WILLIAM F. SWANN                                1302 Bridle Spur Lane
                                                Houston, TX 77055
                                                832-338-3080
                                                Email: dbswann4@yahoo.com
 
                                               
QUALIFICATIONS: Proficient with Autocad's Inventor Professional. Knowledge of contract machine shops. Familiar with local sources of mechanical components. Have built and use low cost CNC machinery for woodworking. Mentor for engineering graduates. Proponent of PHEV’s. Currently driving an electric vehicle. See www.promotingevs.com
 
EDUCATION:1974-1975 Graduate studies, Solar Energy and Mathematics, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. 1963-1968 Bachelor of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Major: Mechanical Engineering.

EMPLOYMENT:
11-07-Present. Contract design for BiPOM Electronics,BOG,Engineering,USA Oil Tools,NOV
10-06/11-07-Total Cad Systems-Application specialist-Inventor

12/051006 Agar Corp. CAD related to Oilfield instrumentation.
6/05-12/05. OEM,Inc. CAD related to large AC/DC Motors.
2/05-5/05 Designer with Westeck HMD. Heavy Structural Design.
5/03-Present Self-employed as Instructor, Autocad’s drafting product called Inventor, Cy-Fair College and CADCAM Center. Also, mechanical design utilizing Inventor. Contract mechanical design.
See www.hstech.biz for examples of work.
12/02-5/03 Mechanical design, ARC Specialties, Houston, Texas. Automated welding manipulators/robots. Heavy Structural.
1997-02 Senior Mechanical Engineer, BP Microsystems, Houston, TX  For an example of systems created browse to http://www. bpmmicro.com/Family-Automated-Production.html See the 3600. Mechanical  Prototypes of machines to move electronic chips. Integrated YAG and CO2 Lasers. Exploratory design driving step motors with mProcessors.
1994-97 Self-employed Design Engineer, Houston, TX.  Alucut International 
Design of large industrial band saws and conveyors.
1993 Design Engineer,Tuff Products, Houston, TX. Screen printing products.
1992-93 Design Engineer, Unversal Packaging, Houston, TX.
Mechanical design of form/fill and seal packaging equipment.
Pick and place mechanism, structural design and detailing, ACAD 10
1990-91 Design Engineer, Automaker, Inc. Stafford, TX
Mechanical/structural design of automated equipment, ACAD 10
1989-90 Design engineer, National K Works,Houston,Tx. Production equipment
design. ACAD 10
1987-88 Contract Engineer, Marine Specialty, Nashville, AR. Engineering
associated with deployment and operation of marine seismic source of          energy.
1985-87 Self-employed Engineer, Galveston.TX Contracting, construction
and installations of navigation tower-USCG, Galveston, TX.
ARCHES project, The Strand, Galveston, TX. Structural inspections
of buildings and foundation design. Light machining and welding.
1984  Mathematics Instructor, Galveston College, Galveston, TX
Calculus III, Analytic Geometry

References furnished upon request.