PORTER ARBOGAST

							                                       PORTER ARBOGAST
4917 Lone Pine Drive                                                             Home Phone: 970 377 1820
Fort Collins, CO 80526                                                  E-mail: porterarbogast@hotmail.com

A mechanical engineer with a broad range of skills. Has 15 years of engineering experience with
engineering expertise in design, testing, motion control, vibrations, structural and thermal analysis. Is a
creative, innovative, energetic, motivated, self-starter who works well with a team or alone. Proficient in
managing projects, people and logistics.

                                   QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

        Mechanical Design                   Manufacturing                        Prototyping
        Thermal Design                      CAD                                  Employee Relations
        FEA                                 Structural Analysis                  Product Testing
        Sheet Metal Parts                   Injection Molding                    Project Management

                                    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hewlett-Packard Technical Computing Division, Ft. Collins, CO
Mechanical Engineer                                                                       1999 - Present
Design and testing of high-end Windows and Unix Workstations. Emphasis is in mechanical product
design, utilizing state-of-the-art CAD systems. Designed hardware includes injection-molded parts, folded
sheet metal parts, stamped, forged, and various machined parts. Other responsibilities include structural
analysis, FEA, thermal design and analysis, vendor selection, and vendor interaction during prototype
periods. Primary CAD Experience is with SolidDesigner by CoCreate, other experience in CAD includes
SolidWorks (personal use) and ProE (use at Hewlett-Packard was limited to translation). Testing
experience includes shock, vibration, thermal and airflow testing. Two patents have been issued for
inventions used in products released in May 2000. Seven patent disclosures were submitted for inventions
utilized in products released May 2002. Employment with Hewlett Packard is through Volt Services Group
as an Engineering Contractor.

North American Sun, Inc. Kanab, UT
Mechanical Engineer/President                                                                 1984 -1998
Served as the president of the corporation 1977 - 1999. Managed the design and development of North
American Sun’s solar energy products. Other management experience included budget management,
employee supervision, financial reporting, annual reports to shareholders, marketing, procurement, and
sales management. Mechanical engineering experience included product design and development.
Performed structural, thermal analysis, product testing and computer programming A proprietary prototype,
a heliostat-type-concentrating solar collector code-named the Mini Power Tower, was constructed and
tested. North American Sun offered a variety of services created to generate revenue for the company’s
primary objective of developing solar technologies. These services included retail computer sales,
manufacturing, consulting, and machine shop:
      1996-1999 Owner/Operator, Kanab Computer. Kanab. UT. Full service commercial and
         retail computer store. .
      1989-1999 Owner, Port's Machine Shop. Company specialized in the fabrication of mechanical
         components, custom machine work and prototyping.
      1990-1996 Consultant, Environmental Engineering. Performed six air pollution studies for
         Technical and Business Systems, Inc. and Sonoma Technology Inc., both of Santa Rosa, CA.
         Services included equipment design, weather balloon launching and monitoring, personnel
         training, and troubleshooting of monitoring equipment.
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Highway Productions Company. Page, AZ
Draftsman/Designer                                                                              1988
Work included the drafting of the various movie sets and the design of special mechanical effects for
production filming.

Plateau Engineering, Inc. Page, AZ
Draftsmen/Surveyor                                                                                1988
Performed, surveying, and drafting for a regional civil engineering Company.

Monongalia County Adult Education, Morgantown, WV
Adult Education Instructor                                                                    1987-1988
Taught computer classes; Certified as an adult education instructor in West Virginia.

West Virginia University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Teaching Fellow                                                                               1981-1984
Taught Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Statics, and Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

                                              EDUCATION

                          West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
                          Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
                                    Master of Science Engineering

                       East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
                                     Bachelor of Arts Mathematics

                                                PATENTS

                   4905313, 5347402, 6424534, 6305966. Seven other patents pending.

                                            PUBLICATIONS

    1.   "Mini Power Towers for Solar Thermal Applications," Proceedings of the 1991 International
         Solar Energy Society's World Congress. Denver, Colorado, August 1991.
    2.   "An Analysis of Modularized Concentrating Solar Collector Systems (MODSYS)", MSE
         Problem Report, West Virginia University, 1983
    3.   "Finding Torsion in Irregular Bars," Machine Design, 5/26/83. Second Author. Publication
         focused on Finite Element Analysis in the solution torsion problems.
    4.   Solved 250 problems for the Solutions Manual: Engineering Mechanics of Deformable Bodies
         by E. F. Byars, R. D. Snyder, and H. L. Plants, 4th Ed., Harper and Row, 1983.
    5.   "Chess Football", 1983. A challenging game for two players.

                                             AFFILIATIONS

                       Board Member, Kanab Chamber of Commerce, Kanab, UT.
                 Member, Economic Development Team, Kanab and Kane County, UT.
               Coach, Little League Baseball, Morgantown, WV; Page, AZ; and Kanab, UT.
                         Coach, Youth Soccer League, Page, AZ and Kanab, UT.