David Drope
Graduate Mechanical Engineer
(EIT)
Education

BSME, Mechanical Engineering, 1984, University of
Arkansas

Responsibilities

Responsible for HVAC mechanical design process including
system design and evaluation, engineering calculations,
preparation of specifications, design document preparation
and performance of design reviews.  Ensures accuracy,
completeness, and compliance of documents and designs
to applicable international, national and local codes and
standards.
Experience

General experience includes manufacturing process
and machine design, manufacturing project
management and budgeting, plant energy analysis,
commercial fiber optics products design and
manufacturing, lean manufacturing analysis and
implementation, quality control documentation and
auditing, production control and personnel
management, nondestructive testing certification and
equipment design/implementation, extensive component
and systems design utilizing 3D and 2D CAD (Solid
Edge, SolidWorks, Anvil 1000, DesignCAD and
AutoCAD), software simulation modeling and naval
aviation military service.

Upon graduation, David joined the U. S. Navy and
acquired over one thousand hours piloting various fixed  
and rotor wing aircraft.  During his ten years as a naval
officer and aviator, he served in operations, safety,
training and administration in squadrons both at home
and overseas.  He managed personnel and various
programs, ensuring professional results in accordance
with navy standards.

After leaving the military, David joined NKF Engineering
(Norfolk, VA) and worked on various engineering design
projects.  Projects included systems design and
equipment verification on small general marine craft, oil
skimmer marine craft, various military ship
systems/components, various surface ship engineering
calculations and navy helicopter simulator instrument
panel and cockpit components design.
At Alcoa Fujikura (Houston, MS) and George-Ingraham
(Atlanta, GA), David was involved in various fiber optic
manufacturing and systems management and design.  
Design projects included production improvement
utilizing engineering machine design from inception to
implementation, procedure design and documentation,
lean manufacturing design, implementation and metrics,
production, lab tech and junior engineer personnel
training/management and a myriad of fiber optic
systems and components design and manufacturing
improvements.

At AMS (New Albany, MS), David managed the Phoenix,
AZ based Mississippi production branch.  David was
ASNT Level II certified in ultrasonic nondestructive
testing (NDT) and designed equipment and production
systems to nondestructively evaluate various
automotive airbag components and military munitions.  
Along with NDT production system improvements, David
trained and managed production technicians resulting in
increased product throughput and quality improvements.