Kendall Knight Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Area

My work as a PhD candidate focuses on the thermal control and understanding of the additive friction stir deposition process. This process is a novel metal 3D printing process that leverages the severe plastic deformation principle to manufacture forging strength components. I developed several novel in-situ monitoring techniques to determine the 3D.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

I developed an internal simulation pre-processor and monitor that saved ~400 man hours and ~10,000 computation hours per year by allowing tasks to stream for one simulation to the next and by implementing geometry reduction algorithms. In addition, I studied accuracy of internal simulation best practices to understand impact of geometric and material.

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

I maintained a Department of Energy "L" security clearance to facilitate my role within the Nuclear Operations Group at BWXT. My primary responsibilities included interfacing with quality assurance and subject matter experts to ensure concise communication with the customer, performing engineering analysis on components and processes to spot and correct.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

I was tasked with several major projects in my time at Volvo, both hands-on and analytical. Part of my job was to create an automated leaf spring design program. My final program takes a few parameters and uses non-linear integer optimization to create a spring pack that satisfies the parameters using the fewest number of leaves. In addition, as a group.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

I was involved in safety training and implementation of safety initiatives for Harrisburg Division. I also trained in coordination of track time logistics to complete maintenance and schedule union jobs. My job was to help manage multiple ongoing maintenance projects working with the Chief Division Engineer and Harrisburg Track Supervisor. I spent time.

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

I participated in the Areva Summer institute for Science and Engineering. In the program we gained familiarity with and operated robotic, nuclear inspection tools. In addition, we refurbished the controls for a robotic wrist with and attached pneumatic gripper.

Lynchburg, Virginia

I worked in the planning and construction department and assisted with retrofit of the medium voltage power distribution grid.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Baja SAE VT Cyber Security Yu Lab

Education record

Advanced High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Indoor Drumline, Percussion Ensemble, Latin Club