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As a teaching assistant, I am tasked with personally instructing 60-70 first-year engineering students in the "EAS199 Engineering Principles" course. This course is a part of the SEAS's "First-Year Initiative", which aims to give first-year engineering students a bridge to success in their collegiate careers. Course topics range from basic engineering problem solving processes to the finer details of time management and study habits as a college student. I work closely with students to assist them with the challenges, both academic and not, they experience during their first year of college.

The Prentice Family Foundation’s Western New York Prosperity Fellowship Program is a truly innovative program for college and graduate students with an entrepreneurial drive who want to make a difference in Western New York.The Fellowship Program assists undergraduate and graduate students at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) and Canisius College who are actively preparing for careers that further economic development and growth in the Western New York area. The Fellowship Program combines financial assistance, in the form of scholarships, with paid, credit-bearing internships to assist Fellows in acquiring both academic and practical experiences in their intended professions. Fellows are given the opportunity to intern in their chosen fields of interest, where they work alongside and are mentored by leaders in upper-level management.UB and Canisius administer the Fellowship Program with their own specific admission standards and levels of financial assistance. However, a common requirement is that in exchange for receiving the benefits of the Fellowship Program, Prosperity Fellows must commit to working in the eight counties that comprise Western New York for at least two of the ten years following their graduation, thereby giving back economically to the region they have pledged to support.Although UB and Canisius each have their own standards and application process for applying for a Fellowship, as well as their own requirements regarding the internship program, they both offer their Fellows a high level of instruction and hands-on experiences that are designed to instill an understanding of the economic challenges and opportunities awaiting them as they undertake their post-graduation careers.For more information, please visit: http://www.prenticefoundation.org/fellowship-program/

I worked as a project engineer on the Airbus A350XWB primary flight control system. My main project included the integration of new equipment and work instructions for cabling on certain electro-hydraulic actuators within the primary flight control system. This project required a knowledge of supply chain, manufacturing processes, and environmental durability. Aside form my main project, I commonly worked on other projects that require a knowledge of configuration management, drafting, 3D printing, prototyping, and failure analysis. I commonly interfaced with a team of product/project engineers, metallurgical analysis professionals, and assembly technicians.

I support the Boeing 787 Aircraft Product Engineering Team. My primary task is the disassembly, inspection, and component evaluation of qualification test and field returned actuators. I interface with the Assembly and Test Technicians, Inspection Departments and Materials Lab. I have authored test procedure documents and have led or contributed to various investigations. My other tasks include day to day support of the 787 team and include some simple tool design, work instruction updates and investigations as needed.

As a Student Leader, I am charged with the duties of helping UB Engineering Freshmen acclimate to the college engineering environment. I assist students in learning how to "think like an engineer" through a two course sequence (EAS 140/199 & EAS 202) throughout their first year in the program. Some topics covered include: conceptual and quantitative modeling, decision matrices, metrics, renewable energy sources, career exploration, college academic transition, successfully working on a project team, and the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering.

This project is a continuation of my previous research project. My team, under a grant won from the university's undergraduate research funding opportunity, is working under Dr. Amin Karami to look at the issue of airflow separation from an airfoil. We will be experimenting with a novel idea; using piezoelectric actuators on the surface of the wing to create a Moving Surface Boundary Layer (MSBL), by patterning the vibrations of the actuators in a sinusoidal wave that will essentially "move" the air over the wing. This can greatly reduce separation, thus giving the airfoil a higher lift capability and increased critical angle of attack.

I am on a team of four undergraduate students under the advisement of Dr. M. Amin Karami of the University at Buffalo. The project is to design and fabricate the wings of a morphing wing aircraft. The goal of this phase of the research is to design the structure of the wing and fabricate it through laser cutting, and other precision techniques. The trailing edge of the wing will be made out of piezoelectric actuators that deform in response to voltage. This biomimetic approach can significantly increase the flight efficiency and thus increase the flight time of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). I gained experience writing an NSF-style research grant for undergraduate students and was awarded $1,500 toward this project as a result of said grant.

As a law clerk, I was assigned the duties of proofreading, copying, scanning, and compiling documents for closings for several major banks in the area as well as private clients. I also gained experience reviewing government documents pertaining to loans, trademarks, etc. My primary job was managing the filing database, which entails keeping track of where files are and keeping this information accessible to other workers.

My responsibilities included inventory management, customer service, and accounting; as well as participating in meetings with the executive board concerning funding and merchandise approval.