Experience

Earthly Dynamics
• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Research Engineer

  • Feb 2021 - Present


Georgia Institute of Technology (ARM Lab)

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2021

  o Led mechanical, electrical and software design of 3 DOF positioner with 3 µm resolution and UART communication interface for performing surgical tasks o Devised flexible and bi-directional skin temperature control system for physiological studies o Milled circuit cards and backplane (designed in EAGLE) for power electronics, temperature measurement, and microcontroller o Controlled heat transfer and coolant flow rate with individual PID loops in custom C++ library o Designed modular, light-weight hinge joint and frame for a pneumatic, knee exoskeleton Show less



GTRI Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

  o Translated optical specifications for an extremely fast, Cassegrain telescope into precision-tolerance mechanical design and drawings o Motorized a mechanical aperture to create a low form factor safety shutter for high power laser o Translated optical specifications for an extremely fast, Cassegrain telescope into precision-tolerance mechanical design and drawings o Motorized a mechanical aperture to create a low form factor safety shutter for high power laser



Georgia Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  o Improved motor housing design of deep-sea robot to withstand 10 atm of salt water o Identified points of failure and redesigned critical components to resist corrosion and improve field reparability o Improved motor housing design of deep-sea robot to withstand 10 atm of salt water o Identified points of failure and redesigned critical components to resist corrosion and improve field reparability



Plasma Surgical, Inc.

• Product Development Engineering Co-op

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2015

  As a Co-op student, I rotated between attending classes and working at Plasma Surgical. My responsibilities included process development and product development related tasks. -Designed and conducted evaluations of a possible manufacturing method -Analyzed data from trials to produce reports and present findings to the team -Designed and modeled fixtures for tensile and shear testing - Prepared engineering drawings for 3rd party manufacturing and quote -Took part in brainstorming and idea generation sessions Show less



Corrugated Replacements, Inc.

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing

• Engineering Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2013

  -Create or revise solid models by measuring and inspecting existing parts -Generate fully dimensioned engineering drawings from solid models that follow ISO and GDT standards -Create a VBA based macro for Solidworks that completely automated the modeling of a parametrized part -Create or revise solid models by measuring and inspecting existing parts -Generate fully dimensioned engineering drawings from solid models that follow ISO and GDT standards -Create a VBA based macro for Solidworks that completely automated the modeling of a parametrized part


Law Office of Michelle Vaughn
• Intern

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011