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Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

New York, NY, US

 

About 

A little background .. grew up outside NYC in Westchester County, graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology. Worked for GE Aircraft, Advanced Energy Systems and Norian/Siani while in school. Moved back to NY after school and worked as a Mechanical Engineer at Buro Happold for almost 4 years specializing in BIM, software technologies and complex building system energy analysis. Revit MEP, Energyplus and eQuest are my weapons of choice.

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Employment 

BuroHappold, New York, NY, US, Senior Mechanical Engineer

 HVAC design; load calculations, equipment selection, system design  
 Geothermal, Air / Water Chiller and Boiler Systems; VAV, CAV, Chilled Beam and under floor air systems (UFAD)  
 Job Leader, managed design team and deliverables, coordination meetings with clients and architects  
 Projects include high end residential, museums and education buildings.  
 Assigned to lead development and implementation of BIM and Revit MEP as a design and deliverable tool for
company worldwide.  
 Energy analysis, system feasibility and ranking, including LCC and NPV calculations
 LEED EAc1 energy modeling and documentation  

Dec 2005 - Sep 2009
 

Education 

Northeastern University, Boston, MA, US, Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Sep 1999 - May 2004
 

Areas of Specialization 

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