Resume

Work experience

Apple

At Apple I designed a force applicator utilizing linear flexures that had a force range of 1 to 10 Newtons and an accuracy of 0.125N. The force/deflection variability of this device was less than a micrometer.

I also designed, manufactured and validated an active thermal solution to help dissipate heat from the team’s project. This design was 60% thinner than the previous thermal solution and increased the thermal headroom of the device by 45%.

Apple was, by far, the most challenging internship I have ever had. There were a lot of long days and stressful nights but I loved every second of it. I learned so many things during my time at Apple that I don’t think I would have learned anywhere else. The challenge excited me and taught me what makes an Apple engineer an Apple engineer.

Tesla Motors

At Tesla, I was hired as a Process Engineering Intern where I found ways to help improve the rate of Model Y production.

My first month I was creating jigs and fixtures to help improve the process that the operators on the assembly line were doing but midway through October one of the engineers was leaving our team which meant that I had to take on their work to ensure all of our tasks were being done.

I went from an intern designing a couple jigs to an intern in charge of the entire Model Y trim and pre-trim line. It was a hard transition but I eventually was able to get a foothold and ensured that my stations were operating at satisfactory rates. As of 11-18-22 I have pushed forward changes that have resulted in 1 headcount reduction (70k savings per year) and rate improvements to the line to help push more cars out per week (Multiple 5-10 second changes which add up to an extra 5 cars a week).

Johnson & Johnson Medtech

In January of 2022 I decided to take a semester off of school and drive west for an opportunity of a lifetime — working in Silicon Valley. I found myself as a Mechanical Engineering Co-op with Johnson & Johnson Medtech. I’m under a strict NDA about the project but I will tell you this project will save lives. One of my biggest projects was to reduce the amount of heat that reached the surgeon’s face while using our device. I eventually decided to use a thermal insulating material known as aerogel as had a very low thermal conductivity and was thin enough to not have to change tooling for the device itself. Said insulation helped reduce temperatures by up to 6C and was validated through several weeks of testing.

Along with this insulation I worked on running thermal analyses that simulated bolt pretension to help my team have a better understanding of the interactions between the load and bolts of our device.
Finally, I worked on redesigning a sensor system that we used to inform the surgeon of the device’s actions. Current solution used an IR beam that would inform the user once the beam was broken but the system I came up with placed the sensor into the footpedal of the device itself. This allowed for less parts to be required to manufacture the device and gave the surgeon more information on where their foot was placed on the device.

Siemens

My first internship was with Siemens Digital Industry Software as a Technical Marketing Intern. There I was able to get experience with Simcenter, Teamcenter, and NX to take onto my future roles. I wanted this role to help gear me towards a Product Design role so for my final project I designed a tablet geared towards the engineering market. I used NX modelling, NX CAM, Simcenter FloTherm, and NX motion to sell the Vice President of Marketing on the idea. They were so impressed with my presentation that I was given a Nintendo Switch as a reward. Overall a great experience and I am grateful for the lessons and connections I gained from Siemens.

Residential assistant

I have also been a residential assistant for Michigan State University. From August 2020 to August 2021 I helped ensure that my hall was orderly and all COVID guidelines were being followed. I put on get-together events and worked to know my residents and found ways to improve their time at MSU. My goal as an RA was to ask each one of my residents what their goal was by the end of the year and help them achieve those goals by referring them to resources or mentioning their name to people of interest.

Relevant Experience

spartan miners

In March of 2021 a couple of my friends and I wanted to design a computer case that was geared for a consumer who wanted a functional computer and one that could mine cryptocurrency on the side. We pitched the idea to our university’s business competition and won $5,000 to pursue this project — thus Spartan Miners was born. I learned a lot about product design and communicating to both vendors and investors which is experience I hope I can use in my future roles.

NASA Proposal Writing and evaluation experience (NPWEE)

The second part of the L’SPACE academy is the NPWEE program. In this program, you work with another group of 10 people to produce a New Technology Report (NTR) for NASA to either improve or invent a new technology. You were up against 30 other teams and the winning teams gained 10k to go towards their research goal. Our biometric shirt was an improvement over current NASA technology and we hope it will be selected for the next development stage.

NASA l’space mission concept academy

In August of 2021 I was accepted into the L’SPACE Mission Concept Academy. There I would be working on a team of 10 individuals to produce a PDR for a given challenge. Our challenge this year was to develop a rover to explore the Martian terrain and find a suitable location for humans to inhabit. Our mission, known as Project Circe was a 69 page report detailing everything from the launch plans, design, science, and funding of the mission. It was a lot of hard work but was worth every second.

michigan state formula sae

In my freshman and sophomore year I was a member of my university’s Formula SAE team. I loved the engineering that went into Formula 1 and wanted to experience that atmosphere any way that I could. I learned how to work in a fast-paced team environment while juggling school. My days would consist of schoolwork from 8AM to 5PM and Formula SAE from 6PM to Midnight. In that time I learned how to manufacture and design parts for the mill and lathe then eventually how to work with Rohacell and carbon fiber. My work in my freshman year promoted me to Aero Manufacturing lead in my sophomore year where I refined our team’s manufacturing process through different tooling paths for the CNC and materials to produce more rigid structures. One stretch goal for me was to take the pressure profiles obtained from CFD and apply them into an FEA software to observe max deflections on our airfoils. This would have allowed us to understand our aero package and rigidity more.

education

As the time of writing this, I am a senior at Michigan State University. Here is some of the relevant coursework to the jobs I am pursuing.

relevant coursework

Calculus 1-4
Mechanics of deformable solids
Physics 1-2
Statics
Dynamics
Statistics