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Albany, Oregon

• Designed, built, and tested a laboratory-scale inert gas classifier to remove ultrafine particles from metal alloy powder in a 5-person team.• Analyzed the deliverable classification performance by developing RStudio and Mathematica scripts.• Delivered a final paper and poster, as well as presented to the R&D executives and engineering team.

Orange, California

• Prepared engineering sheet sets in accordance to CADD standards of utility plans by utilizing AutoCAD to later be physically implemented on site. • Ran jar tests on waste water to determine appropriate treatment options.• Prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) and Request for Qualifications (RFQ) using the Los Angeles Business Assistance Virtual Network (LABAVN).• Took inventory of cancer causing chemicals and reproductive toxins and created safety data sheet reference binders and for over 50 Irvine Company shopping centers.• Collaborated with Project Managers and Staff Engineers to complete consulting projects on time and on budget.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Designed sustainable flood prevention and waste management for Kenyan communities by implementing trade studies, human centered design, and fluid flow analyses using Mathematica and GIS in a 5-person team.• Responsible for green infrastructure and drainage systems development by creating detailed schematics of the environment, prototypes, and their interface.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• On-call 24/7 to handle physical or emotional emergencies; CPR, AED, and First Aid trained• Offer counseling, conflict resolution, and manage the social climate of the dormitory community

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed a team by leading trainings, coordinating lab dynamics, and synthesizing work into publishable works.• Executed technical leadership to investigate sustainable manufacturing by reducing wear for material applications.• Ran statistical tests in RStudio to identify changes in tribological properties due to wear reducing mechanisms, such as laser-ablated coatings and graphene lubricants, by operating a tribometer and SEM• The youngest student to admitted to present works at the tribological GRC

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Examined the effects of written and verbal feedback on professional tone, utility, honesty, quantity, and quality of peer feedback from Harvey Mudd College’s Introduction to Engineering Design and Manufacturing course• Used MTurk and Qualtrics to collect data on participant response to time pressure, priming, and motivation mechanisms when asked to complete an assigned task• Presented published research at 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Directed the program from big-picture to detailed execution of the schedule, website, and day-of coordination. • Responsible for accepting journal articles into IJEE and the biennial Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshop X.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Executed effective over the phone communication and active listening techniques to teach K-12 students.• Managed a team of tutors, oversaw client feedback, led review of foundational STEM and communication tools.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Commanded the vision and $20,000 budget of the program by sculpting a mission of leadership and advocacy. • Executed the hiring, training, tutoring schedule, and leadership development of mentors.• Mentored 30 incoming diverse, leadership-oriented students by fostering a tight-knit support system. • Ran events that helped students explore ideas of identity, privilege, civic engagement, and social justice.• Presented work completed throughout the program at the Race On Campus: Deconstructing Race, Reconstructing Space​ Conference at the University of Redlands.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed a program which generates a facility load shedding schedule in the event of a 48-hour power outage to minimize financial losses due to inventory spoilage and production downtime in a 5-person team.• Spearheaded the creation of a systems level mathematical model to predict/minimize economic loss by processing, analyzing, and extrapolating the historical energy usage and temperature data for over 60 buildings.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Constructed drills by implementing G-code onto CNC machines, cleaned products to prepare them for physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating, and laser-etched product specifications onto tool.• Verified schematic tolerance of parts by manual inspection and with Helicheck.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Designed and partially implemented a Python-based GUI for command and control of telemetry between an FPGA board and a CubeSat• Created a standard CubeSat reference sheet for comparison between various minisatellite projects• Gave a formal presentation and written report on the work completed during the internship