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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Created and experimentally validated a 3D, turbulent CFD simulation of a vacuum cleaner, and optimized to reduce pressure loss by 17%, resulting in a change in vacuum power consumption by 8%• Designed a full factorial design of experiments on the drive system of the robot to understand the influences and interactions of weight distribution, surface type, and tread materials on drive motor loading and mobility function• Designed a prototype charging system with DFM and DFA… Show more • Created and experimentally validated a 3D, turbulent CFD simulation of a vacuum cleaner, and optimized to reduce pressure loss by 17%, resulting in a change in vacuum power consumption by 8%• Designed a full factorial design of experiments on the drive system of the robot to understand the influences and interactions of weight distribution, surface type, and tread materials on drive motor loading and mobility function• Designed a prototype charging system with DFM and DFA considerations for a prototype production run of 50 units, and statistically demonstrating that the temperature of the charging contacts would lie within UL 1310 specifications Show less

Greater St. Louis Area

• Modified waterfall project management strategies to fit the rapid development for our next one year build cycle• Transitioning to new messaging and management platforms to increase transparency and communication• Conducting risk analyses on designs and assembly procedures to mitigate failures during manufacturing and testing

St. Louis

• Developed and executed a team wide goal in order to focus and centralize designs across the car, resulting in a 33% increase in points earned• Led a team of 50 engineers through planning, design, manufacturing, and testing of our car leading to an increase in overall rank by 10% and a 7% weight cut across the car• Spearheaded and fundraised a team wide purchase of sensors to collect strain, acceleration, roll, and temperature data to inform engineering decisions and improve accuracy… Show more • Developed and executed a team wide goal in order to focus and centralize designs across the car, resulting in a 33% increase in points earned• Led a team of 50 engineers through planning, design, manufacturing, and testing of our car leading to an increase in overall rank by 10% and a 7% weight cut across the car• Spearheaded and fundraised a team wide purchase of sensors to collect strain, acceleration, roll, and temperature data to inform engineering decisions and improve accuracy of simulations Show less

St Louis

- Managed team of 15 members in design, CADing, technical drawings, design reviews, and manufacturing of subsystems and individual parts in accordance with the team goal of reliability and given timelines- Developed Radiator testing system to test the effect of changing the angle of the radiator with respect to air flow in order to increase heat rejection without increasing radiator size

St. Louis

• Optimized design of intake in accordance with engine parameters, research, and given packaging constraints, in order to reach peak torque at 10500 RPM, allow for better airflow to the proposed rear wing, and eliminate biasing in each cylinder

Greater St. Louis Area

• Lead a feasibility study on thermoelectric modules to serve as a solid state heating/cooling element • Designed, tested, and wrote a technical report on a belt tensioning method for use in an electromechanical transport subassembly used to move testsamples. • Designed a remote, adjustable, pneumatic rotary actuator for an antenna to reduce down time and improve consistency while testing and validating electronic components during electromagnetic interference testing. The main… Show more • Lead a feasibility study on thermoelectric modules to serve as a solid state heating/cooling element • Designed, tested, and wrote a technical report on a belt tensioning method for use in an electromechanical transport subassembly used to move testsamples. • Designed a remote, adjustable, pneumatic rotary actuator for an antenna to reduce down time and improve consistency while testing and validating electronic components during electromagnetic interference testing. The main challenge in designing this component was that we could not use a lot of metal to mount or actuate the antenna, as additional metal would lead to errors during validation. Show less

St. Louis

•Conducted research in compressible flow through Converging Diverging nozzle used to restrict mass flow into FSAE intake manifold, focusing on minimizing pressure loss at the outlet by manipulating inlet and outlet angles•Meshed and set up Ansys Fluent simulation to model the flow through the operating RPM range of FSAE engine•Gathered and filtered pressure data at different RPM’s to outline boundary conditions for fluid simulation

Milpitas

I assisted the Scanning Electron Microscope engineer in his daily activities, which included Sample preparation and analysis of end of line solar cells, analysis of defects to solar cell lots, and data entry of those defects on excel.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Focus in Fluid/thermal sciences

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

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