**Rafael Silva**

●  mechanical_engineer@wowway.com  ●  http://home.fnal.gov/\~rafael

**S[ummary]{.smallcaps}**

Mechanical engineer with 18 years of professional experience, including
14 years in design and 2 years in technical inspections. Responsible for
over 40 successfully completed projects, totaling more than \$2 million.

-   Designed and built: 36 structures, from 2 pounds to 15 tons; 10
    mechanisms; 1 pneumatic and

> 4 electromechanical systems; 3 water and 2 gas systems; and 2 pressure
> vessels.

-   Performed analyses of: 26 structures, including 4 "below-the-hook"
    lifting devices; 12 pressure vessel

> safety relief devices; 4 piping systems; and 1 IC board cooling
> system.

-   Conducted reviews of: 6 structural analyses, including 3
    "below-the-hook" lifting devices; and

> 16 pressure vessels safety relief analyses.

**[Professional]{.smallcaps} E[xperience]{.smallcaps}**

Experience in all phases of a project, from conception, budgeting, and
scheduling to commissioning:

-   Supervised the work of engineers, designers, drafters, technicians,
    and co-ops.

-   Coordinated efforts of affiliates from different collaborating
    institutions.

-   Developed procedures, formal technical reports, specifications,
    timelines, costs and manpower estimates.

-   Planned assembly, testing, inspection, installation, and alignment
    of mechanical equipment.

-   Performed and reviewed engineering and safety analyses.

-   Conducted research work on plastic sheets, metal plates, as well as
    welded and bolted connections.

-   Designed actuator-driven mechanisms; bolted, welded, heat sealed and
    glued connections; water cooling systems and low pressure gas
    systems.

-   Designed, constructed, tested, and evaluated prototypes.

-   Sized and specified safety relief devices for pressure vessels.

-   Checked and approved layouts, fabrication drawings, and P&ID's.

-   Researched, tested, and selected several fabrication techniques,
    including milling, plasma cutting, water jet machining, electrical
    discharge machining, thread rolling, injection molding, and
    extrusion.

-   Specified several surface finishes including nickel plating, hard
    coating, and powder coating.

-   Selected fabricators; specified and purchased off-the-shelf and
    custom components.

Experience in technical inspections:

-   Conducted mechanical, hydrostatic, pneumatic, flow, explosion,
    combustion, and performance tests.

-   Qualified welding procedures and welders; performed and evaluated
    results of NDT.

**S[kills]{.smallcaps}**

-   Experienced in designing according to AA, AISC/ASD, AWS, ANSI/ASME
    B30.20, and other codes.

-   Familiar with various international standards such as BV, ASTM, ASME
    sec. VIII, Div.1, ASME sec. IX, UL, SOLAS, AFNOR, ISO, ABNT, and
    PETROBRAS.

-   Versed in Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

-   Skilled user of I-DEAS CAD software: 2D drafting, 3D solid modeling
    and FEA simulation.

-   Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Mathsoft Mathcad, and Roark &
    Young on TKsolver.

**L[anguages]{.smallcaps}**

-   Portuguese, English: fully fluent; excellent oral and written
    communication skills.

-   Spanish: very good reading, understanding, and speaking skills.

-   French, Italian: technical reading.

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**Rafael Silva**

**E[mployment]{.smallcaps} H[istory]{.smallcaps}**

**Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - IL, USA /
Mechanical Engineer** *Sep 91 -- present*

-   Engineer responsible for high-energy physics equipment projects,
    constantly interfacing with multi-disciplinary personnel, dealing
    with limited resources, shifting priorities, and tight schedules.

-   Responsible for mechanical engineering aspects of sub‑atomic
    particle detector projects, ranging in size from inches to yards,
    with design tolerances of thousandths of an inch.

-   Additional equipment designed and built includes: supports, stands,
    frames, lifting fixtures, and multi-ton structures; assembly,
    soldering, and gluing fixtures; positioning systems; cooling and gas
    systems; nonrigid gas vessels and pressure vessels; and an automatic
    vacuum vessel safety barrier.

-   Coordinated cultural events as a volunteer for Fermilab's Art and
    Lecture Series.

**BV - Bureau Veritas - RJ, Brazil / Mechanical Engineer** *Apr 86 - Feb
88*

-   Verified compliance with contractual technical specifications for
    materials and fabrication of industrial equipment, pressure vessels,
    vehicles, and structures.

-   On-site inspections of off-shore platforms, refineries, chemical
    plants, shipyards, factories, and shops, performed in more than 60
    companies.

**Carbrasmar - RJ, Brazil / Mechanical Engineer** *Dec 85 - Mar 86*

-   Designed and selected components for fiberglass fire-proof
    lifeboats.

**Montreal Engenharia - RJ, Brazil / Engineer Trainee** *Mar 85 - Nov
85*

-   Supervised construction and installation of pipelines and reservoirs
    in a petrochemical plant.

**Shell Petroleum - RJ, Brazil / Co-op** *Jun 84 - Jan 85*

-   Assisted on supervision of construction and installation of
    reservoirs in refineries.

**E[ducation]{.smallcaps}**

**M.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering** *Mar 88 - Aug 91*

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil

-   Emphasis in mechanical properties of materials.

-   Thesis in Fracture Mechanics involving methodology of CTOD and
    J**~Ic~** tests by multi-specimen and unloading compliance methods.

-   Developed software interfacing a PC with an INSTRON mechanical test
    machine to perform data acquisition and analysis of the CTOD and
    J**~Ic~** tests performed.

-   Award: M.S. fellowship, Brazil Department of Education, full-time
    student.

**B.S., Mechanical Engineering** *Mar 80 - Feb 85*

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil

-   Emphasis in fluid and thermal sciences.

-   Award: Class Representative Recognition.

Both degrees accredited by World Education Services, New York, NY.

**T[raining]{.smallcaps}**

-   Structural Steel Design course: University of Wisconsin - Madison,
    WI

-   Machine Shop course: College of DuPage, IL

-   I-DEAS training: Parts Design, Pre and Post Processing, and Linear
    Solvers.

-   FERMILAB training: Pressure Vessels, ODH, radiation, crane,
    forklift, and scissors lift.

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