Experience

Design Systems, Inc.

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mechanical Field Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2021

  Contracted Field Engineer with General Motors Global Facilities for their construction of PTED and Body Shop in Arlington. -Problem Identification, documentation, drawing markup, and issue resolution. -Technical support for issues and contract specifications/codes research. -Owner’s representative during testing, and managing of site punch list. -Meeting coordination, bulletin and submittal coordination and write up, and video production. Contracted Field Engineer with General Motors Global Facilities for their construction of PTED and Body Shop in Arlington. -Problem Identification, documentation, drawing markup, and issue resolution. -Technical support for issues and contract specifications/codes research. -Owner’s representative during testing, and managing of site punch list. -Meeting coordination, bulletin and submittal coordination and write up, and video production.



University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Baja SAE Designer/Fabricator

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2015

  [Volunteer] - Team member for student designed/raced off-road Baja vehicle for Society of Automotive Engineers Collegiate Design Series Personal Projects : - Rear hubs 65% weight reduction (original design & FEA, drawings in PTC Creo 2.0) - Rear uprights 58% weight reduction (original design & FEA,drawings in PTC Creo 2.0) - Rear suspension forward link and Tab (FEA ANSYS/PTC Creo, design PTC Creo, Jigging/Coping) - Front/Rear suspension shock mounting tab design - Gear box… Show more [Volunteer] - Team member for student designed/raced off-road Baja vehicle for Society of Automotive Engineers Collegiate Design Series Personal Projects : - Rear hubs 65% weight reduction (original design & FEA, drawings in PTC Creo 2.0) - Rear uprights 58% weight reduction (original design & FEA,drawings in PTC Creo 2.0) - Rear suspension forward link and Tab (FEA ANSYS/PTC Creo, design PTC Creo, Jigging/Coping) - Front/Rear suspension shock mounting tab design - Gear box optimization in MATLAB (~70% mass reduction, ~75% rotational inertia reduction) - Drive shaft optimization w Monte Carlo Method - Driver UI/DAQ --- Hand laid carbon fiber hood --- Designed/assembled 3D printed removable DAQ box --- Arduino coding and soldering for lap timer, tachometer, speedometer - Hand lay/cut carbon fiber standoff for brake light Additional Work: - Tube coping/cutting, frame jigging, carbon fiber-epoxy infusion molding, radio electronics repair, troubleshooting, repair, assembly, painting, and driving.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Feb 2014 - May 2015

  - Refined and taught laboratories for --- ME-150 (for non-engineering majors) [2 semesters total, 1 as Lead TA] --- ME-111 Fundamentals of Engineering II [1 semester] covering topics like PTC Creo 2.0 part design, Assembly design, Drawings, Bill of Materials. - Worked individually with students for comprehension, concepts, and troubleshooting. -Using material covered in courses taught Classes for Science Olympiad and K-12 Educator Workshop

• Student Researcher

  • Mar 2013 - Jan 2014

  [Part Time/Volunteer] - Assisted with numerous projects about Tool assessment, Kneeling effects, and Jackhammer operation. - Performed data collection (surface EMGs, Force Plates, Grip Pressure, video, accelerometers), processing and analysis (utilizing Java, VBA, excel). - Lent assistance in proposal writing, IRB submissions and data presentation (Excel, Powerpoint, vector based heat maps).



Darren Fisher Consulting

• Marketing Analyst Intern

  • Dec 2012 - Mar 2013

  Data analysis and integration of Newsletters, Seminars, Social Media, CRM utilizing Kissmetrics, Google Analytics, and Statcounter. Activities also include blogging, SEO, Website Development, Website Optimization, and Video Editing. Data analysis and integration of Newsletters, Seminars, Social Media, CRM utilizing Kissmetrics, Google Analytics, and Statcounter. Activities also include blogging, SEO, Website Development, Website Optimization, and Video Editing.



Invivosciences LLC

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

• Research & Development Technologist

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2011

  - Extensive R&D for 3D tissue testing products (part sourcing, fabrication, soldering, assembling, programming, documenting, testing/validation, and troubleshooting.) - 3D cell culture maintenance/fabrication/testing/analysis, animal handling, and purchase orders. - Addressed neglected inventory, organization, and maintenance resulting in operational savings. - Developed JavaScript based calculators for experiments and pioneered the use of programmed excel workbooks for large data… Show more - Extensive R&D for 3D tissue testing products (part sourcing, fabrication, soldering, assembling, programming, documenting, testing/validation, and troubleshooting.) - 3D cell culture maintenance/fabrication/testing/analysis, animal handling, and purchase orders. - Addressed neglected inventory, organization, and maintenance resulting in operational savings. - Developed JavaScript based calculators for experiments and pioneered the use of programmed excel workbooks for large data set analysis (3X increase in efficiency). - Implemented web based advertising and website optimization - Translated/synthesized information for differing global audiences included customers, biologists, engineers, software developers, global vendors, and managers in mission critical situations. Show less - Extensive R&D for 3D tissue testing products (part sourcing, fabrication, soldering, assembling, programming, documenting, testing/validation, and troubleshooting.) - 3D cell culture maintenance/fabrication/testing/analysis, animal handling, and purchase orders. - Addressed neglected inventory, organization, and maintenance resulting in operational savings. - Developed JavaScript based calculators for experiments and pioneered the use of programmed excel workbooks for large data… Show more - Extensive R&D for 3D tissue testing products (part sourcing, fabrication, soldering, assembling, programming, documenting, testing/validation, and troubleshooting.) - 3D cell culture maintenance/fabrication/testing/analysis, animal handling, and purchase orders. - Addressed neglected inventory, organization, and maintenance resulting in operational savings. - Developed JavaScript based calculators for experiments and pioneered the use of programmed excel workbooks for large data set analysis (3X increase in efficiency). - Implemented web based advertising and website optimization - Translated/synthesized information for differing global audiences included customers, biologists, engineers, software developers, global vendors, and managers in mission critical situations. Show less



Hendrix College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  [Volunteer] - Refined and wrote all documentation for a chemistry lab on adsorption in smectite clays. - Constructed and designed a test tube rotator and a dual rack for autoclaving. [Volunteer] - Refined and wrote all documentation for a chemistry lab on adsorption in smectite clays. - Constructed and designed a test tube rotator and a dual rack for autoclaving.