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Work History
Education
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Fernando Ayala

Houston

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven Truck Driver with extensive experience at Prime Inc., excelling in safe transportation and vehicle maintenance. I effectively communicate with teams and optimize routes, ensuring timely deliveries. My commitment to quality and safety has consistently enhanced operational efficiency.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Truck Driver

Transportes Ayala LLC
Houston
05.2021 - Current
  • Provided customer service by responding to inquiries about services offered or directions to destination locations.
  • Maintained ongoing communications with operations center personnel to keep teammates informed.
  • Demonstrated safe driving by observing road rules, exercising caution in unfamiliar areas and maintaining vehicle control.
  • Conducted vehicle inspections before and after every trip and performed minor repairs to keep truck functional.

Truck Driver

Prime Inc.
Saint Louis
08.2019 - 05.2021
  • Followed appropriate safety procedures for transporting industrial materials on flatbed and step-deck trailers.
  • Demonstrated safe driving by observing road rules, exercising caution in unfamiliar areas and maintaining vehicle control.
  • Conducted vehicle inspections before and after every trip and performed minor repairs to keep truck functional.
  • Coordinated with dispatch to receive updates, communicate efficient routes and convey delays.

Automotive Lab

Pasadena City College
Pasadena
08.2017 - 12.2017
  • Automotive Fundamentals Lecture/Lab - cooling system, tire, spark plugs and brake inspection, replacement of fuel injectors and pump, compression test, rebuilt a Toyota 5VZ- FE engine.

Research Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Urbana-Champaign
06.2017 - 08.2017
  • Company Overview: Hsiao-Wecksler Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Website not provided.
  • Designed and fabricated miniaturized fiber reinforced elastomeric enclosures (FREE) used Inventor to make molds that were used to silicone cast the FREEs.
  • Hsiao-Wecksler Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Website not provided.

Research Assistant

Pomona College
Claremont
01.2016 - 05.2017
  • Company Overview: Hudgings Lab, Department of Physics, Organic Photovoltaics Research. Website not provided.
  • Using thermoreflectance imaging to detect shunts in organic solar cells to improve device efficiency.
  • Hudgings Lab, Department of Physics, Organic Photovoltaics Research. Website not provided.

Education

High School Diploma -

Channelview High School
Channelview, TX
05-2013

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA

Skills

  • AutoCAD and SolidWorks
  • LabVIEW and MATLAB
  • Autodesk Inventor
  • Vex logic programming
  • C programming
  • Microsoft Office suite
  • 3D printing technology
  • Silicone mold casting
  • Soldering techniques
  • Sheet metal fabrication
  • English wheel operation
  • Metal shearing
  • Combination roller use
  • Angle grinding
  • Table saw operation
  • Jig saw cutting
  • Chemical wood treatment processes
  • Coating applications
  • Brake system assembly
  • Some engine assembly and repair

Publications

  • F. Ayala, J. Grigsby, T. Jones, J. Hudgings, Thermoreflectance Imaging of Organic Photovoltaics, 32th Annual Meeting of the Division of Laser Science of the American Physical Society, Rochester, NY, 10/01/2016
  • F. Ayala, J. Grigsby, T. Jones, J. Hudgings, Shunt Characterization in Organic Photovoltaics using Thermoreflectance Imaging, manuscript in preparation for Electronics Letters, 01/01/2017
  • N. Thompson, X. Zhang, F. Ayala, E. Hsiao-Wecksler, G. Krishnan, Augmented Joint Stiffness and Actuation using Architectures of Soft Pneumatic Actuators, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, Australia, 01/01/2018
  • F. Ayala, T. Jones, Y. Kashtan, K. Kornegay, S. Li, D. Tanenbaum, J. Hudgings, Defect Characterization of Organic Photovoltaics, American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 01/01/2018

Class Projects

  • Vex-Robot, San Jose, CA, Mechanical Engineering Department, San Jose State University, 09/01/2014, Constructed robot that can retrieve items for elderly. In charge of soldering circuit board and programming.
  • Wind Turbine, San Jose, CA, Mechanical Engineering Department, San Jose State University, 09/01/2014, Responsible for modeling of turbine using Solidworks.

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual

References

  • Kelly Woodrad, Prime Inc Dispatch, (417)521-3771
  • Salvador Ayala, Transportes Ayala (209)620-4343
  • Professor Janice Hudgings, Physics Department, Pomona College, janice.hudgings@pomona.edu, (909) 607-9361
  • Professor Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, ethw@illinois.edu, (217) 333-3415

Timeline

Truck Driver

Transportes Ayala LLC
05.2021 - Current

Truck Driver

Prime Inc.
08.2019 - 05.2021

Automotive Lab

Pasadena City College
08.2017 - 12.2017

Research Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
06.2017 - 08.2017

Research Assistant

Pomona College
01.2016 - 05.2017

High School Diploma -

Channelview High School

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

San Jose State University
Fernando Ayala