Brendan Osborne

osbornbj@email.uc.edu


co-op or other experience and responsibilities

  • Product Engineering Co-Op, General Cable Corporation, Suffern, NY (1 Quarter):
    • Analyzed and updated spreadsheets for electrical calculations on medium voltage power
    • cables. Created a unified workbook from the above spreadsheets using Excel, Access, VBA,
    • and HFA and fully automated the creation of datasheets. Assisted in the creation and
    • programming of an Engineering Analysis sheet within the company’s database, HFA.

  • Part Time Engineering Co-Op, General Cable Corporation, Highland Heights, KY (2 Quarters):
    • Created bills of material for ignition wire components using AutoCAD, measured
    • ignition wire set components for process capability studies, performed dielectric tests on
    • components, created reports analyzing damaged customer returns.

  • Electrical Engineering Co-Op, General Cable Corporation, Marshall, TX (1 Quarter):
    • Created a control unit utilizing a C-more touch screen interface, Allen Bradley PLC 5
    • processor and related I/Os for a 125kV electrical test set for various modes of operation.

  • Electrical Engineering Co-Op, General Cable Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (1 Quarter):
    • Team member on a Blackbelt project to improve a wire insulation test with results of
    • 70% reduction in labor and improvement in the accuracy of results.

  • Process Engineering Co-Op, General Cable Corporation, Manchester, NH (1 Quarter):
    • Trained plant workers on Poka-Yoke techniques, quality control of product leaving
    • the plant, created scrap reports, created technical plant documents and standard operating
    • procedures to solve packaging problems.

  • Product Engineering Co-Op, General Cable Corporation, Highland Heights, KY (1 Quarter):
    • Created and updated data sheets for electronics cable products, designed a cross-
    • reference guide for coaxial cables and connectors, was a team member on a Blackbelt project
    • for streamlining packaging of electronics cable, improved upon spreadsheets used in quoting
    • electronics cable.

skills/expertise areas

  • AutoCAD, RSLogix 5, Excel, Word, Access, VBA, MiniTab, MatLab, HFA, C-more,

  • PSPICE

areas of interest

  • Controls Engineering, Manufacturing, Product Design, Power Engineering

type of project sought

  • Duke Energy Benchtop Generator