Martrel A. Brown
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Current Address:                                                                                             Permanent Address:
1430 Dewberry Place NE APT #4                                                                       615 Helen St.
Grand Rapids, MI 49505                                                                                      Lansing, MI 48912
(616) 451-0479                                                                                                    (517) 372-9669
brownm@river.it.gvsu.edu                                                                                   http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~brownm
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OBJECTIVE       Desiring employment in the field of Mechanical Engineering

EDUCATION     GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY  Allendale, MI
                             Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering  August 1998

RELEVANT       Circuit Analysis 1                   Circuit Analysis 2
COURSES          Machine Design 1                  Machine Design 2
                            Dynamics                              Statics and Solid Mechanics
                            Materials Science                   Thermodynamics
                            Fluid Mechanics                     Heat Transfer
                            Manufacturing Processes       Senior Engineering Project 1

HONORS            Received Berthold Price Scholarship for having a 3.0 or better G.P.A. in high school
                             and a 19 or better on the A.C.T. Made Dean's List for obtaining a 3.5 or better during Winter 1995.

RELEVANT
EXPERIENCE

9/97 - 12/97         DIESEL TECHNOLOGY  Grand Rapids, MI
                             Quality Technician
                             * Checked the quality of machines and parts for movement to a new plant
                             * Gathered data from machine qualifications and used data to make control charts
                             * Tested cycle time on prototype bar code stamping machine

1/97 - 4/97            PROGRESSIVE TECHNOLOGIES  Grand Rapids, MI
                             Drafting Technician
                              * Created and updated drawings using CIMCAD to comply with current machinery

4/96 - 8/96            SATURN ELECTRONICS AND ENGINEERING  Coopersville, MI
                             Manufacturing Technician
                              * Assisted with production problems and QS9000 Certification
                              * Manufacturing troubleshooting for automated assembly lines
                              * Initiated recycling program for paper for entire facility

6/95 - 8/95            SPARTA FOUNDRY, INC.  Sparta, MI
                             Sand Tester
                              * Tested sand used for making molds in production for permeability, green compression, methylene
                                  blue, moisture, and compactability.

ACTIVITIES       Member of the National Society of Black Engineers, Participant in Intramural Basketball, Participant in
                              Grand Valley State Universitites Study Abroad Program, Public Relations Officer for the
                              Society of Manufacturing Engineers at GVSU.

COMPUTER        * Microsoft Works 3.0, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Excel 97, MathCad 7.0, Microsoft Access,
SKILLS                    Microsoft Project 4.0, Microsoft PowerPoint
                              *  AutoCAD version 14, CIMCAD, Turbo C++, Programming ladder logic using Micrologix

REFERENCES     Available upon request