Bryson Gardner Email & Phone Number

I grew up in a small town where I was taught the value of hard work and hands-on experience. My grandfather taught me how to weld and work the machinery within his shop when I was early in my teens. My first official job was working over the summer at a local oil well company. Here I worked to learn the ground-up function of an oil rig and the basics of tool maintenance through daily inspections. In addition, I assisted in the recovery of a previously shut-in gas well, bringing it back into economic production. Soon after, I went to university at Texas A&M Corpus Christi where I exceeded in academics with a 4.000 GPA in my engineering-related courses. Early on, I served as a calculus tutor where I employed adaptive teaching strategies which allowed my clients to raise their average grades by upwards of fifteen points. One summer I earned a job at a local metal building company, where I was in charge of the calculation of needed resources for an upcoming architectural project that the company would undergo. In the process, I saved the company slightly above $200,000 dollars based on the original job estimations and created processes that are still used in the company. After returning to university the following semester, I ended up receiving the highest grade in the history of the university for Thermodynamics and was then offered a grading position for the class where I scanned the work of my peers to identify and correct errors. I then took part as a leader in my manufacturing team's Manufacturing Processes lab. We were given two projects during this semester. The first was a two-part assembly that we machined to within five ten-thousandths of an inch using the bandsaw, milling machine, and lathe. The second was a design project, where we designed, created, and tested a three-piece self-inking stamp which we designed from scratch. During this second project, I performed most of the modeling and writing while allocating tasks to reduce the time spent on the project by two weeks. In the following semesters, I would pick up two additional grading jobs for classes that I excelled in, such as Strengths of Materials and Heat Transfer. Recently, I joined the CORAL (Collaborative Robotics and Agents Lab) team where I hope to expand my skills and engage in products that will push us forward. I am currently looking for a Summer 2024 internship.