Daniel Rapka
Senior Sales & Applications Engineer @Instron
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Sales & Applications Engineer @Instron
US
Offering consultative guidance to develop mechanical testing applications with tangible hardware & software solutions.
EDUCATION
Bucknell University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering
New York Institute of Technology
Master's Degree, Energy Management
SKILLS
ABOUT DANIEL RAPKA
Additive Manufacturing Champion - Developing applications via real-world cost modeling to bring 3D printing technologies into high quality, production environments • Driving manufacturing quality thru APQP/PPAP: PFEMA, MSA, Gage R&R, Capability Studies, SPC• Extended Technical Expertise - Mentoring applications of material science, metrology, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer, • New Product Development Project Lead - Ideation, Requirements Creation, Prototyping, Validation • Seasoned Research Project Manager - writing proposals, defining test plans & tracking budget as well as analysis and final reporting for grant funded research projects• Exceptional Communicator - Highly confident with public speaking, presentation content development and technical report writing• Well versed in operation of thermo-fluid and mechanical test equipment as well as use of requisite calibration tools and techniques• Extremely proficient with Autodesk (Netfabb, AutoCAD), Solidworks, MasterCAM, Polyworks, Jira, Confluence, LabVIEW, Bluehill (Instron), IBM DOORS, MS Office Apps (Word, Excel, PPT)• Adept fabricator using manual/CNC mills/lathes, Arc/TIG/MIG welding, and other hand/power tools typical to a machine shop• Skilled with Rapid Prototyping Equipment: 3D printers – MJF, PBF, DLP, SLA, laser cutters – Epilog; CNC lathes - Haas, and CNC mills – Centroid, Techno Isel
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