Richard H Van Camp

Principal Product Development Engineer
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Work experience

  • Principal Product Development Engineer

    Robertshaw
    2025.05-Current(a year)
    Development of new products including gas valves for commercial and residential appliances.
  • Senior Mechanical Engineer / New Product Development

    The Middleby Corporation
    2006.08-2024.07(18 years)
    • Designed patented compact gas heat exchange system for gas countertop conveyor oven. • Managed new product development projects, including a high heat transfer conveyor oven (gas andelectric). Executed all development related tasks including concept development, specification, CAD design, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, prototype construction and testing, agency testing, and pilot run implementation. • Responsible for overseeing new concept oven work. Created new concept heat / air flow system that has been carried through the product line in various sizes. Specified and oversaw new control platform implementation for the conveyor ovens that included improved diagnostics and enhanced system control features. • Specified and assembled test apparatus to facilitate CE gas testing. • Designed and assembled leak test benches for CE gas manifold soundness testing.
  • Senior Engineer / Residential/Commercial Appliances

    Gas Technology Institute
    2001.12-2006.07(5 years)
    (4 years 8 months) • Authored winning project proposals to various state and federal energy agencies and gas utility companies relating to gas appliance research. • Managed and performed various gas appliance research and development projects including feasibility projects for MicroCHP, gas-convection oven design, gas conveyor oven design, furnace and water heater technology enhancement, and gas cooling and dehumidification design and testing. • Carried out project work functions including part, assembly and system design, control specification, selection and application, appliance testing, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling and report writing.

Educational experience

  • Cleveland State University

    Mechanical Engineering
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