John LaMonte

Hardworking and passionate professional seeking employment as an engineer Excellent communicator with the ability to work well both individually and as part of a team to achieve company goals.

Deans list Fall 2019 and Spring 2020

Cooling tower water transport

• design system to transport water from heat exchanger to cooling tower
• selected a piping material able to resist heating while also keeping friction to minimum
• calculating the system head and selecting a pump to fit the performance curve for the volumetric flow range specified

Preliminary design of diesel engine for generator

• design an air-cooled diesel engine to power a generator rated at 45kW at 60 Hz
• used thermodynamic analysis to size the engine and calculate the pressures and heat transfer within the motor
• select material used for the sized engine and analyze the pressure and thermal stresses to determine the liner thickness
• design cooling fins so that power derating is no more than 5% for every 10 degrees fahrenheit above 85

Buffer paper joiner and roller

• design a machine that is able to join two or more partial rolls of buffer paper and roll into a single roll
• design frame, drive design, and method of fusion
• performed stress and vibration analysis on designed frame using autocad Inventor