Skylar Ovnicek

Address: PO Box 9482, Moscow, Idaho, 83843 Phone: (509) 496-3397

Email: ovni3294@vandals.uidaho.edu e-Portfolio: https://skylarovnicek.weebly.com
Work Experience: Palouse Ranches June 2019-Present
Shop Manager & Laborer/Fabricator
 In charge of communicating progress of orders with marketing, delivery, and supervisors
 Assigned tasks to co-workers to best maintain efficiency and quality in manufacturing process
 Managed consumable items used in manufacturing process
 Helped develop and apply lean manufacturing principles to product/shop procedures
 Familiarized new hires to manufacturing/safety procedures regarding our shop and product
 Performed MIG Welding for structural and agricultural equipment
 Pipe fitting for various animal shelter design and specifications
 Met completion dates and adapted to design changes for custom orders
Education University of Idaho, Moscow ID
Bachelors of Science: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.11 Graduated: December 2019
Engineering Experience & Knowledge 2015-2019
Capstone Design Project: Modular Goat Stanchion Design
 Design goal was to provide a modular goat milking stanchion to meet the nationally growing industry
 Team advanced design from client conceptualization to final design
 Project relied on SolidWorks to generate computer models for design verification and drawings
 Design was divided into sub- assemblies that were integrated together into a final product
 Design verification was completed through analysis in SolidWorks and with a constructed scale
model
 Project resulted in final drawing package to be referenced through manufacturing/assembly process
 Client was able to successfully construct full scale working model
Software Knowledge and Relevant Coursework
 Software: Matlab, SolidWorks, Autodesk Fusion 360, Abaqus, Engineering Equation Solver
 Coursework: HVAC System Design, Fatigue and Fracture, Material Selection, Entrepreneurship,
Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Research Design and Analysis of Hydro-Pumping System for Water Repurposing
 Repurposing used water from campus fishery for campus building cooling control and irrigation use
 Economic analysis observed a payback period of 2¼ years after implementation
 Analysis of system to ensure requirements set by client were satisfied or exceeded by final design
 Design met ASME standards in regards to pipe & pump requirements, valve fittings, and insulation
Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis:
 Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis of a current commercial product
 Observe and analyze potential failure modes of device with respective ratings
 Prescribed alternative product components to improve quality life of component
 Additional recommendations were made to improve products user safety
Entrepreneurial Product – HotBoat!
 Conducted patent searches for similar products and market research
 Development of business model, and business plan
 Presented in pitch competitions in the Inland Northwest
 Won “NRS Best Outdoor Product” at Idaho Pitch Competition