About me

John D. Romo, MS ME

New York, NY

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Retired engineer and graphic artist, trained in a variety of mathematical sciences, industrial, architectural, and mechanical design. Featured in CUNY’s NYC Transit Education Campaign, 2003-4 for exemplary formal and independent study.

Experience - Teaching

San Antonio Alamo Community Colleges, San Antonio, TX, Adjunct Professor, 2007-08

Hallmark Institute of Technology, San Antonio, TX, Instructor, 2006

Interboro Institute, New York, NY, Instructor, 2004-05

City College CUNY; New York, NY - 1992 - 2005 Engineering graphics software

(Pro-E) NASA Teachers Resource Center; part-time lecturer to prospective School of Engineering students.

Stuyvesant H.S., NSF-CUNY Program; New York, NY - June-Aug/2001 Pre-Calculus Math Instructor.

De-Witt Clinton H.S., “NYC Teaching Fellows” Program; Bronx, NY - Mar-Apr/2003 Math Instructor for grades 9-12

Math & Science H.S., Bronx, NY - Instructor, Sept-Dec/2005

Engineering -

Project Engineer, SIMPLEX Time Recorder, Co.; New York, NY 6/1990-4/1992
Design of Fire Protection Devices; written specifications of customized installations for client Northrop-Grumman Aircraft.

Design Engineer, BJLJ Consulting Engineers & Architects, P.E., Mineola, NY - 10/87-6/90 Structural components for Gun Hill Bus Depot, 86-million-dollar MTA facility, Bronx, NY. Resident Engineer for one year to supervise construction work and remodeling projects. Project 

Engineer, Michael Christensen, AIA Consulting Architects Engineers & Scientists and Dyer Riddle (DRMP) Engineering Consortium; Mount Dora, FL, and Glastonbury, CT - 5/1983-7 Graphics engineering and Design and project supervision: Environmental Permits, deep wells, Kissimee, FL; Orlando Internat’l Airport Expansion; Annex Facilities, State of Florida Airport Authority.

Graphic Design -

VP & Partner, AMAS Engineering Graphics, Inc., Plainville, CT - 6/1970- 5/1983
Organization and design of aero-technical manuals; diagram of wing lamination products; specification and supervision of sheet metal printing on aeronautical components. Major clients: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, General Electric, Co., Union Carbide Corp.

Art Director, General Electric, Co., Plainville, CT - 1968-1979

Engineering Designer, Anderson Laboratories, Bloomfield, CT – 1966-1968

Education

City College of New York, CUNY - Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, 2004
City College of New York, CUNY - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. 2002 

BMCC, CUNY – Mechanical Engineering curriculum. Transfer Student to CCNY. 1993-1995

Awards

ASME International Poster Competition. Winner, Dec. 1998 CUNY - Pipeline. Winner, Best Technical Essay, June 1997

Patents – QUADRA: Passenger-Carrying Rotorcraft with Fixed Wings for Generating Lift. U.S. Patent #10,689,105 B2. Date of Patent: June 23, 2020.
Electric Vacuum Jet Engine, Utility Patent Application #17703924. (September 2022)

Engineering Writing -

“Permanent Magnets As Energy Converters.” Independent research submitted to MIT, Cambridge, MA 1996
“Socio-Economic Repercussions of Adopting an Aerial Means of Transportation for Daily Commute.” Masters Thesis submitted to CUNY Institute of Transportation, 2002

Professional Awards
-Effective Presentation, The Technical Marketing Program, Completed course of Study, December 17, 1968, General Electric
-Hammermill Graphics Center, for GE Letterhead
In recognition of superior achievement in the Graphic Arts field, May 1976
-Rotary Club Guest Speaker of the Thomaston Club, Connecticut. Year unknown, ca. 1970s -Certificate of Completion, Audio Visual Insights, Inc., May 6, 1977
-BMCC, Certificate of Merit, Dean’s List, Fall 1993
-Borough of Manhattan Community College. Certificate of Academic Achievement 3.3 or above GPA, Spring 1993 or Fall 1993. March 23, 1994
-CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems. HIS Step 94/95 Project. Participation in the Seminar “Minority-Women-Owned and Disadvantaged Business in the Transportation Contract Bidding Process.” April 8-29, 1995.
-The National Science Foundation, Alliance for Minority Participation, 3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, BMCC, Student Presenter, New York City AMP, hosted by the California Alliance for Minority Participation at the University of California, Irvine. July 1, 1995.
-The City University of New York, Certificate of Recognition, Satisfactory Completion of the curriculum in the CUNY Pipeline Program at the Graduate School and University Center, June 6, 1997
-City Lights, The City College, In recognition of outstanding student achievement in research, 1997 City Lights Student Scholars Day
-Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City College of NY, ASME Intercollegiate Competition, June 2, 1998
-ASME International, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Poster Entry in the Old Guard Technical Poster Competition, Regional Student Conference, Region II, 1998.
-Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, the City College, CUNY, Certificate of Participation in the ASME Intercollegiate Competition, June 2, 2000
-The City University Of New York, The AMP Achievement Award, for participation in the Urban University: Pathway to Careers in Science and Engineering for Minority Students and Engineers
-Certificate of Appreciation, Internship in the Summer in the City Intern Program, August 7, 2000
-2002 PRES Graduate. Program for the retention of engineering students, Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York, May 3, 2002