TRISTAN SHONE- Mechanical Engineer
4055 Falcon St. #102
San Deigo, CA 92103
617.823.5478
tristan.shone(at)gmail(dot)com
EDUCATION:
University of California, San Diego- La Jolla, CA (9/05 – 12/08) MFA in Visual Arts.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- Troy, NY (9/96 –12/00) BS in Mechanical Engineering.
ENGINEERING/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
NCMIR (National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research) – Mechanical/Automation Engineer, UCSD, San Diego, CA (1/07 – ongoing)-> Developing custom automation and camera (various detector) instrumentation for electron (TEM and SEM) and light microscopy. Work includes custom mechanical design (Solidworks), fabrication and testing.
MicroCHIPS- Mechanical/Test Engineer, Bedford, MA (3/04 – 8/04)-> Designed systems to hermetically seal implantable bioMEMS chips utilizing laser welding and ultrasonics. Developed hardware (XYZ motion) and software (LabVIEW) components for an automated bioMEMS chip-filling system.
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences- Mechanical Engineer, Boston, MA (12/02 – 8/03)-> Performed and designed systems validation tests on an automated bench top unit used for supplying reagents to protein or DNA-spotted micro slides. Redesigned mechanical, microfluidic, and actuation components that failed module testing. Responsible for the documentation transfer from ProEngineer to SolidWorks for the entire machine assembly.
Corning IntelliSense- MEMS Test/Systems Engineer, Wilmington, MA (1/01 – 9/02) -> Designed automated test stations for testing wafer level and packaged MEMS micro mirrors used in optical cross connect modules. Work involved: design, fabrication, and calibration of custom computer-controlled electro-opto-mechanical test systems for testing various MEMS devices. Extensive experience with GPIB, IEEE, RS232, and NI DAQ interface protocols, wafer level probing/actuation, and bench-top characterization. Tested and Characterized MEMS using a Zygo white light interferometer for surface quality measurements and a Polytec scanning laser vibrometer for frequency response (modal analysis). Performed detailed analysis on MEMS test data utilizing MATLAB and Simulink. Experience with PCB layout and fabrication.
Center for Automation Technologies- Research Engineer, RPI, Troy, NY (3/98 – 5/00) -> Research during school semesters and summers. Full time coop from 1/99 to 9/99. Projects included start to finish engineering in automation design: prototype manufacturing, lab testing, simulations, and machining (mill, lathe, drill press, CNC mill, SLA prototyping).
ARTWORK:
Dub Machines- ongoing (1/09 – 12/10)-> 4 precision industrial sound interfaces: Rails, Rack & Pinion, Headgear, Big Knobs. Performed and shown at festivals and performances internationally..
Drone Machines- ongoing (12/06 – 12/09)-> 4 industrial strength sound interfaces: Throttles, Bellows, Linear Actuator, Rotary Encoder. Performed and shown at festivals and performances nationwide.
Aphanisis- Scottsdale, AZ (1 /20/05 – 5/20/06)-> Automated bioMEMS chip filling and handling process reworked to “overpower” the chips. Shown in “SouthestNET: Techno “, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, 1/20/06 – 5/20/06.
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COLLABORATIVE-
Particles of Interest: Tales from the Matter Market- San Jose, CA (8/06)-> Developed and constructed an interactive nano particle sensing installation with artist Diane Ludin and artist/UCSD Visual Arts faculty member, Ricardo Dominguez, shown at ISEA 2006, San Jose, 8/8/06 – 8/17/06. http://www.pitmm.net/
Dreams/Nightmares- Tijuana, MX (9/05 – 12/05)-> Designed and fabricated a custom arcade box for artist and UCSD Visual Arts faculty member, Ricardo Dominguez, shown in InSite05, Tijuana/San Diego and the UCSD University Gallery, 1/12/06 – 3/22/06.
Feral Robotic Dogs- San Diego, CA (1/05 – 3/05)-> Designed feral robotic dogs and taught an undergraduate class on the subject for artist and UCSD Visual Arts faculty member, Natalie Jeremijenko 1/1/05 – 3/23/05.
Skin/Control (Installation)- MIT, Cambridge, MA (9/04 – 2/05)-> Performed 3D CAD and conceptual design of a 737 flying through a gallery space, for artist Chris Csikszentmihalyi, shown at Location 1, Manhattan, NY 9/22/05 – 2/26/05.
Natural Language Processor (Media Art Installation)- RPI, Troy, NY (9/99 – 3/00)-> Aided in the creation/design of an art installation designed by Christopher Csikszentmihályi, shown at the Alien Intelligence exhibit (2/12/00 – 5/12/00, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland).
TEACHING:
3D Design and Fabrication Workshop- UCSD, CRCA (Center for Research and Computing in the Arts), (10/10 – 12/10) -> Workshop/class for graduate Visual Arts students on 3D design (CAD/Solidworks), toolpath design (CAM/Mastercam), and fabrication using CNC equipment (CNC Router/Mill).
Workshop for the group Ineractive Freedom at NWEAMO Festival, “Using Microcontrollers for Music: From Fabrication to Performance”, Venice/Marghera, Italy (5/15/10)-> Workshop on how to use microcontrollers (Arduino) and basic electronic components to create sound controllers for electronic music platforms such as Ableton Live, Max/MSP, Reason, Pd, etc.
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
MATLAB/Simulink/RTW, Pro/ENGINEER, Solidworks, 3D Studio MAX, LabVIEW, c, Visual C++, Visual Basic, ORCAD.
AWARDS/SOCIETIES/CERTIFICATIONS:
Cum Laude for the class of 2001 at RPI, Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society), Rensselaer Medal Scholarship.
PUBLICATIONS:
“Design and Fabrication of a Novel Electrostatically Actuated 1296 Micromirror Array for Optical Cross Connects”, T.D. Kudrle, T.M. Shone, et al, Proceedings of the 16th Annual IEEE International MEMS Conference, Kyoto, Japan, Jan19-23, 2003.
“Single-crystal silicon micromirror array with polysilicon flexures”, T.D. Kudrle, T.M. Shone, et al, Sensors and Actuators, March 14, 2005.
