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University Of Alabama

-Design steering system to ensure seamless integration with electrical and brake system while achieving knowledge transfer and ergonomic goals and safety standards.-Manufacture and assemble steering system with 20+ components with a variety of processes such as carbon fiber infusion layups, milling and lathing column, electrical wiring and soldering.-Led subsystem weekly meetings with junior engineers to delegate tasks in support of manufacturing and maintaining steering system.

University Of Alabama

-Executed weekly preventative and on-demand maintenance on suspension system prior to and during driver testing. -Performed thermal and structural analysis while designing brake rotors to determine material selection and structure. -Created Matlab Code used to interface with MoTec car sensor data to validate thermal and structural ANSYS simulations.

Houston, Texas, United States

-Devised an enterprise-wide recommended practice to standardize the way business units remediate legacy facilities information. -Conducted interviews and built a form to develop a repository of all data remediation efforts throughout the enterprise while self-managing during supervisor absence. -Raised awareness about facilities information quality and advocated for data standardization through presentations to various cohorts.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

-Prepared for product launch by assembling and reorganizing production line within cleanroom constraints while creating and routing supporting documentation. -Communicated with customers to assign priorities and organize component choice for a shortened production launch timeline. -Trained operators and supervised production during initial engineering runs for a new product launch with a lot production duration of 3 days.

Holland, Michigan, United States

-Completed consistent distribution of product and components to the line by completing inventory orders in a timely manner to maintain production flow.-Learned the basics of lean manufacturing and product flow through material handling and assembly.-Increased confidence in a manufacturing setting by working with engineers and supervisors to ensure timely stocking of the production line.

Holland, Michigan, United States

-Interacted with customers daily to ensure accurate order fulfillment and overall satisfaction.-Improved time management skills in a fast-paced environment to serve customers in a timely manner.

Holland, Michigan, United States

-Managed in-store operations of a blueberry farm to serve customers and fulfill orders.-Packaged bulk blueberry orders in an efficient manner and learned process flow of the farm.

Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore

Minor in Mathematics and Automotive Engineering

Education record

Activities and Societies: West Ottawa Student Senate: *2018 Class Senator *2019-2022 Class President Senior Survivor Lead *2019-2021 Games.