Siva Appana

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Cumming, Georgia, United States, GE

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Credentials

  • SOLIDWORKS 2021 Essential Training
    LinkedIn
    Nov, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Certificate of Merit
    The University of Georgia
    May, 2020
    - Nov, 2024
  • Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python
    Coursera
    Aug, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Python for Everybody Specialization
    Coursera
    Aug, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
    Coursera
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Python Data Structures
    Coursera
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Using Databases with Python
    Coursera
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • Using Python to Access Web Data
    Coursera
    Jul, 2019
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      Trained over 200 students to use wood-tooling/machinery, rapid prototyping/design methods, and mechatronics parts. Suggested design, electrical, and fabrication solutions to teams preparing for the final autonomous robot competition.

    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

      Developed saline support fluid-based system for printing unsupported resin structures. Published a COMSOL digital twin matching experimental data and applying reaction pathways, fluids, and materials. Designed/fabricated minimal-actuation resin printing mechanism for controlling thin fluid layers and level positioning.

  • NASA Ames Research Center
    • United States
    • Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern at Coded Structures Lab
      • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

      Developed and optimized lattice-traversing robots for automated digital structure construction servo/DOF controls. Designed footer modules for robotically-actuated footer modules for leveling metamaterial structures on uneven terrain. Followed agile management, documented findings on Confluence, and presented research/technology during standups. Developed and optimized lattice-traversing robots for automated digital structure construction servo/DOF controls. Designed footer modules for robotically-actuated footer modules for leveling metamaterial structures on uneven terrain. Followed agile management, documented findings on Confluence, and presented research/technology during standups.

  • RoboJackets
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mechanical Trainer
      • May 2022 - Nov 2022

      Designed an eight-week curriculum to teach incoming students about important facets in designing a robot, whether automated or remote-controlled. Collaborated with other mechanical engineering students to develop a presentation and demonstration-based curriculum for choosing materials, design considerations, finite element analysis, and dynamic simulations. Taught students for two hours each week using PowerPoint slides and whiteboard discussion for mentioned topics and Autodesk Inventor. Designed an eight-week curriculum to teach incoming students about important facets in designing a robot, whether automated or remote-controlled. Collaborated with other mechanical engineering students to develop a presentation and demonstration-based curriculum for choosing materials, design considerations, finite element analysis, and dynamic simulations. Taught students for two hours each week using PowerPoint slides and whiteboard discussion for mentioned topics and Autodesk Inventor.

  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Jan 2022 - May 2022

      Integrated an end-effector to a UR5 robot arm to locate prune points and prune a peach trees’ water sprouts. Integrated commercial pruning shears onto a 3-D printed end-effector, designed and simulated on SolidWorks. Programmed and tested a slim, cost-effective, and autonomous prototype, using an Arduino, for pruning. Integrated an end-effector to a UR5 robot arm to locate prune points and prune a peach trees’ water sprouts. Integrated commercial pruning shears onto a 3-D printed end-effector, designed and simulated on SolidWorks. Programmed and tested a slim, cost-effective, and autonomous prototype, using an Arduino, for pruning.

Education

  • Georgia Institute of Technology
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
    2021 - 2025
  • South Forsyth High School
    High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma, Engineering, Computer Science, International Baccaleureate (IB)
    2017 - 2021

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