Experience

Search Prestige

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contractor

  • May 2021 - Present



Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer II

  • Jun 2018 - May 2021



Specialized Bicycle Components

• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reserch and Development Intern

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

  At Specialized I worked on designing and fabricating a prototype bicycle accessory. My task was to work towards developing the functional prototype while learning the capabilities of the system and documenting the limitations and pitfalls that I ran into. The development of this prototype consisted of three stages: a mechanical design process, a circuit design process, and a testing/debugging process.In the mechanical design process I created a model in Onshape and 3D printed the design, then assessed and revised different components based on my supervisor’s feedback. I went through four mechanical design revisions before fabricating my final design.I started the circuit design process by creating an initial circuit and debugging the design. An Arduino was used to control the circuit. Once the circuit was functioning correctly, revisions to various components were made to improve performance and stability.The testing process consisted of integrating the mechanical and electrical systems and debugging problems that arose from the assembly of the prototype. This resulted in changes to both systems so that they could function together. I also documented the performance characteristics of the prototype and suggested future design revisions.Working with Specialized gave me extensive experience in the design process of various subsystems as well as learning how to approach a design and integrate multiple systems together. It was a ton of fun to find solutions to problems I encountered and learn a handful of new skills, resulting in an exciting and enjoyable internship.



Gulfstream Aerospace

• Finite Element Modeling Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  I worked in the FEM department at Gulfstream and accomplished four main tasks while I interned for the company. I was first assigned to replicating an aileron load simulation using Patran and Nastran. I then verified these results with a simulation that my team had run and prepared the data for use in an FAA appendix. After learning how to use Patran, I created a Microsoft Excel VBA tool that would ingest the Nastran output file, retrieve the desired data from the output file, and then format and plot the data in Excel for use in FAA certification reports. This tool eliminated the standing process of manual data retrieval and formatting per simulation and allowed for quick verification of simulation results to previous models to determine accuracy.I also helped the FEM team conduct an APU rotorburst analysis in CATIA. This involved determining critical structures that would be vulnerable to the APU blades if it were to burst and then mapping the trajectories of the blades to these structures. Once the trajectories were determined, I recorded the structures that the blade would pierce. I used Excel to track the loss in kinetic energy to the critical structure based on the material and angle of each pierced component. Vulnerable structures were then documented in an FAA internal loads report.My last assignment was to model a four-point bending test of a metal specimen. I used Abaqus to replicate the test and validate the test results to determine the residual stress in the specimen. I confirmed that the residual stress was below the threshold value, allowing for optimization of aircraft performance.



SSL

• Production Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016