Matthew Metz

metzmj@email.uc.edu


co-op or other experience and responsibilities

  • Controls Engineer at Kolinahr Systems, Cincinnati, OH (1 Quarter)

    Worked with single line drawings, electrical schematics, and panel layouts in AutoCAD. Worked with PLC programs doing conversion and debugging on site. Worked as a part of the team to troubleshoot errors that existed in the programs. Worked in the warehouse, helping with assembly. Wired panels in house to be installed in the field. Assisted with placing photo-eyes and other sensors as peripherals attached to the machine.

  • Electrical Engineer at Black and Veatch, Cincinnati, OH (2 Quarters)

    Worked on single line drawings, process and instrumentation drawings, detail drawings, and site plan drawings. Participated in various stages of the design including working with preliminary, final, and as-built phase drawings. Worked on specifications for electrical distribution equipment. This included speaking with sales representatives to custom tailor the specification paragraphs. Reviewed submitted operations and maintenance manuals for various equipment.

  • Controls Engineer at Ransohoff, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (2 Quarters)

    Made changes and checked electrical schematics for discrepancies in AutoCAD. Submitted drawings for customer approval. Submitted drawings for erection. Made as-built drawing updates. Updated PLC programs as needed for industrial washing machines using Allen Bradley, Siemens, and Modicon software. Generated Human Machine Interface (HMI) software using acquired communications with machines to download program. Debugged machines with supervisor assistance when needed. Assisted with customer programming updates during inspection.

  • Laboratory Technician at the Cincinnati Water Works (1 Quarter)

    Conducted sampling and laboratory analysis with data entry of results. Graphed and charted results to evaluate plant processes.

skills/expertise areas

  • Microsoft Office

  • C++ programming

  • VBA programming

  • .html programming

  • AutoCAD electrical drafting

  • PLC programming in Allen Bradley and Seimens

areas of interest

  • System control and data acquisition

  • Power generation and distribution

  • Micro-systems

  • Audio processing

type of project sought

  • Micro-controllers

  • Power/Control systems