inc.

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2018

  Application Engineer

  SolidWorks technical support, software troubleshooting, Simulation consulting for Static, Dynamic, Nonlinear, and Flow Simulations, and 3D Scanning

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  Lockheed Martin

  Jul 2019 - Feb 2024

  Electronics Engineer
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  Field Propulsion Technologies Inc

  Sept 2024 - now

  RF Research Engineer

  - Developing and implementing HF and VHF power systems and corresponding antennas.- Screen and characterize different, non-conventional composite antennas.- Source equipment for unconventional RF circuit and antenna test setups.- Utilize MATLAB to model new derivations of Maxwell’s equations.