Chase Stokes
Savannah,GA
Summary
Mechanical and Electrical Design Engineer at Gulfstream Aerospace, specializing in the design of mechanical and electrical systems for the G700 aircraft's interior. Proficient in advanced surfacing, sheet metal design, and electronic harness interface (EHI), utilizing expertise in CATIA modeling software and AutoCAD to deliver innovative solutions. Recent graduate from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, driven by a passion for aerospace and automotive research and design. Committed to excellence in engineering design projects through creativity, technical acumen, and effective collaboration.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Mechanical / Electrical Design Engineer
Gulfstream Aerospace
01.2024 - Current
- Designs various assets and installs containing mechanical and electrical components within the interior of custom G700 aircraft.
- Creates custom designs based on customer definition, including unique dimensioning and mechanical/electrical features. Designs must also mate and support surrounding designs within the aircraft, as well as be easily manufacturable.
- Utilizes software such as CATIA, AutoCAD, Smarteam, Capital Harness to deliver industry leading designs.
- Some of many assets designed include support brackets, divan end cabinets, therapeutic oxygen assemblies/installs, cabin seats, FWD/AFT lavatories, bulkheads/pocket doors, credenzas, and cabin wiring.
- Complies with quality engineering, stress engineering, and FAA representatives (ARs), working in accordance with their regulations and standards.
- Works in collaboration with multiple teams, departments, and subject matter experts/asset owners to constantly improve design practices and workflow efficiency.
- Team is comprised of mechanical and electrical engineers, working in collaboration with electrical engineers when creating harness designs.
Mechanical Design Engineer Intern
UGA Facilities Management Division
04.2023 - 09.2023
- Assists engineering team with various technical activities related to building design for rooms and mechanical devices, such as building blueprint designs and model renderings with Revit application for conduit routing and other applications.
- Tasked with drawing various mechanical and plumbing systems using Revit and AutoCAD while providing analysis supporting heating / cooling load calculations determined by dimensions and designs of buildings regarding various factors like layout of walls, roof, floor, and windows.
- Perform 3D laser scans of buildings and spaces across UGA's campus and later designing Revit models with them.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
UGA Office Of University Architects
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Assist project managers in planning and development of new UGA facilities, ensuring that physical development of UGA property supports University's master plan.
- Assist Director of Engineering in reviewing MEP details for a project.
- Attend many on-site meetings across campus with project managers and engineers from different companies.
- Annually update UGA's 800+ page Design Standards, implementing hundreds of edits and additions based on comments from all of University's many departments and divisions using Microsoft Office, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and Bluebeam Revu.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Hunt Industries / Advanced Vessel And Alloy
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Spent one month assembling beams, ladders and handrails in beam line department, learning skills in welding, analyzing blueprints and using other industrial tools.
- Worked for one week at Georgia Pacific paper mill in Cedar Springs conducting various renovations (7 days, 12 hours/day).
- Worked office position for remainder of summer (approximately 8 weeks), assisting quality control department and learning to design pressurized vessels through Compress software. During this period I also assisted company in transitioning from AutoCad software to Solidworks.
Senior Capstone Design Project
Bell Textron Inc.
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Worked in collaboration with Bell Flight with three other group members to determine feasibility of utilizing additive manufacturing and topology optimization on parts of their aircraft.
- Skills developed in this process were CAD, Ansys, topology optimization, 3D metal printing, material selection, material testing, failure analysis and treatment methods.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Georgia, Driftmier College of Engineering
Athens, GA12.2023
Skills
- CATIA 3D Modeling
- AutoCAD and MATLAB
- Microsoft Office and Excel
- Mechanical Part/Product Design
- Electrical Part Design
- Material Testing (tensile, compressive, etc)
- Leadership and Communication
- Lean Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement
Recognitions
- Nominated for UGA Student Employee of the Year Award by Office of University Architects in 2023.
- Senior Capstone project voted 3rd place at UGA Engineering Capstone Showcase against impressive array of projects presented by our peers. This project was nominated as an exemplary project to be highlighted in future academic and promotional communications for the College of Engineering.
Timeline
Mechanical / Electrical Design Engineer
Gulfstream Aerospace
01.2024 - Current
Mechanical Design Engineer Intern
UGA Facilities Management Division
04.2023 - 09.2023
Senior Capstone Design Project
Bell Textron Inc.
08.2022 - 05.2023
Mechanical Engineering Intern
UGA Office Of University Architects
03.2022 - 04.2023
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Hunt Industries / Advanced Vessel And Alloy
05.2021 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Georgia, Driftmier College of Engineering