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Houghton, Mi

• Designed and developed a hydraulic test cell for laboratory assessment of heavy machinery hydraulic circuits.• Delivered test methodologies and metrics to analyze the fluid borne noise and structure borne noise at mounting locations of high pressure hydraulic hoses.• Experimentally determined source flow ripple and source impedance of an axial piston pump using ISO 10767-1.• Experimentally determined structural and fluid modes of a simple hydraulic circuit using order-based curve fitting techniques in LMS Test.Lab.

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Instrumented and analyzed numerous lower powertrain systems for soundregulation and gear noise reduction using standardized sound test methods.• Performed and processed 6 modal tests on full transmissions and other powertraincomponents for new and current product development and simulation validation.• Collaborated with LMS Test.Lab to develop process improvements for internalmodal data collection and reporting procedures.• Modeled, manufactured and tested in lab 3 proprietary research components designed for acoustic improvement using DOE test methodology to control variables and evaluate performance against current production component and presented results to stakeholders.• Collaborated with HEAD Acoustics to learn and conduct 3QUEST voice qualitytests using ACQUA and binaural head in cab environment.• Exceeded performance expectations in supervisor’s year end evaluation

Peoria, Illinois Area

Machine Dynamics and Shake Table• Lead dynamics engineer responsible for validating the high-cycle fatigue life oflight fabrications during operation of heavy equipment in multiple tests.• Executed test planning, instrumentation setup, conformance with standardprocedures, data quality checks and fatigue and bolted joint analysis and reporting.• Exceeded performance expectations in supervisor’s end-of-rotation evaluationLarge Mining Truck – Light Fabrication Design• Implemented design of large truck gate assembly to resolve operator safety issue.• Contributed to fast-paced design event aimed at cost and part number reduction ofoverdesigned mining truck electronic enclosure.• Exceeded performance expectations in supervisor’s end-of-rotation evaluationEngine System Simulation• Assisted engineers with virtual shake bolted joint analysis and test correlation.• Improved communication in team as voice of test in simulation environment.• Exposure to FEA terminology, model debugging, NX Nastran and Abaqus.

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Assisted with the coordination of 180 data channels, data collection and fatigue life analysis for wheel tractor scraper on-machine stress analysis (OMSA) test. • Mined, recorded and compared historical shake table failures against life predictions for fatigue prediction process validation• Upgraded bolted joint analysis spreadsheet with improved result clarity and additional decision making metrics

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Validated hydraulic valve design for CAT Medium Wheel Loader• Developed and maintained fatigue tests with FlexTest controls• Designed and implemented three validation fixture designs• Developed load-life curves and torque vs. angle plots for customers• Exceeded Supervisor expectations in end-of-internship review

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Velovations Bicycle Design Enterprise (2011 - 2015)Graduated with Honors [magna cum laude] in Mechanical.