Ben Lawton
P.O. BOX 892
Fairview, OR 97024
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - June 2011 – Oregon State University
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT #142627 California)
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
• Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, and Outlook
• SolidWorks 2013
• Microsoft Access 2010
Tube Specialties Company
Department: Engineering
Job Title: Product Development Analyst
Manager:
Jon Tubbs
• VBA / VB.Net
• Microsoft SQL Server / Management Studio
• SAP ERP
WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2011 - Currently Employed
Tube Specialties Company
1459 Northwest Sundial Road
Troutdale, OR 97060
Description: Multifaceted engineering support for a tube fabrication company. Responsible for
manufacturing feasibility reviews, cost estimation, fixture design, and creation of technical
drawings. Time critical working environment with daily progress reports and deadlines.
Creativity, flexibility, and team cooperation required on a daily basis.
Duties:
• CAD using SolidWorks 2013.
• Fixture and check gauge design.
• Creating shop prints and reference drawings.
• Collaboration and design alteration with customers.
• Access 2010 database maintenance and management. Form and report design along
with basic VBA development. Integration with Microsoft SQL Server backend.
Additional
Information:
• Independently created software for calculating Length Rotation Angle (LRA) data from
tube coordinate points, a necessary calculation for manual tube bending. Designed to
allow backward compatibility with saved files from previous software. The general
release version is available without charge at www.JohnSael.com.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Senior Design Project (Capstone Design)
Client:
Project Director:
January 2011 – June 2011
United States Army Corps of
Engineers
Frank Sherkow, PE
Personal Responsibility: Structural Aspects
Oregon State University
220 Owen Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-3212
541-737-2965 (Office of Frank Sherkow)
Description: Project consisted of operating a mock consulting company to provide a design for
rehabilitation of the Willamette Falls Navigational Locks. Rehabilitation consisted of lock
chamber and gate repair, design of a visitors’ building, parking lot redesign, fish hatchery
design, and an operational business plan.
Duties:
• Load determination, including seismic loads.
• Composite deck design.
• Frame design and member sizing.
• Lateral force resistance design.
• Cost estimation and constructability analysis.
• Structural analysis with SAP 2000 V.14.
• 3D Modeling using Google SketchUp.
• Technical plans using AutoCAD 2010.
Additional
Information:
• Received highest project quality rating for Winter and Spring term.
Award included engraving of names on University’s Capstone Placard.
• Received University’s “Culture of Writing” Award for Winter term report.
Award included publishing of report in the University’s Scholar Archives and a $100
prize.
541-740-3832
BenLawtonOSU@Gmail.com