Erik Van Otten

[Address, City, ST ZIP Code] | [Telephone] | [Email]

Hiring Team
Jet.com

Dear Hiring Team:

I was told about your Member Services Specialist job posting by a friend of mine, and I feel that I can make a
meaningful contribution to the growth of Jet.com through this role. In my previous jobs as a Lab Assistant,
Stocker/Cashier, and most recently as a Mechanical Designer/Administrative Assistant, I have communicated and
worked with customers face to face, over the phone, through email, and via text message to help answer questions or
solve issues on multiple occasions. All of this experience interacting with customers makes me a great fit for this
position. I have attached some of my previous work so that you have an idea of the quality of work I can provide.
My other qualifications include:

Typing speed of 50 words a minute.

My previous job had me change responsibilities multiple times, and I was able to learn quickly and adapt to my
new role.
Im a problem solver by nature.
Proficient in Excel, Word, QuickBooks.

Id like to set up an interview with you so that you can get a better sense of who I am and why I would make a great
addition to your team. Im looking for a job full time, and am willing to work weekends and any hours including late
night/early morning hours. If you would like to get in contact with me, I can be best reached through phone or email.
Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Erik Van Otten

Table of Contents
Description of Net Metering..
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This is a brief explanation of what is called Net Metering for the solar company
that I work for. This concept is simple when explained, but can be confusing to
understand if somebody is left to figure out on its own. This is a training document
I created for this company, as is meant for new employees.
Material Science Lab
Report
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This is a full lab report from a material science lab that was I conducted in a
previous class. This is the type of technical writing that I have the most experience
in, and the type of writing I expect to do the most of in the engineering field. This
type of writing is gear more towards research and communicating methods and
data clearly.
Physics Lab Report
Sample.
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Another part of a lab report, this time from a Physics lab. I included this sample
because it goes into much more in depth description of how to recreate our
experiment step by step.
Resume
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Net Metering for the Rookie

When you first hear about net metering, it may be a pretty new concept to understand.
When you think of solar for your home, you think of the costly upfront cost of trying to
buy the panels themselves, the racking to mount them on, the permission that are
needed from the local city government and the utility company that you may be
currently using. Not to mention you may have to pay somebody to install everything!
That is where net metering comes in, and we will go through the basics of net metering
in this document.

How Net Metering Works

Net metering is pretty simple to understand. Instead of selling the actual system to the
customer, we own the system and sell the energy it produces to the home that we install
our solar panel onto. How does this save the customer money you may ask? By Suncrest
Solar owning the system, the customer doesnt need to pay for it to be installed, they
dont need to buy the panels and materials, they dont need to worry about obtaining the
proper permits and permissions from local municipalities and utility companies, and they
dont need to pay any maintenance fees.
Now your question may be how does Suncrest Solar make its money. We are doing all
this work for free, so what is keeping us in business? We sell them the power that the
panels we install produce! Each solar array is designed to cover as much of our
customers power consumption as possible. For each kilowatt hour that this array
produces on the customers home, we charge them for in the same way that their
current utility company charges them for their consumption.
It seems now that we may be back to your first question, how does this save them
money? Over the last several years solar has not only become more efficient, but the
materials and costs of installation have decreased. This allows us to not only charge our
customers a lower rate per kilowatt than their utility companies, but also leaves room for
us to make money also. Its great for them because their monthly utility bill will be less
than before, and its great for us because we have a great business to work at.

Where does Net Metering come from?

Now, what does net metering mean? When we install our system, we work closely with
the customers utility company, and sell back any energy that they dont use. In the
summer the customer will be creating more energy, and less energy in the winter. At the
end of the year, the utility company will look at how much energy our panels have
produced that was sold to them in the summer by looking at our meter, versus how
much energy the customer may have used in the winter by looking at their meter. The
Net difference determines whether the customer received a credit from the utility
company, or a bill. This is where the term Net Metering comes from, as it is simply the
net difference between these two meters.

TO: Prof. Nick Roberts

March 5th, 2015

FROM: Erik Van Otten

SUBJECT: Lab #5 Age-Hardening of Aluminum
Objective
To make a comparison between the hardness of an age-hardened aluminum sample and
a solutionized aluminum sample.
Procedure and Apparatus
Procedure
The aluminum sample that was to be solutionized was placed in the furnace, while the
other sample was measured. The Tinius Olsen machine was then configured. The normal
sample was then tested, and the data saved on the computer. The solutionized specimen
was then removed from the furnace and quenched, and its measurements were taken.
The solutionized specimen was then also tested in the Tinius Olsen machine and the data
saved.
Apparatus
To test the specimens, a Tinius Olsen machine was used. A furnace was used to heat the
solutionized sample, and a vat of water to quench it. The proper safety equipment was
used in this process.
Measurements

Figure 1 - Precipitation Hardened

Figure 2 - Annealed
Properties
Thickness

Solutionized

Precipitaion
Hardened

Gage Width 1

13.45

13.5

Gage Width 2

13.5

13.5

Gage Width 3

13.45

13.5

Gage Width 4
Cross Sectional
Area

13.65

13.5

40.41

40.5

50

50

Gage Length

Processing and Analysis

The process was recorded, and the data is provided in the tables. The annealed
aluminum has a much greater ductility than that of the standard precipitation hardened
aluminum that was used to create it. It has a greater modulus of elasticity, so it can
withstand greater stresses, and deform greater lengths than the original, and still return
to its natural strength. It was also able to deform to a greater length past its yield point.
Discussion and Conclusions
As seen in the graphs, and from the table of data, when you anneal the aluminum you
increase both its strength and its ductility.

