Edher Enrique Palafox
Shawnee,KS
Summary
Motivated, organized, and detailed oriented, mechanical engineering graduate with a hands-on and eager approach to tackling projects, complex problem solving, and accomplishing goals. Adapts to adversity and thrives in a fast-paced, challenging environment. Passionate about the design and manufacturing process.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Caterer
Garozzo's Ristorante
Kansas City, MO
12.2012 - Current
- Led, monitored, trained, and familiarized numerous fellow employees with our standard operating procedures.
- Met face-to-face with event and venue hosts to discuss timeline of event and go over specific needs and considerations to assure that our team of caterers exceed our customer's expectations.
- Responsible for event organization by creating and reviewing banquet event orders, pack sheets, and detailed task sheets for our caterers.
- Monitored and assured catering team efficiency, identifying mistakes and solving immediately.
Design Lead for Capstone Senior Design Project
University Of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Received 2nd place in international undergraduate competition hosted by Harvard's Biodesign Lab.
- Gained experience with design and manufacturing of biomimetic underwater sea glider robot built for marine applications and research in propulsion efficiency.
- Tasked with modeling, machining, and assembling components for project.
- Applied additive manufacturing to construct rigid components as well as integrating Shape Deposition Manufacturing (SDM) for soft robotics component.
- Created bill of materials, communicated with vendors, and developed and maintained documents to understand resource capacity and project status.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS05.2019
Associate of Science - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS05.2016
Skills
- Proficiency in SolidWorks
- Engineering programs: (SolidWorks, Patran/Nastran, Adams, Matlab, Labview, Arduino)
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish
- File/records maintenance and documentation
- Critical thinking and complex problem solving
- Reports generation and analysis
- Anticipating problems
- Customer satisfaction
- Time management
- Design for manufacturability
- Design leadership
- Training and onboarding
Timeline
Design Lead for Capstone Senior Design Project
University Of Kansas
01.2018 - 12.2018
Lead Caterer
Garozzo's Ristorante
12.2012 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas
Associate of Science - Liberal Arts And Sciences
Johnson County Community College
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