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Ronald Karnesky
32622 Rock Creek Rd.
Manton, CA 96059

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Chico December 1994. Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.00
Associate in Arts in Engineering, Shasta College, Redding, Ca. January 1992. Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.09

Specifying Design Requirements, Design Modifications, Material Selection, Writing Test Procedure, Test Data Analysis, Scheduling, Data Base Management, Quality Assurance, Writing and Reviewing Technical Calculations, and Drafting. Prior experienced with Piping Systems, and some ASME and B31.1 Piping and Vessel Code Requirements.
Educated in Automatic Control Systems (Text with GIF examples)
Educated in Heat Transfer Principles
Elective study in Data Acquisition (Text with GIF examples)
Elective study in Finite Element Analysis (Text file example)
Elective study of AutoCAD and Solid modeling (GIF 13K).

UNIX, LINUX, DOS 3.2 to 6.22, WINDOWS 3.11, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, 98, XP, NT 4.0 & 2000, Novell NetWare 3.12, and some Macintosh
Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic 1.0, Quick BASIC 4.5 ,FORTRAN 77, ASSEMBLY, AutoLISP and C (also, as you can tell some HTML.)
MS Office XP Professional, 2000 Professional, MS FrontPage 2000, MS Office Pro 4.3, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Publisher, Project 3.0, Works 3.0b, Word Perfect 5.1 & 6.0, Quatro Pro, Cross Talk 2.1, ProComm, Qmodem 4.5, and WinFax Pro 3.0.
MATLAB S3.5, Easy5x, MASM 5.1, MathCAD 5+, MATLAB S3.5, AutoCAD 10 through 12 & AME 2.1 AutoCAD R14, 2000, 2000i, 2002. AutoDesk's Mechanical Desktop 2.0, 4.0, 5.0,6.0, SolidWorks 97, 98, 2001, 2003, 2004. Silver Screen 4.40, HP ITG II, (FEA) COSMOS-M 1.6, currently teaching Inventor 5 and AutoDesk's Mechanical Desktop 6.0
Motherboards, Processors, Network Interface Cards, Video Cards, Controller Cards, Floppy Drives, Hard Drives, Sound Cards, Modems, Printers, Plotters, CD-ROMs, BIOS, Memory.

Teacher / Advance CAD Instructor
Shasta College, Redding California. August 1999 to December 1999, January 2001 to May 2001
I am scheduled to teach again in August 2003 to December 2003
Course#: ENGR33. Course Title: SOLID MODELING COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING
Part-time adjunct (a.k.a. Temporary Certificated Employee)
Teach an advanced computer-aided drafting (CAD) course using several CAD packages including Inventor and/or Mechanical Desktop, to prepare students for drafting positions with high potential to advance to designer, etc. ENGR 33 builds on the skills and knowledge of ENGR 29 (beginning CAD level). This course focused on how to create 3D models, assemble and constrain assembly models. Students were taught advance drafting skills to solve design problems and to present solutions for production or engineering processes, and to visually communicate that solution.

BSME Design Engineer
Redding California. June 2002 to present
Manufacture and sell Tools for science and Industry including microscopy equipment and supplies worldwide. An ISO 9001 & 9002 certified company.
My job Computer-aided Drafting (CAD) with SolidWorks 2001 and 2003, create 3D models, assemble models. Using advance drafting skills to solve design problems and to present solutions for production or engineering processes, and to visually communicate that solution. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Duties and title include: MANUFACTURING/ DESIGN ENGINEER. Develop, design and introduce into manufacturing new products ranging from instruments and accessories to electro-mechanical and plastic assemblies. Responsible for functional design, CAD design to ANSI standards, materials selection, component selection, costing, prototyping and interfacing with machine shop and production. Other duties include ISO design control compliance and UL/CE certification of instruments.

CAD Design / Draftsman
Redding California. May 1997 to June
2002
My job has me wearing several hats. This Company mainly has me involved with job shop work. Detailed shop drawings and templates from Contract/design specifications and design blueprints. Programmer for developing metal pattern layouts and computerized estimating. Prepare work orders and material requisitions. Estimating fabrication work and material costs. Project Management/Coordination. Stress calculation of frames and structures. Work as client liaison for advising management and clients.
Major Companies\Projects I have been involved with:
Temporary CAD Design / Draftsman
DBA Norris Steel Fabrication, Redding California. June 1996 to November 1996 & April 1997 to May 1997 (weekends from September 1997 to November 1997)

Co-Speaker & Associate for Human Resources & Training Committee.
Experience Unlimited, Redding California. May 1995 to October 1995
Train Members on EDD, PC, and Macintosh computers. Developed and maintained Databases and Spreadsheets on Employers and Members, write procedures, conduct meetings and record minutes. All towards the purpose of finding work for other Members and myself.

Tehama County Volunteer Fire Fighter
State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Volunteered: 1988 to January 1995.
Rural Fire Department, Manton Station #18. Worked as a team member to provide aid to life and property, during fire, traffic accidents, and medical emergencies. This includes being radio operator and truck engineer for running pumps and driving.

Assistant Construction Coordinator -- Johnson Controls Inc. Richland, WA. July 1979 to October 1983
W.P.P.S.S. Nuclear Project #2 On site Construction
Photos producing power ground shot (28K), air shot (57K)
This 1100 M-Watt BWR (boiling water reactor) is currently on-line.
Construction Assistant / Engineer Aide / Quality Control inspector
Bechtel Power Corp. Richland WA. February 1977 to September 1978
F.F.T.F. Nuclear Project On site Construction
Photos entrance (48K), inside (56K), aerial (49K), night shot (24K)

Lead-man and Production Molder for Stainless Steel Cast Parts
Rare Earth Metals Corp., Albany Oregon. August 1973 to December 1975
Lead-man and production Molder (a.k.a. investor) of Titanium and Stainless Steel Aerospace cast parts. Laboratory Technician using laboratory equipment and safely handling hazardous material. Also unloaded supplies from trucks using a fork lift.
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Auto Mechanic, intermittent since 1971
Over five years of experience working for franchised and privately owned shops. Duties include maintenance, repairs, and replacement of automotive auxiliary systems.
Member of NCAUG Northern California AutoCAD Users Group
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