Leonardo Toma

Email address: LeeST@msn.com

EDUCATION
Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, December 1996

Tufts University - Medford, MA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (cum laude), May 1992

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Hardware: IBM Compatibles, SCSI peripherals, Windows networks
Software: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and 95, MS Office, FORTRAN, MacOS, OS/2, UNIX, HTML

EMPLOYMENT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Fusion Center - Cambridge, MA
Sponsored Research Engineer - June 1992 through July 1994
Developed and executed a high-cycle fatigue test program for nickel-iron alloy Incoloy 908. Compiled a material properties database for Incoloy 908. Devised a heat treatment program under grants from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Fusion Center - Cambridge, MA
Co-op Summer Research Program - Summer 1991
Analyzed superconducting magnet fluid flow data.

Whirlpool Corporation - West Lafayette, IN
Quality Control Team Member - Jan. 1995 to present
Managed product flow, inspection of parts and packaging. Wrote training manuals and instructed trainees as a member of the QC-I/O Training Committee.
Production - Sept. 1994 to Jan. 1995
Packaged replacement appliance parts.

Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
Paper Grader - Spring 1996
Graded papers and homeworks for graduate mechanics of materials course.

Copy Cop, Inc. - Boston, MA
Customer Service Representative / Weekend Supervisor - May 1989 - August 1994
Supervised employees and production. Performed inventories, placed stock transfer orders, counted receipts, opened and closed store.

PUBLICATIONS
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials: Fatigue Test and Life Estimation of Incoloy 908
MIT PFC Report: Incoloy 908 High Cycle Fatigue Test Report
MIT PFC Report RR-94-2: Incoloy 908 Data Handbook
IEEE/NPSS Proceedings on Plasma Physics: U.S. Conductor R&D and Small Scale Experiments
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials: Stress Accelerated Grain Boundary Oxidation of Incoloy 908 in High Temperature Oxygenous Atmospheres
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials: Thermomechanical Process Effects on Hardness and Grain Size in Incoloy 908
MIT PFC Report RR-93-2: Incoloy 908 Database Report on Process - Structure - Hardness

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Ronald E. Halvorsen engineering scholarship
Society of American Military Engineers, Boston Post scholarship (twice)
Selected to Tufts’ Invitational (Engineering) Student Design Competition team
Support Employee of the Month (October 1995), Whirlpool Corp.
Graphics Editor, The Observer, Tufts’ weekly newspaper


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Updated: 4 February 1997