JOE OLIVARES

4836 Monument Dr.

Sacramento, CA 95842

olivares2@csus.edu

707.207.5741

OBJECTIVE
Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on aerospace applications
EDUCATION
CSU-Sacramento
Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Overall GPA: 3.926

Sacramento, CA
Expected-August 2016
Class Level: Graduate Stud.

Columbia University
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

New York, NY
May 1998

Engineer-In-Training Certificate, CA

June 2002

SKILLS
SolidWorks
Test and Measurement

AutoCAD
Excel

NI LabView
Prototyping

Instrumentation
Mathematica

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Engineering Analysis I
Engineering Analysis II
Advanced Vibration Theory
Analysis of Aircraft Structures
Advanced Dynamics
Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Advanced Thermodynamics

Electronics and Instrumentation

Motion & Dynamic Analysis with SolidWorks
Intro to Computational Fluid Dynamics (ANSYS
Fluent)
Adv. Computer-Aided Design (MATLAB)
Finite Element Modeling and Comp-Aided Design
(MSC PATRAN)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Truss Designer
September 2014 December 2014
General Truss, Sacramento, CA
Designed roof truss systems for residential and light commercial buildings
Engineering Dynamics Workshop Leader/Grader
January 2014 May 2014
CSU-Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Taught solution methods for introductory Engineering Dynamics to Junior/Senior engineering
students and graded homework for graduate level Engineering Analysis courses
Landscape Contractor
January 2010 September 2012
Amigo Landscape, Fairfield, CA
Estimated, designed, and installed various landscape and irrigation systems for residential customers
and local realty companies, also supervised and coordinated a small crew to complete jobs to customer
satisfaction

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Design of custom actuators and sensors for use in a Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control system
My research work involves sizing and building a thin beam fitted with custom heated
actuators to be implemented in a state space model that utilizes a LQG controller to control the tip
position given an initial displacement. Sensors used are Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTDS),
Hall Sensors, and Accelerometers. The project is in its second iteration and uses a low cost Field Point
Gate Array (FPGA) and is programmed in NI LabView.

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND HONOR STUDIES

(2016) Ilhan Tuzcu, Joshua K Moua, and Joe G Olivares, Control of a thermoelastic beam using
heat actuation., Journal of Vibration and Control, SAGE Publications, first published on January 29,
2016

(2015) Co-Presenter, Damping of a vibrating beam with thermal actuation and linear quadratic controller,
2015 Graduate Research Interaction Day at CSU-Sacramento, April, 8, 2015 Sacramento, CA,
(2014) Participant, 26th Annual NASA Planetary Science Summer School, June 16-20, 2014, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
AFFILIATIONS
Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society)
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)