I am a current LSU Mechanical Engineering student set to graduate in 2027. Over the summer of 2024, I worked an internship that led to my starting this company. During this internship, I took charge of a quality control line responsible for 97 unique products. This company makes boat propellers and other products for many industry leaders, including Suzuki, Gatortail, Mercury, and Honda (not associated with ccs). Having come to understand the QC process, I began to observe the technicians performing checks using calipers to measure the dimensions of various boreholes and proprietary reference tables of accepted values. For some technicians, this process could take a few minutes per propeller. When over 1,000,000 of these products are in service, that small inefficiency compounds into years of lost time. My solution was to implement a set of gauges I designed for technicians. This changed step in the process, taking the check time from minutes to seconds. This change was then expanded to other plants in Mexico and China. This change will save the company two years' worth of work hours every year. It was an obvious improvement to me, but all it took was a fresh set of eyes looking to improve a system.
Cochran consulting & solutions
my story:
*Disclaimer: These companies are not associated with CCS
Pitch:
With CCS you can expect me to come out to your site and I will learn and observe your processes with a fresh set of eyes until I am able to find a way to improve efficiency and save the company money. If I am not able to find any improvements then there is no charge, I would simply get the experience of seeing and learning more about engineering and industry. If I am able to find an improvement then it would be at the choice of the company to accept it and implement it themselves or I could do it for them. For this circumstance I will negotiate a percentage of the annual projected savings from my change to be my compensation. Additionally if any changes are made after my initial observations I can always be called back to take another look.
skills:
SolidWorks, MatLab, Fusion360, Shapr3d, fork lift, scissor lift, laser engraving, pull and push broaching, cnc mill, cnc drill press, mechatronics, Motoman GP50, laser topography scanning, laser pitch scanning, skid steer tractor, cnc lathe, large pin milling machine, dynamic balancing systems, stick welding, tig welding, part fabrication and design
AChievements/ hobbies/ activities:
Eagle Scout, Gold Presidential Service Award, ASME, Highland Blessing Dinner, Food Pantry, Holy Angels, Sailing, Windsurfing, Climbing, Running
The appeal to using me versus an employee: Since I am not being paid before I find something to improve an employee doesn’t have to waste their paid time or delay their own responsibilities to hunt for an improvement. Additionally once I find one my only job would be working on the solution as opposed to an employee who would still have their responsibilities to balance.
WHY me?
Contactme:
PERSONAL CELL: (318)840-3156
EMAIL: ECOCH13@LSU.EDU