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Richard L. Caldwell, C.I.P.E.

Certified in Plumbing Engineering,  American Society of Plumbing Engineers

14277 Palo Verde Dr., Maricopa, AZ 85239
phone (520) 568-4026 or (480) 756-2339 or mobile, (530) 263-4218

richard-caldwell@alumni.calpoly.edu

 

Education:

BS in Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Business law and accounting, Cal State Fullerton
University of CA Extension, Berkeley:  Air Conditioning Design, Refrigeration
Advanced Autocad, Phoenix College
Uniform Plumbing Code, Gateway College

Experience:

 08/00 to present, Caldwell Construction, building a custom home. Caldwell Mechanical, hvac service. Vega Inc. President, web digital video.

4/00 to 8/00, Plumbing Designer, Baltes/ Valentino Associates Limited, Phoenix, AZ, Plumbing design and drafting using AutoCad for commercial facilities.

2/99 to 4/00, Project Manager, Mechanical Consulting Engineer, San Diego, Plumbing Engineering for commercial and military facilities.

5/97 to 5/98, Lead Mechanical Engineer, P2RSGroup, semiconductor tool hookup for Intel Fab12 in Chandler, AZ. Process piping design using Acad13.
6/95 to 5/97, Design Engineer with  Osmonics, manufacturer of water purification  equipment, design of water treatment systems with pumps, R.O. systems, ozone generators, piping design using Acad13.
5/ 93 to 1/ 95,  Facilities Engineer, TDC Mechanical, for Intel semiconductor Fab 12 in Chandler, AZ & Fab 11 in Rio Rancho, NM. Design high and low purity process piping, drain, waste and vent piping and plumbing systems, fuel oil piping using Autocad12 and EDA Autoplant software.
9/92 to 12/92: Mechanical Engineer, IntelCorp. on contract with Integrated Engineering Design, Inc., Santa Clara, CA,  Acad piping design for Fab 10 hook-up of semiconductor Fab Equipment.
5/90 to 9/92:  Owner, Caldwell Mechanical Construction, design, installation, service on HVAC, plumbing, carpentry.

10/84 to 5/90: Senior Facilities Engineer, IBM on contract with Sykes Enterprises & CDICorp, San Jose, CA.   CADAM design of HVAC, process piping, modular prefabricated cleanroom HEPA filter ceilings, architectural design, some cleanrooms were operating 30 days from start of construction. Installed in East Fishkill, NY and San Jose, CA.
5/83 to 4/84:  Bechtol Corp., San Francisco, CA on contract with California Consulting.
Mechanical Engineer,  HVAC design of Saudi Airport using Intergraph CAD.
19/81 to 4/82: Mechanical Engineer, Marion, Cerbatos & Tomasi, Consulting Engineers, SF, CA. HVAC, plumbing & fire protection design for office buildings and prison.
6/80 to 1/81: Project Engineer, Standard Oil of CA, design & supervision of construction of solar water heater testing facility.
1970 to 1974 & 1975 to 1980 Caldwell Mechanical Construction, Nevada City, CA. Land development, home building, solar radiant heating

1974 to 1975 Test Engineer, Wemco, division of Envirotech, Sacramento, CA Testing of pumps of to 10" pipe size, instrumentation to measure horsepower, rpm, flow rate, pressure, npsh.

1968 to 1969 Instrument Development Engineer, American Optical Corp. Richmond, CA Design of Robot Chemist, automated chemical analysis using spectrophotometer.

Professional Memberships and licenses:

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE)  Certified in Plumbing Engineering (C.I.P.E.)
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) Certificate Member.(CM)
International Association of Plumbing & Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)
International Ozone Association
Tau Sigma Honorary Engineering Fraternity
California Contractor License 277389 B & C20, General and Mechanical Contractor 

Private Pilot, EPA Certificate for CFC refrigerants
 
Computer skills: AutoCad 13, Autoplant EDA, Intergraph, CADAM, Excel, Word, Trace energy analysis, Basic, Fortran, html, Webmaster for: https://www.angelfire.com/az/caldwell2
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