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Cookeville, Tn, Us

Cookeville, Tennessee, United States

• Lead the development of an educational video game, Quick, using Unreal Engine 5 to enhance quantum cybersecurity awareness.• Quick contributed to Tennessee Tech being awarded a $270 thousand dollar quantum computing grant from the National Science Foundation and debuted at the WiCyS 2024 Conference.• Created a custom quantum emulator compatible with Unreal Engine 5. • Fostered team growth by conducting comprehensive training sessions on Unreal Engine 5 and quantum computational topics, enhancing project efficiency.• Wrote monthly progress reports and projections to research advisor managing time efficiency.• Ensured code stability and conducted iterative trial testing.• Maintain documentation for third-party code, trademarks, assets, and licenses maintaining legality.

Tennessee, United States

• Led integration of local in-house Metering Point Project, enhancing metric validation and secure vender containerization.• Collaborated with remote engineers to optimize AWS and SCADA systems during Covid-19 peak.• Regularly preform PMs, audits, firmware revisions, network mappings, draft consolidation, encoder and camera calibration, image recognition and scan sequence/sortation code validation, etc.• Trained maintenance staff on new process tools, programing, and changes to sortation flow.• Monitored Overall Equipment Efficiency metrics and partnered with maintenance and operations for system performance issue resolutions and recovery.• Maintained and troubleshot material handling control systems, conveyance, sortation machinery, and industrial networks/controllers such as PLCs, VLANs, Control Net, Profibus, servo drives, etc.

Tennessee, United States

• Diagnosed and restored critical equipment, preventing plant shutdown during peak season.• Collaborated with engineering to integrate and revise: C4 Ignition HMIs, Cognex quality control cameras, and NAS quality assurance systems.• Fabricated and optimized electro-optic instruments for precision part placement validation.• Troubleshot equipment problems and programing regarding electrical control panels, electro-valves, various sensors, robotic welding automation, and automated ground vehicles (AGVs) along with their charging stations.• Revamped systems: replaced wiring, programmable logic controllers, and drives to handle changing needs while using information in technical diagrams, schematics, and manuals to make successful repairs and installations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vocational Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Member of the National Technical Honors Society (NTHS)