Experimenting with Newtons Second Law of Motion

Erik Van Otten
June 18th, 2014

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this report is to express the results of the experiment we did in our June 18 th Physics 2215 Lab
regarding the Newtons Second Law of Motion.

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the experiment was to prove the validity of Newtons Second Law of Motion, F=ma, where F is
the vector of force of on the object, m is the objects mass, and a is the vector of acceleration caused by the
force on the object. The free body diagram for this experiment (see Figure 1) and from it we can determine that
the overall acceleration will be equal to the force of the first object, the product of its mass and gravity, divided
by the sum of both the first and the second objects mass. Expressed as an equation it becomes a2= (g*m1) /
(m1+m2). Since the objects acceleration is assumed to be constant, and that a constant acceleration is also the
second derivative of an objects position relative to time, we can express the objects position as x=x0+v0t+1/2at2,
with x being the final position, x0 being the initial position, v0 being the initial velocity, t being time, and a
being constant acceleration.

Figure 1

PROCEDURE
This experiment was conducted with a glider with a set mass, loaded with addition mass in 3 of the 4 tests,
sitting on an air track, and connected to another set mass that was being acted upon by the acceleration due to
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gravity. A motion sensor was set at the end of the track, and measured the distance between a target on top of
the glider and itself (see Figure 2)

Figure 2
There were three different experiments conducted with varying masses of both the glider and the mass acted
upon by gravity, and each of these experiments were tried 5 times. A fourth experiment was conducted where
the glider was released and allowed to bounce off of the bumper at the end of the track before data was taken,
then stopped again right before it hit the bumper a second time. The masses were all known with the glider
being 228.1g unloaded and 444.5g loaded, and the two masses acted upon by gravity were 10g and 20g
respectively, the initial position and the end position were both known to be 1m and 0m respectively, and the
accelerations were all predicted prior to the experiments by using the formula derived from the free body
diagram (see Figure 1), or a2=(g*m1) / (m1+m2), for comparison after the completion of the experiment. Because
the motion is from 1m to 0m, or towards the motion sensor, the acceleration is understood to be negative. Each
experiment also had a predictive graph created to help predict what the real observed data graph should look
like.
To minimize error in the measuring the data, an air track was used to reduce the force of friction to a point to
where it is negligible, and eliminate it as a variable in the experiment. The data wasnt recorded until after the
glider was released, and stopped recording data right before the glider was stopped by a bumper placed to
prevent the glider from hitting the motion sensor. The exception to this procedure of when the data was taken is
the bounce experiment as described above.

Erik Van Otten

[Address, City, ST ZIP Code] | [Telephone] | [Email]

Education
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA | JUNE 2007 | ALTA HIGH SCHOOL
BACHELORS | IN PROGRESS | UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Skills & Abilities

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Several of my previous jobs have required direct interaction with customers. As a lab assistant, I would resolve
computer problems, and help students with questions they had regarding the software in the lab. As a stocker at
Lees Marketplace I helped customers find what they were looking for, or worked as a cashier. Most recently, I worked
as an administrative assistant at an engineering company, taking orders over the phone or online, billing, and also
answering technical questions regarding our products.
COMPUTER LITERACY
Proficient in Excel, Word, SolidWorks, Access, and QuickBooks.
Type 50 words per minute.
ADAPTIBILITY
I thrive in jobs that require a lot of adaptability. My previous place of employment was a small business, and I was
required to wear multiple hats while I was working there. Accounting, customer service, mechanical design, and
actual construction of equipment were only a few of my responsibilities. Many tasks were given to me with short
notice and I had the ability to complete them on time and accurately.

Experience
MECHANICAL DESIGNER/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT | GEARWURX | OCTOBER 2011-DECEMBER 2015
Helped design mechanical equipment, build the prototypes, and install the finished product.
Requested quotes from vendors, and was in regular contact with companies that could supply the components
needed to complete projects.
Answered incoming phone calls, and addressed technical questions about our in house products.
Took care of the books, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll.
Processed online payments.
Took care of Shipping and Receiving
Updated inventory.
Quality control.
STOCKER | LEES MARKETPLACE | SEPTEMBER 2011-OCTOBER 2011
Made sure that the shelves were stocked with product, and helped customers find what they needed.
Also helped customers check out as a cashier.
SHOP TECHNICIAN | CONTROL SOLUTIONS, INC. | JANUARY 2011-AUGUST 2011
Built industrial electrical control panels used in a number of facilities in need of automation.
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LAB ASSISTANT |UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | AUGUST 2008-JANUARY 2009

Monitored a campus computer lab.

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