Richard Riney Bennett           2187-A 46th St, Los Alamos, NM 87544             (505) 412-4118                   riney@bennettdesignllc.com

              Product Development Engineer

Website         www.bennettdesignllc.com

Strengths     Takes tech projects from concept to production quickly.

Team Player                        High Creativity                    Tech Transfer

Mechanical Design            RF / Photonics                    Fast Prototypes

SolidWorks CAD                Medical / Science                Project Management

Objective         Team with others to design and develop breakthrough technical products.

Academic        MS Mechanical Engineering (Product Design Option)        Stanford University         1982

                        BS Civil Engineering                                                       Stanford University         1977

Professional     American Society of Mechanical Engineers                      Industrial Design Society of America

Experience

2001-Current     Senior Product Development Engineer                              Bennett Design LLC, Los Alamos, NM

                        •  Robotic security scanner

                        ▪  3D x-ray head-scanner drivetrain design

                        •  Suncone solar power research prototype

                        •  Non-invasive glucose monitor

                        •  Kinetic Pump alternative energy feasibility study

                        •  Portable x-ray scanner for unexploded ordnance

                        •  Film reader for shock and detonation physics

                        •  Prototype parts for Airborne Tactical Laser

1996-2001         Senior Mechanical Engineer                                             Intermec/Amtech, Albuquerque, NM

                        Worked on multi-disciplinary teams and with production facility, bringing 1-4 high-tech radio identification products per year from concept to production according to ISO 9000 standards. Duties included managing, system engineering, design, prototype, injection molding, electronic chassis packaging,  design reviews, configuration control, schedules, budgets, hardware/software integration, customer contact, vibration, environmental and qual test. Los Alamos and IBM Watson Labs licensee.          Facility closed 12/2001.

1991-1996         Self-Employed Consulting Engineer (partial project list)       Albuquerque, NM 

                        •  Mechanical design of "laser tweezers” and multi-channel imaging spectrometer

                         •  Development of airbag motion sensor now licensed to Methode

                         •  “Works-in-the-dark-in-an-emergency” gun safe with tactile electronic keypad

                         •  HEPA filter design and production for cleanrooms and hospitals

1986-1991         Mechanical Design Engineer                                             CFM Inc., Bozeman, MT

                        Developed and manufactured fiber-optic test equipment for GTE.

1983-1986         Mechanical Design Engineer                                             Orionics Inc., Bozeman, MT

                        Mechanical engineering for fiber-optic splicers and laser-based test equipment.

Adjunct Instructor, Manufacturing Processes (2 semesters)

Mechanical Engineering Dept., Montana State University, Bozeman MT

1980-1982         Graduate teaching assistant, Product Realization Lab, Stanford University

Other                Eagle Scout