Daniel Rapka

Senior Sales & Applications Engineer @Instron

West Hartford, CT, US
EMAILS
d••••••••@instron.com
MOBILE NUMBERS
+15•••••••44

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WORK HISTORY

Oct 2021 — Present

Senior Sales & Applications Engineer @Instron

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US

Offering consultative guidance to develop mechanical testing applications with tangible hardware & software solutions.

EDUCATION

1990 — 1994

Bucknell University

Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

2005 — 2007

New York Institute of Technology

Master's Degree, Energy Management

SKILLS

Data AnalysisTechnical WritingProgram ManagementSustainable DesignResearchCadTestingSustainabilityPublic SpeakingEnergy AuditsEnergy ManagementManufacturingTeachingEnergy ConservationAlternative EnergyProject ManagementSolidworksGreen BuildingLeadershipProject PlanningProposal WritingMechanical EngineeringAutocadEngineeringRenewable EnergyLabviewHigher EducationPowerpointMicrosoft ExcelMatlabSolar EnergyMicrosoft OfficeEnergy EfficiencyAnalysis

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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