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Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Us

Designed new products and accessories, as well as updated designs and created documentation for legacy consumer products.Managed incremental product updates, tooling quotes, cost reduction efforts, and led DFM reviews for plastic injection molded products.Conducted initial production sample testing and addressed quality issues with our Chinese factories.Analyzed and benchmarked competitor's products for market insight.Utilized Autodesk Moldflow for injection molding simulations for the optimization of new product designs.CNC machined prototype product designs and utilized FDM/SLA 3D printers for rapid prototyping.Assisted our compliance department in developing a new ASTM standard for SAP Projectile Launchers (WK87381, WK87382, WK87383).Ensured new product designs complied with domestic and international regulations such as EN IEC 62115:2020, EN 71, and ASTM F5 89-85.

College Station, Texas, Us

Responsible for teaching pop-up courses for machinery in the fabrication shop and welding shop, as well as working on submitted fabrication requests for graduate students, university research, senior design, and project teams. Programming and operating the 5’x10’ Jet Edge Waterjet to fulfill student, graduate, and research fabrication requests. Operating the Sharp, Jet, and Bridgeport manual vertical milling machines, as well as the Harrison and Grizzly 15” x 60” manual lathes. Teaching the ISEN 281 labs as well as the MEEN 361 labs.Taught TIG welding classes for the 2021 FSAE senior design team, 2022 Formula SAE Electric design team, and the 2022 SAE Supermileage team.Programming and machining aluminum and steel parts on the HAAS VF2 and Okuma 560 VMC.Developed informational documents for student technicians to reference, as well as for students to utilize when taking classes. (Waterjet cheat sheet, Vertical Mill Class structure, Tungsten Electrode comparison chart, Manual Lathe Class structure, Pulsed Aluminum MIG Welding poster, Pulse Welding Parameters cheat sheet, TIG Welding Stainless Steel cheat sheet) Responsible for teaching the introductory Red Badge (shop access) course that familiarizes students with the shop's available resources, as well as reviews general safety requirements for the machinery.

College Station, Tx, Us

Working outreach events, interacting directly with youth to spark their interest in engineering.Developing course curriculum for a series of online educational modules tailored to Pk-5th grades. Creating the course’s graphics/illustrations, interactive templates and instructions for hands-on activities, and filming/editing engaging video modules.Designing graphics for a uniform and streamlined office brand corresponding with the Texas A&M University guidelines. Work has been featured on promotional banners, graphics for Aggies Invent Jr. and the Chevron Design Challenge, an online publication for Maker U, booklets for the STEM4Innovation Conference, and a promotional coloring book.Assisting with office-sponsored events such as the STEM4Innovation Conference and the Texas Science and Engineering Fair.Loaded and unloaded 40ft makerspace trailer, assisted FIRST robotics competitions across the state and worked the machine shop.

College Station, Tx, Us

Led the Academy program’s 2019 marketing and recruitment packet project, reaching over ten thousand prospective students, and organized its printing company bidding process.Designed brand consistent graphics for print media and digital flyers.Assisted in event planning and preparation, including organizing catering for student orientations.Worked full time during the summer, attended regular meetings and collaborated with the engineering communications department.

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Developed assembly tooling solutions for the manufacturing of aircraft (Cessna Citation product line).Analyzed existing production methods to simplify processes, reduce manufacturing costs, and cater to the ergonomics of assembly mechanics.Utilized CATIA V6 to model complex assemblies and weldments, as well as draft assembly and detail engineering drawings.Designed, fabricated, and tested a solution for fixturing aircraft skins during production that utilizes Coval Vacuum Manager products. The new design streamlines the manufacturing process and saves approximately half of the material costs compared to the original design.Became familiarized with the laser tracking process for tool calibration.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Providence, Ri, Us

Increasing brand awareness on-campus, organizing engagement events for the fall and spring semesters, and assisting in recruiting efforts for Bell Flight and other Textron business units.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Analyzed non-conformance records and developed solutions to aircraft part discrepancies on the Bell AH-1Z Viper.Communicated with assembler mechanics to determine what tooling additions and vendor manufactured design changes needed to be made for the aft fairing, torque box, and wing skin assembly for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.Used CATIA V6 to review aircraft parts within larger assemblies. Gathered required measurements and stack-up information for repairs.Developed an understanding of aircraft assembly and part engineering drawings.

Austin, Texas, Us

Managing, verifying, prioritizing, and delivering customer grocery / fast food orders.

Participated in the 2019 closed-track race at the Texas Motor Speedway.Inspected vehicles during scrutineering, enforced rule compliance, helped with race logistics.Assisted the scoring and auditing team with analyzing and verifying the accuracy of race data.

Dallas, Tx, Us