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EDUCATION
Alan S. Githens
[email protected]
Permanent Address:
1127 Chapel Dr
Greensburg, PA 15601
Home: 724-832-5831
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Graduation: May 2017
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Schreyer Honors College
Graduation: May 2012
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Cumulative GPA 3.93
Graduate Student Research Assistant
The University of Michigan
Jan 2013 to Present
Ann Arbor, MI
Intern, Mechanical Engineering
Otis Elevator Company
May 2012 to Aug 2012
Farmington, CT
§ Developed and refined a new video analysis technique to better monitor
lateral belt movement across a sheave (tracking) during elevator operation
§ Programmed the logic for a servo motor controller and linked the system to
an external human-machine interface for a newly designed tracking tester
§ Simulated select belt tracking cases on multibody dynamics software
§ Wrote and exacted test plan to study belt tracking sensitivity based on
different steering angles
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Center for Multi-scale Wave Material Interaction
May 2010 to Apr 2012
University Park, PA
§ Wrote undergraduate honors thesis on the preliminary exploration of
diamond film formation in open atmosphere using laser sustained plasmas
§ Safely operated class 4 5kW CO2 laser to perform research
§ Employed various metallography techniques to prepare tungsten
carbide/cobalt, tungsten, and titanium samples for SEM analysis
§ Characterized the surface morphology of experimental specimens using
SEM, optical microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy
§ Designed a high temperature cooling stage which earned runner-up for the
2012 P.B. Breneman Best Design in Research Award
Intern, Glass Melting and Forming Engineering
Corning, Incorporated
May 2011 to Aug 2011
Corning, NY
§ Evaluated a commercial high-emissivity furnace crown surface treatment to
improve glass melting efficiency and to lower fuel costs
§ Safely performed experiments and measurements in a 1600°C test furnace
§ Assembled, maintained, and operated newly acquired spectropyrometer
equipment to gather emissivity and temperature data of refractory samples
§ Presented conclusive results to the department and created a poster
presentation for the company-wide summer intern poster session
LEADERSHIP/
ACTIVITIES
UTC Ambassador, Penn State Engineering Ambassadors
Team Leader, Rube Goldberg Competition
Treasurer, Penn State Society of Engineering Science
Student Envoy, Penn State Engineering Science and Mechanics
Penn State Dance MaraTHON
Invited Attendee, GE Student Leadership Conference
HONORS AND
AWARDS
Schreyer Honors College Academic Excellence Scholarship
Allegheny Energy Scholarship
Richard P. McNitt Scholarship
SKILLS
Certified Solidworks Associate
Raman Spectroscopy
MATLAB
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Optical Microscopy
Microsoft Office