SpaceX Kickass Recipient

At SpaceX I worked on the consumer hardware product design team where I focused on designing and manufacturing production ready high speed robotic end effectors for automation

In charge of high-level design and manufacturing of the car, Including CAD/CAM, FEA, and vehicle simulation. We design and build a formula style racecar from the ground up every year which includes the engineering and in house manufacturing of hundreds of components

In charge of manufacturing including CAM and manual machining. I also do design work with our drivetrain sub-system and I am the org-wide facilities manager

At Elysium Robotics, I developed a human finger analog/gripper using experimental resin in a high end SLA 3d printer and a custom formulation of silicon to act as an analog for human skin.

During my time at Aristocrat I designed and manufactured a suspension system for a service robot. I decreased the previous lead time of 5 months to 1 week for parts in hand by utilizing the UT machine shop to prototype parts myself. I also did validation of hand calculations on spring rates for an unknown suspension spring using a tensile testing machine I modified.

At Cumberland Additive I learned the principles of design for additive as well as created build setups and post processing parts for customers in all industries. I also designed, manufactured, and post processed (CNC) complex parts that can be seen on the Longhorn Racing 2022 Combustion Car.