Jonathan Ames
jonames at berkeley dot edu
140 Flora Ave #232
Walnut Creek CA 94595
(925) 876-6262
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a full time entry position to captivate my enthusiasm for mechanical design and
as a secondary objective, to cure the monetary woes of graduate student life.
EDUCATION
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA
MS Mechanical Engineering
expected 06/2006
GPA: 3.84 / 4.0
Focus: Design
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
BS Mechanical Engineering
05/2004
GPA: 3.86 / 4.0
Andrew Carnegie Scholar
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Magnetic Shielding for Atomic Gyroscopes, current masters project
Analysis and experimentation of small multi-layer magnetic shields
for NIST atomic gyroscope project.
Plastically Deformed Micromirrors, Summer 2005
Design and analysis of MEMS vertical comb drive micromirror featuring unique suspension.
Presented Poster at BSAC Industrial Advisory Board meeting.
Hue, Robotic Dog, Summer 2003
Built color sensitive emotional robotic dog. Sophisticated mechanical and electrical design.
Designed with AutoCAD and Protel. Built from scratch.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley
Graduate Student Instructor 08/2004 - 05/2005
Taught 2 semesters of discussion/review sections for undergraduate dynamics course
Received excellent evaluations from students
Machine Intelligence Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
Robotics Research 05/2003 - 08/2003
Designed and Built sophisticated robot dog from scratch
365 individual wooden pieces drawn with AutoCAD, cut with T-Tech machine
7 separate circuit boards routed with Protel, cut with T-Tech machine
Programmed robot in C with Win AVR to download to ATMega128 Microprocessor
Adobe Systems Inc., Burlington MA
Quality Assurance Intern 05/2001 - 08/2001 06/2000 - 08/2000
Worked actively with the Livemotion 2.0 Quality Assurance team
Hunted and diagnosed product imperfections and recorded over 200 bugs in database
Regressed fixed bugs to verify status and generated test files
Created imaginative and inventive uses for the product
Lenz Agency of North America, Chelmsford MA
Public Relations Assistant during academic breaks 1997-2004
Represented company at trade shows
conversed with customers, demonstrating new products
Implemented interactive web content
COMPUTER SKILLS
Skills:
CAD, FEA, Programming, Optimizing, Quality Assurance, Scripting, Moviemaking,
Poster Design, Animation, Web Design
Applications:
COMSOL Multiphysics, Solidworks, Cosmos, AutoCAD, ADAMS, ANSYS, Photoshop, many others
Languages: C++, C, MATLAB, Java, JavaScript, ActionScript, HTML, Pascal
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Unix
ACTIVITIES PAST AND PRESENT
National Model Railroad Association
Model railroading hobbyist
Volunteering to promote hobby to children/adolescents
No Parking Players Improv Troupe
Bi-weekly improvisational comedy performances
Poster design and publicity management
Scotch’n’Soda Theatre
Performed on stage in 3 shows
Managed set construction/carpentry for 3 shows
Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
Peer tutoring for undergraduate courses in ME
Skiing, snowboarding, art, computer graphics
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