Austin Rapp Email & Phone Number

Bellingham, Wa, Us

Bellingham, Washington, United States

Sedro-Woolley, Washington, United States

Working on the site team for Sedron Technologies. Tasks include: designing mechanical systems for site specific waste water streams and collection/load out of present and recyclable nitrates. Responsible for procuring designed systems and components as well as commissioning designed systems and components on site.

Bellingham, Washington Area

Pullman Washington

Washington State University Mechanical Engineers, particularly seniors in senior design, have very limited, effective, space to imagine, design, and manufacture their projects. It was our task, as assigned by Professor Dr. Leachman, to design a baseline workbench system that was fully customizable and mobile to fit any potential needs for senior mechanical engineering students. In addition we also created a presentation for Dr. Leachman to present to the Engineering Advisory Board for future funding towards the project. We began by seeking peer and stakeholder feedback regarding what they would value in a workbench system. Once receiving our results, we began designing around values that were commonly agreed upon, such as organization, safety, and adaptability. What we came up with was extruded aluminum frame and legs, that were held up by locking casters, with a thick hard maple top for the actual surface. We then ordered the parts and began manufacturing the bench. We also implemented a 5S organization system for the bench including shelves for storing tools with Kaizen foam inserts to keep track of lost tools. We then created a presentation to pitch our proposal of not only the bench but the 5S organizational system that was incoroported with the bench. Dr Leachman presented our PowerPoint to the Engineering Advisory Board for potential funding of future development. The presentation was very well received with several members of the board requesting their own models of the bench, either for personal use or industry use. Lastly, we used our presentation pitch to help Professor Dave Torick receive funding for a future WSU Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering design room, or CAD lab from Microsoft. Our workbenches were a cornerstone in the presentation and would serve as the desks that the donated Microsoft surface stations would be mounted on. The presentation was well received from Professor Torick and the surface stations will be donated to WSU.

Bellingham, Washington Area

During this summer internship I oversaw the usage of the Engineering Task Management (ETM) system. ETM would track and display all team and individual progress towards assigned tasks or the overall project for the team. I led ETM Daily meetings that would allow team members to discuss any set backs in task progress and allocate additional resources if necessary to keep the team working towards the overall project. Near the end of my time there I drafted up a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the usage of ETM as well as the guidelines for ETM daily meetings. I was also tasked, in addition to my ETM tasks, with designing a latch assembly for an overhead bin mock-up in Catia V5. This 3D model would later be 3D printed for the purposes of displaying the bin mock-up.

The first semester I was a teaching assistant for two sections of a 200 level business calculus class. My duties were to grade both sections quizzes as well as exams. I additionally held two hours a week of office hours that any student could attend to get additional one on one help from myself. My last duty as a teaching assistant was to proctor all the mid term exams as well as final. Should any questions arise during exams I was also there to help answer questions. My second semester working for the math department I served as a tutor for the math learning center. I would roam a large building where any student in a math course at WSU could enter for tutoring in any undergraduate math course. Tutors wore lab coats to be clearly identified, should a student in any undergraduate math class need one on one assistance I was to help assist them with whatever they may need. This role was very fast paced and I had to cater to several different learning styles by diagnosing them and deciding how that particular student would learn/benefit best.

Bellingham, Washington Area

At Zodiac Aerospace I was modifying parts in SolidWorks that were released to Airbus as part of Zodiac's OEM Airbus program. The part modifications came from Airbus as the modifications needed to be made in order for stowage bins and side wall stowage bins to fit the aircraft. Aside from making the necessary modifications to previously released Airbus OEM parts in SolidWorks, I was tasked with delivering the parts to Airbus in a 'workable' CATIA V4 format from SolidWorks. Zodiac didn't have the software at hand to convert SolidWorks files to CATIA V4 without making the part a 'dumb solid'. Due to this lack of software a long chain of questioning and investigating began as I had to find a way to deliver these modified parts to Airbus in the format they desired. Unfortunately the previous member of the program was laid off so the knowledge was no longer within the company. Finding the solution to the problem came down to asking the right questions and finding the right resources who had bits and pieces of the knowledge and information I needed, and ultimately I had to piece it all together. Finally the process was uncovered and the parts were delivered to Airbus, modified as directed, and in an acceptable format by Airbus. The process was documented and saved internally for future reference should any legacy Airbus parts need modifications in the future from the now expired SolidWorks based Airbus OEM program at Zodiac Aerospace.