Eric A. Lange
102A Grubb Hall, University Park, PA 16802
281-384-4005 (cell)
[email protected]
Objective:
Education:
I am a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University doing research work
in turbomachinery heat transfer under Dr. Stephen Lynch in pursuit of a PhD in Mechanical
Engineering.
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Penn State University (Graduate). Current GPA 3.45/4.
Rice University (Undergraduate). Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, May
2014. Cumulative GPA of 3.61/4.
Current and Previous Research Experience:
 Experimental and Computational Convection Laboratory (ExCCL), Mechanical and Nuclear
Engineering Dept. at Penn State University. Project involves film cooling heat transfer and fluid
flow in gas turbine machinery. Active since January 2015.
 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Dept. at Rice University. Undergraduate materials
science research in the laboratory of Dr. Enrique V. Barrera. Project involved optimizing the
electrical conductivity of aligned carbon nanotubes. Summer 2012 – Summer 2013 (12 months).
Previous Work Experience:
 Internship at Genesis Oil and Gas, an engineering consulting company specializing in offshore
oilfield technologies, Deep Sea Risers Dept. Project involved development of a standardized
riser pipe sizing calculations spreadsheet which would serve as the department-wide initial
calculations document. Summer 2013.
 Texas Aerospace Scholars Internship in the Extravehicular Activities (EVA) Office at NASA
Johnson Space Center. Project involved organizing and cataloging hardware failure analysis
reports in an online searchable database form. Summer 2011.
Relevant Skills and Coursework
 Graduate coursework (PSU):
o Completed: ME 521 – Foundations of Fluid Mechanics, ME 512 – Conduction, ME 430
– Introduction to Combustion.
o Current: ME 522 – Foundations of Fluid Mechanics II, ME 513 – Convection, MATSE
413 – Solid State Materials.
 Undergraduate specialization coursework in computer-aided design, computational fluid
dynamics, ceramics and glasses, and flight mechanics.
 Experience using Pointwise, Fluent, Techplot, MatLab, Simulink, LabVIEW, Microsoft Visual
Basic, and SolidWorks in engineering applications as well as mastery of Microsoft Office
programs.
 ASME Student member.
Achievements and Leadership Positions:
 Penn State University
o Teaching Assistant for ME 300 and ME 400, Fall 2014. Duties included writing and
grading homeworks, writing a portion of the exam questions, and holding office hours.
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Eric A. Lange
Rice University
o Smalley Institute Prize for Nanotechnology at the Rice Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Spring 2013.
o Sid Richardson College Academic Fellow, Spring 2012 – Fall 2014. Duties involve
weekly volunteer tutoring of underclassmen in math, physics, and mechanical
engineering, as well as hosting review sessions.
o Sid Richardson College Lon Wilson Service Award, Spring 2013.
o Student Mentor for the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars Class of 2011 (undertaken
during my internship at the Johnson Space Center).
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