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Littleton, CO, US

Littleton, Colorado, US

Volunteer at the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley. Level 2 dog walker

• Collaborate with multiple companies to fabricate and design parts within a machine shop environment, adhering to AS9100 and ITAR.
• Resolve design issues with customers and adapt customer designs or create new ones to meet updated requirements.
• Design fixturing devices to enhance production efficiency, create weld patterns, and develop products for customers and internal needs.
• Manage change orders, ensure manufacturability of parts, and create 3D models and engineering drawings using SolidWorks.
• Engineering leader who teaches coworkers how to effectively use SolidWorks and to execute daily tasks efficiently.
• Facilitates the communication between project stakeholders and the internal actors to ensure the proper solution to a problem is found.

Merged several automated daily reports into one single executable file when they were previously individual. Using C#, condensed the code to make use of similar or equivalent functions to reduce the amount of repeated lines of code. Assigned each report to various email groups, and automated the sending of them via task scheduler.

Via the use of HighQA's provided API's, created a sync program in C# that scans our internal SQL database to look for new data entries every 5 minutes. If a new entry was found, the appropriate API call was made to send the new data over to HighQA. Once the data was transferred to HighQA, the populated data was used to assist in the auto-population of.

Led the development and launch of a comprehensive data analytic dashboard allowing real-time monitoring and analysis of previously siloed data sources. The frontend visualization layer of the dashboard was developed using C#'s cross-platform web application (ASP.NET Core Blazor Hybrid) framework. MySql was used as the backend database wrapped by an ASP.NET.

• Collaborated with a startup company to design and produce 5 UAVs within a tight 6-week timeframe from only 3D models.
• Created detailed drawings, determined critical tolerances, generated flat patterns and optimized assembly processes.
• Delivered 5 fully functional UAVs in just 3 weeks, meeting all specifications and requirements.

• Created a whole assembly that could be used to mechanically test the blow-off pressure of the cap of an aluminum bottle:
• Most individual pieces of the assembly had to be designed from scratch, which included modeling, testing, and drafting for 13 parts.
• Worked within the limited space of the SST housing, using many off-the-shelf parts in tandem with custom parts to save on costs.
• Design successfully converted the SST from working with free-floating glass bottles to fully secured aluminum bottles of various sizes.

• Taking an existing customer design for precise measurements, made improvements to the overall usability while maintaining functionality:
• New design is easier to manufacture, weighing 60% less overall, has a smoother travel distance, and uses fewer unique parts.
• Drawings were simplified with the use of GD&T, focusing on critical dimensions while loosening tolerances in other places.

Louisville, Colorado, US

Louisville, Colorado, US

Following a method discovered online, created a setup to allow for object with circular symmetry (ex. a cup) to be unrolled into 2D images to better display the iconography on the artifact. To do this a custom variable speed turntable, a parallax bar, a motorized camera mount, and a cardboard slit were used.

Golden, CO, US

A class project in which a reverse image search was created similar to searching with an image in a search engine such as Google. A convolutional neural network was used to shrink 10,000 images down into smaller size that could then be scored and compared to a query image. Images with the closest scores were returned to the user.

Golden, CO, US

Graduated with my BSME in May 2018 and graduated with my MSME in May 2020.

Golden, CO, US

A class project using computer vision techniques and the use of a convolutional neural network to predict the culture of an ancient artifact based solely off of an image. To achieve this 1,000 training images per culture were used to generate weights of the CNN. After several training iterations, the model was able to predict correctly about 80% of the time.

Golden, CO, US

Worked with 3 other students to make a TurtleBot map an unknown room with SLAM. Using ROS, a RGB-D camera, and open source packages, the TurtleBot was programmed to explore a room until the room was known while simultaneously creating a 3D point cloud of the area.

Golden, CO, US

Was the sole Teaching Assistant for two sections of 20 students for the Intro to Robotics course. Responsibilities included troubleshooting equipment, setting up the lab, grading reports, and assisting students make sure their Lego robots could achieve the tasks desired.

Golden, CO, US

Part of a group of 8 tasked with creating a robot capable of digging deep into a simulated Martian surface. Fabricated/designed the digging subsystem, which included creating a custom angled bucket ladder, toothed buckets, and a filtration system to separate unwanted materials. Also responsible for our group’s fund raising, fund management and travel, as.

Golden, CO, US

As a student in Intro to Robotics, I teamed up with a fellow student and created a somewhat functional Lego 3D printer using only Lego Technic pieces and motors, two Arduinos, a few sensors to measure distance, and a 3D printing pen. The final product mimicked the mechanics of typical FDM printers with a 3-axis gantry system and was able to produce several.

Golden, CO, US

Partnered with fellow student to create a Mars-esque Rover vehicle capable of recording data of surrounding area, including soil moisture level, atmosphere gas composition, elevation, temperature, and pressure. Completed project placed in the top 10 of all projects submitted by 60+ groups taking the course.

Shelton, CT, US

Worked with the engineering department to come up with solutions to various problems on sorting equipment. Created part list for a soft-start valve for a client, created brackets to mount new plates on existing designs, and designed an adjustable box to assist in testing of the machines. Also performed laser-box alignment and created tools to assist in.

Clewiston, Florida, US

Learned about sugar processing from raw sugar cane to granulated white sugar, with specific focus on the mechanical side of operations, including tank inspection, pump designs, reliability and machining. Developed replacement part on a key filtering device. After part failed, used SolidWorks to create engineering drawing that would allow management to.