portfolio gordon lee

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Portfolio: Gordon Lee

• Collaborative Industrial Design• Mechanical Design • Product Development• Rapid Prototyping • Tooling Engineering collaboration• FEA• Presentation and Proposal strategies• Vendor Interactions both domestic

and offshore • Technical Illustration• Drafting

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Caterpiller: Euro Roading fenders

Sheet Metal, weldments, hinging mechanisms, latching mechanisms, Pro/Mechanica, vendor contact,

collaborativewith U of IL Champaign on stress analysis.

Caterpiller: European Roading Fenders

Sheet metal, 3-1/2 ft tall weldment, hinge/latch mechanisms, plastic trims, Industrial design review by I.D. group in Decatur, stress analysis by Champaign IL simulation center, vendor interactions, and six sigma green

review for release.

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Advanced Filtration Systems Inc.a joint product development project between CAT and Donaldson.

Heads were standard Caterpiller ACME thread-on. A Turkish vendor for Aluminum cast/machined heads; all markup came through a stateside translation service used by CAT and then through Donaldson project

management for execution by the contract AFSI staff using Pro/Engineer. Volume, Filter Media surface area, Max diameter, and Max height based on standard ground and machine clearances per the individual tractor, dozer,

wheel loader, etc. were the criteria. Ansys FEA used in house.

Panasonic Home Appliances

This project involved the ‘facelift’ of an existing upright vacuum cleaner in the redesign of the dust cover. The CAD model, shown above, derived from an industrial design sketch done in Rhino. The main

body and style features are all originally surfaces merged into a closed quilt, thickened, and then ribbed and made strong as well as being air tight with a groove and neoprene seal style perimeter. A new latching mechanism was created along with the new Dust Cover. FEA, Rapid Prototyping, and on machine testing were ongoing. Consulting with in-house Tooling Engineering as they interfaced with their offshore counterparts, was also ongoing, until tooling signoff signaled the end of this project.

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Trane Technology Center

Product development, Industrial design, mechanical design, Printed Circuit Board collaborative for mounting/packaging, plastic part design/documentation, user interface/ergonomic considerations,

tooling collaborative and review with offshore vendor, and design review presentations.

Wireless Zone Sensor: first production - 2008 Small Universal Controller: section through light pipe

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Polaris Industries - Victory Motorcycle Division. Product Development Center

Collaboration with Industrial Design department in configuration, geometry, and tooling related issues in the development of Chrome Disk (Brake Rotor) Cover.

Development of Saddlebag Assemblies (including molded liners, cargo netting). Development of Mini-Apes Handlebars. Development of Cush Cast Rear Wheel

Assembly, Cush Billet Rear Wheel Assembly. Layout of Foglight Assembly Kit.

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Ecowater Systems

Collaborative with an external Industrial Design agency on product lines such as the GE Odyssey. All of Ecowater’s product is injection molded, blow molded, or vacuum formed in-house. Assemblies were snap-together with few fasteners. My responsibilities included Product Development, Design, Surfacing, Layout, Detail, CAD Model Repair, and Tooling related changes on both Softeners and Reverse Osmosis Product.

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Kohler

Kohler was mainly interested in my Surfacing experience and training and my use of Alias software in the startup/tool up phase of the Presque Isle Tub project. My

duties included Surfacing, Reverse Engineering, Design, Assembly Details, BOM's, and Exploded Views in the Bath/Whirlpool group.

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IMI Cornelius

. I was brought in because of my Surfacing experience and training to work on their new line of Roto-molded Ice Bins. Their engineering group previous to that was basically a sheet metal based group making stainless steel bins with not a

lot of Pro/Engineer Surfacing and complex geometry experience.