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Saratoga, Ca, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Franklin Park, Illinois, United States

Support sustaining engineering and new product development of commercial water and restroom solutions. Drive and promote best practices in engineering for electro-fluidic-mechanical architectures.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Teach 60 high school concert percussionists in 6 beginning to advanced ensembles for 8-10 hours every week, covering an expansive range of percussion and musical skills.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Drive innovation, platform design, and engineering best practices for optical, electronic, thermal, and mechanical systems in the Product Architecture team. Increase simulation tool usage and in-depth analyses in the development of the next generation of architectural luminaires. Advanced Development• Take innovation and product management teams' specifications and develop upcoming luminaires to a feasible state• Provide thoroughly scrutinized solutions to new, unique, and difficult aspects of upcoming luminaires• Partner with procurement, industrial engineering, and manufacturing engineering to source new capital equipmentInternship Mentor/Manager• Recruit and mentor summer mechanical engineering interns from various universities across the Midwest• Design the internship experience to be well-guided, balanced, and fun• Host weekly seminars and trainings open to engineers and interns, with topics including optimization algorithms, traps in decision-making, sheet metal design, structural finite element analysis, optical simulations, product dissection, fastener theory, tolerance stacks, presentation practice, and resume revisionPrototype and Workshop Management• Manage and prioritize prototype requests submitted by various Legrand lighting sector companies for the onsite engineering prototype fabrication specialist• Review models and prints to determine prototyping and manufacturing feasibility• Manage the onsite engineering workshop and machine shop facilities, including cleaning schedules, safety inspections, and tool maintenance/purchasesDomestic Content Preference Support• Support BABA, BAA, and similar requests for calculation and proof of domestic content on a cost basis• Run analyses and coordinate quick-turnaround reports to service the sales teamsValue Analysis and Value Engineering• Propose improvements and run simple DoE to consult on part improvements, with emphasis on injection molded parts

Chicago, Illinois, United States

New product development Sr. mechanical engineer for architectural LED luminaires in the ambient and linear form factors.Focal Point Seem® 1 Louver, Seem® 1 Geometric Shapes, and Seem® Sweep Curvilinear products• Designed and launched multiple products within cost targets and marketing specification goals to outperform the competition, with one product generating an initial annual revenue of over $1MInternship Mentor• Coached 4 mechanical and industrial engineering interns through project mentoring and weekly seminars• Presented a breadth of topics in weekly seminars, including optimization algorithms, traps in decision-making, sheet metal design, finite element analysis, optical simulations, product dissection, fastener theory, tolerance stacks, and evaluation of published company finances

Chicago, Illinois

New product development mechanical engineer for architectural LED luminaires.Seem® 1 Louver Luminaire• Primary design engineer of new components and systems for highly configurable and photometrically accurate luminaires• Designed for sheet metal, castings, aluminum extrusions, injection molding, PCBs, optics, and hardware optimized for manufacturability• Simulated, iterated, and tested for UL thermal-electrical certification, product warranty, and ANSI/IES photometric performance• Architectural SSL PIA'22 product innovation award winnerCOVID-relief and Sustaining Engineering• Supported weekend factory restructuring and safety efforts to maintain a zero COVID transmission environment on a campus with ~600 employees• Troubleshot onsite part fabrication and manufacturing post-lockdown ramp-up, including communication in Spanish with plant employees• Stepped in to provide hands-on support assembling products and fabricating sheet metal parts as needed for COVID relief• Provided support for purchasing team in Mandarin Chinese with offshore vendors• Simulated and advised on field service requests and engineering change requests

Santa Cruz, California

Coordinated overnight camps for around 300 advanced middle school and high school choristers, with a mission to provoke thought and encourage vocal music mastery. Logistical tasks included the delegation of work for teams of 18 group leaders and 4 counselors, design of layered camp schedules communicating instructions for leaders, staff, and guest conductors, and design of a camp theme centered around the discussion of musical-personal identity. Musical tasks included rehearsing ensembles in preparation for the arrival of guest conductors, preparing engaging guest and counselor performances for the campers, and planning an end-of-camp performance for family and friends.

Hoffman Estates, Il

Co-op mechanical engineer for medical molecular imaging systems. Smart Wrench Tightening Method Validation• Designed and executed experiments to validate a transducerized electronic torque wrench for the assembly of Siemens SPECT-CT molecular imaging systems• Analyzed results and advised on the impact of tightening profile changes on fastener torque specifications• Collaborated cross-functionally on the engineering change order for implementation of the new tightening methodPreventative Maintenance Life Cycle Testing• Analyzed data from customer use of rotational and linear drives on Siemens SPECT molecular imaging systems• Examined effects of heat and friction during testing of drives• Conducted risk analysis regarding changes to the existing preventative maintenance procedure• Compiled input from various departments to form the acceptance criteria for testing• Developed test plan for 10, 20, and 20+ equivalent years of product use at a 90th, 95th, and 99th percentile use profile• Created, tested, and optimized scripts for life cycle test executionLead Screw Manufacturing Process Investigation• Developed test plans to study the correlation between ACME screw manufacturing processes per Siemens specifications versus its operating properties

Milpitas, California

Summer-fall high school percussion teacher in a joint concert music and marching music setting. Taught students in a daily percussion class and instructed marching band percussion, with a mission to encourage proactive and consistent musicianship. Percussionists went on to win and medal multiple times in the season!Emphasis on Utilizing Various Learning Modes• Mental awareness: Encouraged students to have a mental understanding of their rhythmic and auditory goals through applying math and physics knowledge• Visual awareness: Emphasized the correlation between movement and sound with a theme of, "How you move is how you will sound"• Tactile awareness: Related the action of playing to the reaction from the students' sense of touch; "What should sustainable playing feel like?"• Auditory awareness: Encouraged the students to listen in a structured manner, organizing priorities from the big picture (phrasing, feel) down to the details (articulation, rhythmic clarity, etc.)Extension of Percussion Knowledge• Supplemented core course material with classes on Afro-Cuban percussion• Briefed students on extended tambourine, bass drum, crash cymbal, suspended cymbal, triangle, tam-tam, and glockenspiel techniques• Established a common baseline model of strategic tension and relaxed playing for the various instruments

Master Of Science, Mechanical Engineering With A Concentration In Computer Engineering/Simulation-Driven Engineering

GPA: 4.0/4.0 Additional: Minor in Engineering Management Cheng Sun Lab • Modeling and optical simulation of Continuous Liquid Interface.

Bachelor Of Science And Bachelor Of Music, Mechanical Engineering And Percussion Performance

Activities and Societies: Music Director for Treblemakers A Cappella, Walter P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering Certificate, Member of Tau.

Education record

GPA: 3.97/4.00 ACT: 35/36 Honor Ensembles and Competitions • CMTANC Marimba Competition first place 2014 • California Percussive Arts.