Jonathan Hannaford

Jonathan Hannaford has worked in a variety of engineering roles since 2018. From 2018 to 2019, they worked as a General Engineering Co-Op at Collins Aerospace, where they led a team of co-ops to draft 2D drawings in AutoCAD, created new standard work documents, and coordinated with vendors to create shadowbox tool storage. Jonathan also reduced an industrial washer fixture assembly from five pieces to three while maintaining functionality. From 2019 to 2020, they worked as an Aerials Product Design Co-Op at Altec, where they redesigned a load critical winch weldment used across an entire product line to improve winch line clearances and designed and implemented a weld-on jib valve bracket that eliminated manufacturing issues of the previous version. In 2020, they worked as an Advanced Development Intern at Altec, where they developed an actuating multi-link arm for high-capacity applications featuring hydraulic actuation, a closed-loop feedback controls system, and mechanical designs to meet load/geometry requirements. Jonathan also designed and prototyped 3-bar linkages to be used with an encoder to measure changes in suspension height. Finally, from 2021 to 2022, they worked as a Design Engineer at Vermeer Corporation, where they developed new products within Vermeer's Tree Care, Rental & Landscape group and performed mechanical design, FEA, component life analysis, hydraulic and electrical system design, prototype build and test coordination, and project scheduling/requirements management. Jonathan is currently working as a Mechanical Engineer at Virtual Incision.

Jonathan Hannaford received their Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2021. In January 2021, they obtained the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam - Mechanical from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). In December 2019, they were awarded the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) from Dassault Systèmes.