David Stables

I graduated Riverside High School in Durham, NC in 2000. I joined the US Navy in 2003. I joined under the Naval Nuclear Power Training Program. My job title in the Navy was Nuclear Machinist Mate 3rd Class. While in the Navy I studied and worked on a nuclear power steam system. I was honorably discharged from the Navy in March of 2006. I began attending Southside Virginia Community College; taking various classes and general education courses. I chose to take an electronics course and from then on I found my passion. While there I worked at Ingenco Power Distribution as a Plant Operator. While there I Operated and helped mechanically and electrically maintain a diesel/methane power production plant. While there I worked in high stress with heat, high pressure systems and hazardous work environment. In August of 2008 I left Ingenco to work for the Army Corps of Engineers. There I was a Student Trainee at a hydroelectric dam. There I worked with mechanics, electricians and operators to successfully run and maintain a hydro electric dam. I was able to learn the parts and procedures of how electricity is produced and distributed. I was working there full time while obtaining my associates degree in Electronics Technology. I transferred to Old Dominion University in the spring of 2010 to pursue a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Upon arrival I continued working with the Army as an Electrical Engineer Co-op. At the Norfolk District I Work under an Electrical Professional Engineer in designing, reviewing, and modeling: lighting, power and communication for various military installations. While in my first semester at ODU I graduated from Southside Virginia Community College with an Associate in Electronics Technology with a final GPA of 3.571. I graduated from ODU in the summer of 2012 with an overall GPA of 3.01. I passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam in the summer of 2012 giving me an Engineer in Training title. In the upcoming fall semester (2012), I am enrolled in the Masters of Engineering Management degree program at ODU.

I have a drive to see common items or processes improved using different technologies. Processes can be monitored and improved using electronics, PLCs and various engineering methods. My goal for a career would be to aid in and design electronic components and improve methods to help people, business and procedures become more streamline.