Dave M. Huston Age: 27
Hamill Manufacturing Co. Greensburg, PA
UNDER THIRTY W
hat does an overachiever do when he has completed all of his required assignments? If his name is Dave M. Huston, a manufacturing engineer
at Hamill Manufacturing Company in Western PA, he looks for another challenge. In Dave’s case, when he was a manufacturing engineering student at Pennsyl- vania College of Technology, he would do just that, sometimes at the urging of his father Mark, a Kennam- etal engineer. From an early age, Dave had a knack for all things mechanical and exhibited a strong “process oriented” methodology regardless of the task at hand. Defin- ing and refining a process to ensure the most pro- ductive route and highest quality outcome continue to be his strength. After completing his machining lab assignments at Penn College, creating a variety of machined components on manual lathes and mills, his professor told him he had completed all “required assignments” and could make whatever he wanted. Dave’s father sent him a simple sketch (on the proverbial napkin) of a glue roller, a tool a woodworker would use to spread glue evenly on workpieces before assembly. Dave produced the final part from square and round aluminum stock, solely on manual equipment, a remarkable achievement for a rookie.
As a student, Dave was equally adept at working well with others. During his four years at Penn College, Dave excelled in the classroom and lab graduating Cum Laude with a 3.6 GPA. He was selected along with two of his classmates to represent Penn College in the SkillsUSA state competitions for automated
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“I want to add the business side to my knowledge of the technical engineering side of manufacturing so that I can expand my leadership opportunities in the future.”
manufacturing in two successive years. In one compe- tition, the team was given a print and asked to model it in AutoCAD, import it to Mastercam, and generate the code using a Haas three-axis post processor. By the time he was a senior, Dave had successfully negotiated and mastered CNC machine technology and a variety of machining technologies including wire and electrode electrical discharge machining (EDM). For their final senior project, he and two fellow students collaborated to design and manufacture tooling for a plastic injection mold for an ice scraper. Dave’s attention to detail and process are challenged daily at Hamill. The defense contractor is a manufacturer of precision machined nuclear components for a variety of commercial and non- commercial customers, machining large parts from difficult-to-machine materials like titanium, Inconel, and stainless steels. In his position, Dave estimates new jobs and
outlines work scope and requirements for critical precision machining. “Where quality is concerned, we have to account for everything that affects quality on workpieces, some of which weigh in at a thousand pounds with tolerances that might require flatness within 0.001" across 60". With these tight tolerances and the value of the workpieces involved, you can’t back yourself into a corner when developing a manufacturing process,” Dave said. At Hamill’s urging and with its financial support, Dave has begun his work toward an MBA. “I want to add the business side to my knowledge of the techni- cal engineering side of manufacturing so that I can expand my leadership opportunities in the future.”
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