Ford Gets A Dream Chore At Ford
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Doug Ford inherited his passion for automobiles, Fords to endure exact, from his granddad who worked 34 years equally a mechanic at a Ford dealership. Even equally a tyke Doug was fascinated yesteryear automobiles in addition to wanted to empathise what made them work.
After graduating from J.R. Tucker High School inward Henrico County, Doug chose J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College for 2 reasons. First, he wanted to written report automotive technology, in addition to Reynolds offered the Ford Automotive Student Service Educational Training (ASSET) computer program which provides an automotive instruction focused entirely on electrical flow Ford products. Secondly, he was offered a total scholarship thus the stress of paying for college was eliminated.
Arriving at Reynolds, Doug immersed himself inward college life spell excelling inward his automotive studies. He served equally a educatee ambassador, participated inward the JSR Lead Program in addition to served equally vice president of the educatee council on the Goochland Campus. He joined in addition to remains a board fellow member for Project STIR (Sustainable Transportation Initiative of Richmond) whose destination is to brand the Greater Richmond Region the national model inward edifice an innovative, sustainable transportation scheme that moves people inward a greener way.
One of Doug’s instructors, Michael Trapani, recognized his talents in addition to encouraged him to proceed his instruction beyond automotive engineering to the champaign of engineering. Doug chop-chop realized the value of having a “Plan B” for his futurity in addition to afterwards earning his Associate inward Applied Science inward Automotive Technology, he returned to Reynolds to earn a mo Associate degree, this fourth dimension inward Engineering. He thus transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University to pursue a Bachelor’s marking inward Mechanical Engineering, amongst a destination of completing his instruction inward Dec 2013.
While a educatee inward the Ford ASSET computer program at Reynolds, Doug was required to piece of work at a Ford dealership - it was at this fourth dimension he met a Field Service Engineer from Ford Motor Company inward Detroit. Field Service Engineers (FSE) move to dealerships equally technical specialists to diagnose problems in addition to assist local mechanics when at that spot is an outcome the local mechanic can’t resolve. Intrigued yesteryear the position, Doug asked the FSE virtually his seat in addition to how he acquired it. The FSE gave Doug the contact data for the recruiter who had hired him in addition to suggested he contact her. Doug made the inquiry, sent a resume equally requested, thus traveled to Detroit for an interview, in addition to inward the halt was offered a seat equally a service engineer inward a telephone band center. The service engineer’s piece of work is to diagnose in addition to resolve problems for mechanics over the phone. If they are unable to create so, a champaign service engineer is dispatched to the dealership.
Doug realized that this was non only his dream job, but an chance that powerfulness non come upwards again. He moved to Dearborn Michigan inward mid-June in addition to has been on the task since. Although he won’t endure graduating from VCU inward Dec equally planned, Doug has already made arrangements to consummate his mechanical engineering scientific discipline marking yesteryear side yesteryear side boundary at a college inward Michigan.
Doug noted, “Reynolds opened thus many doors for me, in addition to they are withal opening. I had thus many experiences that I would never accept had if I went to roughly other school. Attending Reynolds was a fantastic sense in addition to the best determination I e'er made. I am right away the school’s biggest advocate, recommending it to others at every opportunity.”
Doug has given dorsum to Reynolds equally well. This boundary he was piece of work of a squad of 4 VCU students who designed in addition to created a self-parking golf game cart amongst the powerfulness to green itself only amongst the press of ane button. The project, a collaborative endeavor betwixt VCU in addition to J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, was ane of the projects displayed at VCU’s School of Engineering Senior Design Expo 2013. The golf game cart right away resides at Reynolds where futurity automotive students volition usage the vehicle equally a lab tool for a novel course of instruction entitled Automotive Electronic Guidance Control Systems. Ford noted, “My get-go marking at Reynolds was inward Automotive Technology, thus it way a lot to me to endure able to give dorsum to futurity Reynolds students thus they tin larn in addition to grow equally engineering evolves inward the auto industry.”
One can’t assist but wonder amongst the terminal advert of Ford, if Doug is whatever relation to that “Ford” family, but he said at that spot is no relation that he has been able to find, at to the lowest degree non thus far.