A. Mike Kritscher____________________________________
e-mail: mike_kritscher@lbl.gov
Professional
Experience: 1996 – Present
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley California
Mechanical Engineer at the Advanced Light Source.
Duties: My responsibilities have spanned a broad range of positions, from Lead
Engineer of several Beamlines (managing project design, fabrication, schedules
and budgets) to addressing specific needs as simple as generating a specification
or creating models with detailed prints. Highlights would include the design of the
BL 4.0 mono. pre-mirror and the drawings for the ALS “Top-off” upgrade.
1994 – 1996
KLA Instruments Corporation, San Jose, California
Manufacturing Engineer for the Wafer and Reticle Inspection Group.
Duties: Production line issues management, new product introduction, and system
improvement through component cost and reliability redesign.
1987 – 1993
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley California
Senior Engineering Assistant at the Advanced Light Source.
Duties: Performed and provided training in Me10 drafting/plotting and used
multiple software packages for problem solving and project scheduling.
Academic
Preparation: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, June 1994
Engineer In Training (E. I. T.) Certified, June 1994
Senior Project: Stability and responsiveness of a prone downhill race bicycle.
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts, May 1989.
Certificate of Achievement in Mechanical Technology, December 1990.
Recipient of the Dean S. Lesher Scholarship, June 1991.
Computer
Experience: CAD: OneSpace Modeling and Annotation, Me10/Me30, Cadkey, ProEngineer.
Analysis / languages: ANSYS, Mathmatica, Matlab, C, Pascal, G-code, Pspice.
Management: Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Model Manager,
Professional
Service:
Mechanical Engineering representative for the ALS Beamline Review Committee.
Assistant Building Manager and BET member for Building 46.
Member of the ALS EH&S committee, and QUEST meeting coordinator.
Member of the Mechanical Engineering Division Self Assessment Team.
Member of the 2004 Facilities Division MESH review committee.
Chair of the Mechanical Safety Subcommittee of the Safety Review Committee.
References:
Are available upon request.