School Address: Permanent Address:
1803 Pointe Crossing #203 3909 Farhills Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Champaign, Il 61821
Tel: (734)332-0512 Tel: (217)351-4062
email: rwebbink@engin.umich.edu
Education
California Institute of Technology (1993-1997)
B.S. with honors in Engineering and Applied Science: focus on mechanical engineering
Course Work: Complete list
Honors: Robert C. Byrd Scholarship (1993-1997)
National Science Program (1993-1997)
Ford Technical Scholarship (1995-1997)
Caltech Upper Class Merit Scholarship (1996-1997)
Activities: Men's junior varsity basketball(1993-94)
Men's varsity basketball(1993-1997)
ASME student section (1994-1997)
ASME president (1996-1997)
Tau Beta Pi (1996-1997)
Cumulative GPA: 3.94/4 GPA in Major: 3.98/4
The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (1997- )
Intended degree: M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Course Work: Complete list
Honors and Scholarships: NSF Traineeship (1997)
Cumulative GPA: 4.0/4
Experience
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Pasadena, CA
Co-developed the Spacecraft Design Tool (S/CDT) and Engineering Control Sheet
(ECS), a set of concurrent engineering programs to automate portions of
spacecraft design and produce a real-time set of CAD models for the design.
Ford Motor Company Scientific Research Labs Dearborn, MI
Summer Intern (6/95 - 9/95; 6/96 - 9/96; 6/97 - 8/97)
Mechanical Engineering Department, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
WWW Maintainer (March '95 - )
Maintained WWW pages for Caltech Mechanical Engineering Department
National Center for Supercomputing Applications Champaign, IL
Student Consultant; SuperQuest Student Teacher (June-August 1994)
Instructor on computers, software, networking, and resources for elementary
school students through high school teachers
Software documentation writer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA
Scientific Programmer (March 1994 - June 1994)
Image processing software development for the Clementine lunar/space probe
NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD
Consultant (July - August 1992)
Data Analyst
Computer Programmer; learned and used IDL language
Skills
Proficiency in BASIC, Pascal, IDL, and C programming; Word processing on both
IBM and Macintosh computers; CAD using CADDS5, Ministation V, I-DEAS, and Pro-E; German
Language proficiency; proficiency on Excel