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Redmond, Washington, United States

Redmond, Washington, United States

- Iteratively prototyped and tested a noise-dampening housing for the blower of a respiratory support device using SLA and FDM printed parts, resulting in a 25% dBa noise reduction- Designed, coded, and fabricated an Arduino-controlled test assembly incorporating mass flow, differential pressure, and temp sensors to determine the efficacy of running blowers for long intervals- Developed custom silicon sealing components and molded in-house to mitigate vibrations in prototype builds- Created an assembly to precisely and reliably align polystyrene parts for solvent bonding with 80/20, FDM parts- Generated CAM and machined plastic and aluminum components using HSMWorks software and HAAS OM-2A, Tormach PCNC1100 mills

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

- Successfully led $80k+ retrofit of a unique, customer-owned powder processing system (PPU) for metal 3D SPJ printing- Improved part quality by correcting inconsistent vacuum conveyance in PPU system- Designed structural frames and assembled using 80/20 beams and machined parts- Assisted in the rework of steady-state PLC coding architecture and P&ID diagrams- Created initial design concepts and process flows for a new, higher throughput, lower cost PPU- Communicated directly with industrial machine vendors to design custom PPU hardware- Manually operated 17-4 stainless steel powder processing machines

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

- Worked primarily in an investigative role in the Operational Military Engines division for Hot Section Engineering (HSE)- Analyzed in-service developmental turbine components to determine part efficacy - Earned experience in root cause analysis for both component failures and manufacturing issues- Presented findings monthly to HSE sustainment leadership team

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

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