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Dallas, Texas, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

• Reviewed car value data from time purchased to priced, discovered data discrepancies resulting in higher sales margins
• Presented key results to stakeholders and drove discussion for buy-in for a potential solution
• Improved reporting for cars purchased through auction, closing an estimated $80 million gap in revenue by 30%
• Pioneered community service event for Charlottesville interns, raising more than $1000

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

• Won runner-up prize in New York investor pitch competition (Startupalooza) out of two dozen contestants
• Developed a network of interested potential investors for later stage funding
• Produced an automated knee-brace creation add-in for Fusion 360 (Python), cutting manufacturing time down by 75+%
• Wrote patent—currently pending—to protect intellectual property of completely integrated automation process

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

• Created CAD models of a microwave to compute transient thermal analyses (using Solidworks) to extract both the thickness and necessary insulation to fit within specific temperature at specific time intervals.
• Employed Autodesk CFD to analyze the air flow throughout the oven’s cavity to determine the necessary matrix of inlet and outlet pipes

• Electrical Engineering Department at University of Virginia
• Laboratory assistant—researching optical frequency comb in micro-resonators.o Wrote code to simulate the percent loss of light during the interaction between the optical fiber/wave guide and the micro-resonator..
• Cleaned excel data from student surveys, created visual elements with Tableau, performed statistical analysis with IBM SPSS.o Survey data came from CATME (distributed 4 times), Motivations (distributed 2 times), and.
• Reaffirmed personal relevance correlates with project success and determined correlation between surveys commonly used in project environments; wrote paper for publication of results.

• Performed the hands-on skills of residential and commercial Air Conditioning serviceman.o Diagnosed the issues with older air conditioning systems, replaced faulty parts, and installed new systems; serviced 100+.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Mechatronics and Robotics Society; Kappa Sigma National Fraternity

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccer, Track and Field, and Cross Country Ceramics Student Alumni Association, Lion and Sword, UNICEF.