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• Responsible for developing project timelines, tracking progress, and troubleshootingproduction bottlenecks and technical challenges.• Significant engineering and operations responsibility in support of projects including writingprograms for automation equipment and organizing support staff.• Review of designs, plans, specifications, and estimates to ensure quality and contractspecification compliance.• Act as point of contact and engineering resource from conceptual design through fabricationand installation.

• Redesign of equipment to increase efficiency and product quality.• Supported validation of robotics equipment performance by characterizing key qualityindicators, modifying existing protocols, and operator training.• Concept design, programming, and implementation of new automation equipment forsculpture production.

I taught Mechanical Design, and Combustion. My responsibilities included:• leading discussion sections• holding office hours• grading homework, projects, quizzes and exams

• Designed, simulated, and built experimental prototypes, instrumentation, and control systems for internal combustion engines and catalytic reactors.• Constructed factorial experiments to investigate engine characteristics and catalytic reactor performance.