Jacob Rupp Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Reno, Nevada Area

• Increased stator housing bushing insertion machine availability by installing and calibrating a Keyence thru beam sensor station and developing a PLC process flow to prevent a double bushing press machine fault
• Developed a new manual station cutting method on the stator manufacturing line by designing an improved safety guarding for pneumatic wire cutters and utilizing a tool balancer to decrease station cycle time and.
• Designed and implemented a fixture to aid technician use of an arbor press to remove improperly installed bushings from stator housings and reintroduce the parts to the line
• Improved post-welding cooling station using Exair Air Knives to ensure production associate safety
• Assembled and introduced new stator line pallets to reduce machine downtime due to large WIP buildup
• Installed new Keyence stator stack height sensor contact to prevent unnecessary machine faults

Houston, Texas Area

• Designing and fabricating a scaled-down oil rig drill string with the Mechanical Engineering Department using SolidWorks and resources in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
• Simulating and analyzing downhole vibration using a high-speed camera

Houston, Texas Area

• Guided a team of freshman during a semester-long project with the goal of creating an adhesive-free rocket for the Rice ECLIPSE team

Eatontown, New Jersey

• Designed an automated coolant nozzle device for the automatic tool changer of the Hurco VM10i CNC machine using Creo Parametric, Click PLC software, and a Schneider Electric MDrive Plus motion control motor
• Designed and fabricated fixtures to improve processes for the manufacturing of nitinol flex stents and Cardio Flow atherectomy devices

Houston, Texas Area

• Designed, researched, and constructed an exercise apparatus for NASA’s Orion capsule to develop knowledge of the engineering process
• Created multiple prototypes of a modified rowing device to counteract muscle and bone degradation
• Awarded Best Technology for Low-Resource Settings Design at the 2016 Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen Showcase

Eagan, Minnesota

• Shadowed a structural engineer at Enclos to learn the basics of structural engineering
• Performed structural calculations for a previously installed curtain wall system
• Sampled the mechanical engineering and computer aided design applications

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Minor In Business, Senior

Activities and Societies: Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Treasurer of Rice Club Basketball, Member of Rice Women's.

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society, Varsity Basketball, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track.