Thomas A Kruut

Mechanical Engineer - Product Engineer

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Location:

1042 Mysterium Ln, Richmond, TX 77407

Industry:

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

Work:

Dresser-Rand
Mechanical Engineer - Product Engineer
Blacoh Fluid Control, Inc. Jun 2011 - Aug 2013
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Mccrometer, Inc. Apr 2009 - May 2011
R and D Project Engineer - New Products and Sustaining
Acd Cryogenics Company Jun 2004 - Feb 2009
Project and Design Engineer
Flowserve Corporation Mar 2002 - Jun 2004
Project and Design Engineer

Education:

San Jose State University 1992 - 1994
Masters, Master of Science In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Michigan Technological University 1985 - 1990
Bachelor of Science In Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

Skills:

Solidworks
Mechanical Engineering
Project Engineering
Pro Engineer
Manufacturing
Cad
Lean Manufacturing
Gd&T
Piping
Autocad
Pumps
Ms Project
Analysis
Space Systems
Project Management
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Hydraulic Systems
Design For Manufacturing
Cosmos
Cfd
3D Modeling
Hydraulic Pumps
Pneumatics
Cryogenics
Fortran
Nuclear Power Plants
Submarines
Solenoid Valves
Control Valves
Assembly Drawings
Iso 9000
Engineering Management
Fluid Mechanics
Mechanical Drawings
Boms
First Article Inspection
Injection Molding
Stainless Steel
Plastics Engineering
High Pressure
Fasteners
Adhesive Bonding
P&Id
Powerpoint
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Actuators
Abaqus
New Product Validation
Stress Analysis
Pressure Vessels

Interests:

Harmonica
Mathematics
Accordion
Children
I Can Play Piano
Bassoon
Education
Science and Technology
Music
To Sales Techniques
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

Languages:

Estonian

Thomas Kruut Corona, CA

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Work:

Blacoh Fluid Control, www.blacoh.com {cash flow problem & restructuring}
Riverside, CA
Jun 2011 to Aug 2013
Sr. Mechanical Engineer McCrometer, www.mccrometer.com {R&D department eliminated}
Hemet, CA
Apr 2009 to May 2011
Project & Mechanical Design Engineer ACD Cryogenics, www.acdcom.com {Layoff - 25% of staff}
Santa Ana, CA
Mar 2004 to Feb 2009
Project and Design Engineer Flowserve, www.flowserve.com
Vernon, CA
Mar 2002 to Mar 2004
Project Engineer CCI, (Control Components Inc), www.ccivalve.com {2001 economy slowdown, reduction of pay}
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Dec 2000 to Mar 2002
Project Engineer Boeing {Family moved to Southern CA for new job opportunity}
Huntington Beach, CA
Dec 1997 to Dec 2000
Mechanical Engineer & Project Engineer General Electric Company
San Jose, CA
Apr 1990 to Dec 1997
Mechanical Engineer & Project Engineer certified as "Edison" Engineer ..
Mount Pleasant, MI
Sep 1980 to Jun 1985
OTHER EXPERIENCE

Education:

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
1993 to 1994
MSME in Mechanical Engineering Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
1985 to 1990
BSME in Mechanical Engineering

Skills:

MS PROJECT (ACD and McCrometer),LEAN MANUFACTURING (McCrometer),TEAM PLAYER AND WORKED WITH MARKETING, SALES, MANUFACTURING TOOL DESIGN AND INOVATIVE APPROACHES COORDINATED ACTIVITIES OF DRAFTERS, BUYERS, VENDORS WORKED IN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS SPACE PROGRAM, SUBMARINE, NUCLEAR AUTOCAD (while at all jobs, 23 years) SOLIDWORKS (while at CCI, ACD, McCrometer) COSMOS AND IDEAS (FEA) (while at GE and Boeing) CFD (GE AND FLOWSERVE) PAPER AND PENCIL CALCULATIONS (FROM SCRATCH) MASTERS DEGREE LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF ANALYSIS STRESS ANALYSIS, THERMAL ANALYSIS, PRESSURE ANALYSIS HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS ASME CALCULATIONS EXCEL AND WORD AND POWERPOINT PATRAN & ABAQUS (NON-LINEAR) (while at GE lighting) FORTRAN AND FLOW CHARTS AND LOGIC THEORY NASTRAN (while at GE) ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, BOMS, AND TOLERANCE, ISO, GEOMETRICAL TOLERANCE FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION WORKING WITH MANUFACTURING WORKING WITH QUALITY AND INSPECTION TEARDOWN OF EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOMER RETURNS PUMPS AND PUMP HARDWARE CONTROL VALVES AND ACTUATORS SOLENOID VALVES BACKPRESSURE AND PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES SKID ASSEMPLY (MOTOR, GEARS, PUMPS, PIPING, VALVES, ETC) (while at ACD) MOTOR SELECTION (AC AND DC) PULSATION DAMPENERS AND THEORY (while at Blacoh) NUCLEAR PROJECTS AND TRAVELED TO NUCLEAR SITES (GE, FLOWSERVE) CRYOGENIC PUMPS AND COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING ITEMS (ACD) NEW PRODUCT DESIGN FROM CONCEPT TO TESTING (BLACOH, MCCROMETER) INJECTION MOLDED PLASTIC DESIGN AND MOLDS (BLACOH, MCCROMETER) CASTINGS (METAL) AND DIE CAST DESIGN (BLACOH, MCCROMETER) CERTIFICATION WORK (CRN, PED, NACE, EMC, EMI, NEMA, IP68, 6P) ELECTOMECHANICAL ITEMS (PCB BOARDS, WATERPROOFING, GERBER FILES) MATERIALS (STAINLESS STEEL, PLASTICS, RUBBERS, TEFLON, MONEL, INCONEL, ETC) SELECTED DESIGN COMPONENTS FOR PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL PANELS ANSI Y14.5, ECN, ECO, BOM, P&ID, ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATIONS, IOM

Thomas Kruut Corona, CA

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Work:

McCrometer (Environmental subsidiary of Danaher Corp)
Hemet, CA
Apr 2009 to May 2011
R&D Mechanical Engineer ACD
Santa Ana, CA
2004 to 2009
Project and Design Engineering Flowserve, Corp
Los Angeles, CA
2002 to 2004
Project and Design Engineer Control Components, Inc (CCI)
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
2000 to 2002
Project and Design Engineer Boeing
Downey, CA
1997 to 2000
Mechanical Engineer & Project Engineer General Electric Company
San Jose, CA
1990 to 1997
Mechanical Engineer, "Edison" Engineer GE LIGHTING
Cleveland, OH
Mar 1988 to Aug 1988

Education:

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
Jan 1994
MSME in Mechanical Engineering Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
1990
BSME in Mechanical Engineering