Experience

Aperia Technologies

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  Lead design engineer for a critical sub-system of a device to monitor and maintain truck tire pressure Lead design engineer for a critical sub-system of a device to monitor and maintain truck tire pressure



Svaya Nanotechnologies

• Sunnyvale, CA

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2013

  Design, build, and improve scale-up equipment for a novel thin film deposition process • Used SolidWorks to redesign existing and create new systems of experimental equipment on multiple size scales to improve reliability and usability for chemistry and process development. • Supported numerous equipment modifications and additions to accommodate a wide range of process and chemistry experiments. • Worked with pneumatic, vacuum, liquid handling, and electrical sub-systems. • Teamed with our internal team and equipment vendor to install and bring up a large prototype machine and pilot line web handling machine, infrastructure and support systems.



Cisco

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mechanical Engineer

  • May 2000 - Sep 2009

  Designed outdoor and indoor wireless electronic enclosures, mounts, and cabling. Responsible for all mechanical, thermal and structural aspects. Designed outdoor and indoor wireless electronic enclosures, mounts, and cabling. Responsible for all mechanical, thermal and structural aspects.



JetCell, Inc.

• Mechanical Engineer

  • Nov 1999 - Apr 2000

  Acquired by Cisco Systems in May, 2000. Responsible for completing the chassis design for a cell phone pico-base station, sourcing mechanical components, and supporting prototype builds. Acquired by Cisco Systems in May, 2000. Responsible for completing the chassis design for a cell phone pico-base station, sourcing mechanical components, and supporting prototype builds.



University of Michigan

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 1998 - Aug 1999

  Experimental Verification of Nonlinear Control for Rigid-Link Flexible-Joint Robots with Harmonic Drive Transmissions• Debugged and finished building a servo testbed and validated non-linear control algorithms in MATLAB and Simulink.

• Graduate Student Instructor

  • Jan 1998 - May 1998

  Introduction to Manufacturing CAD/CAE/CAM Lab for sophomore mechanical engineering students.



TRW Space and Electronics

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 1997 - Aug 1997

  Designed installation and alignment components for a portable laser missile defense system. Designed installation and alignment components for a portable laser missile defense system.



Harvey Mudd College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 1995 - May 1997

  Southern California Edison Concrete Dam Earthquake Safety Project • Assisted in field data collection and correlated finite element analysis (FEA) models to the data. Southern California Edison Concrete Dam Earthquake Safety Project • Assisted in field data collection and correlated finite element analysis (FEA) models to the data.