Ernesto E. Blanco, P.E.

Curriculum Vitae and Abstracts from Works from (1945-1995)

Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Design.
Teaching courses in the Methodology of Design, Applied Kinematics, The Process of Innovation, Special Topics in Engineering Design, Engineering Graphics, and these Supervision. Reesearch for the blind and the handicapped. Research and development of biomedical devices for endoscopy and ophthalmology.
Planning for hte new MIT Engineering Design Center. Consultant for the Veterans Administration, National Science Foundation, and Member of the Board of Accreditation of the U. S. Department of Education.

Univeral Textile Machine Corporation (1974-1984).

President and Chairman of the Board. Development of Special Textile machines. Designer of a new Faulty Needle Sensor for knitting machines (Pat. # 4,026,128). Development of a Braille Cell Display System for the blind under contract from the National Science Foundation.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1969-1970).

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Machines & Structures. Consultant for the Rensselaer Research Corporation under contracts from the U. S. Department of Transportation.

Malden Mills Inc. (1969-1974).

Corporate Staff Consultant. Research and development of special textile machines for proprietary processes. Improvement of existing machines for increased production. Supervision of technical development in five corporate mills.

Tufts University

Associate Professor. Department of Engineering Graphics & Design. Acting Department Chairman (1967-1968). Charge of the Industrial Internship Program. Research on Sensory Aids for the blind and deaf-blind. Consultant for the U. S. Department of State on Latin American cooperative engineering programs.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1960-1964).

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Courses taught involved practically all Engineering Design courses. Research of Computer Aided Design and Sensory Aids for the blind and deaf-blind. Consultant for the U. S. Department of State on Latin American cooperative engineering programs.

Universidad de Villanueva (Villanova University) Havana, Cuba (1957 1960).

Professor and Director of the School of Mechanical Engineering.
Planning and construction of the new schoolUs laboratories. Reorganization and supervision of new curricula. Research on applications of solar energy under government contracts.

Compania de Jarcia de Matanzas (Matanzas Cordage Company), Matanzas, Cuba (1956-1960).

Chief Engineer (1956-1960). Corporate Staff Consultant (1957-1960).
Responsibility for all technical operations. Design of special machines. Supervision of maintenance and plant expansion.

Albany Designing Inc. (1956).

Project Engineer in charge of the design of heavy machine tools for John H. Bertram & Sons, Ltd. In Ontario, Canada. Consultant for the Fellows Gear Shaper Co. In Springfield, Vermont, on the redesign of their injection molding systems.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1955-1956).

Instructor in theory and laboratory courses of Manufacturing Processes in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Hudson Valley Community College (1955-1956).

Instructor on courses of Engineering Design and Graphics.

Adams & Company (1955).

Designer of steam turbines for General Electric Co. In Schenectady, N.Y. Designer of wire enameling machines for General Electric Co. Industrial Heating Division, Schenectady, N.Y.

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Hall & MacDonal Inc. (1952-1954).

Chief of Surveying for the Consulting Engineers for the city of Albany, N.Y.. Route surveying for the Albany Arterial Highway and the Erie Section fo the New York Thruway. Inspector of works at the Albany Muncipal Airport.

Allstates Engineering Co. (1951-1952).

Designer of ordinance jigs and fixtures for the Watervliet Army Arsenal. Redesign fo a General Electric experimental locomotive.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1950-1951).

Engineering Assistant with the Department of Buildings and Grounds. Surveying and preparation of revised drawings for all school buildings and laboratories.

Heis & Holroyd Co. (1949-1950).

Civil Engineering Assistant and draftsman on a part-time basis.

Cuban Ministry of Public Works (1946-1949).

Chief Draftsman for the Department of City Planning. Supervision of all design project work standards and procedures.