ATI is a global manufacturer of technically advanced specialty materials and complex components.In my process automation role in the ATI Flat Rolled Products division, I am working on automation upgrades to the melt shops at the Latrobe, PA and Brackenridge, PA Operations. I work to understand existing melt shop procedures and melt models for better incorporation of automation improvements.

Identified composition, transformation temperatures, and functional properties of shape-memory alloy ingots, wire, and ribbon.Investigated how melting conditions affected alloy composition and uniformity.

Senior thesis project on crystallographic compatibility in polycrystalline Cu-based shape-memory alloys. Characterized the compatibility of Cu-Al-Ni-Mn alloys according to the cofactor conditions and correlated these findings with results from superelastic mechanical cycling.Presented a new alloy design that is predicted to meet the cofactor conditions and provides a promising path forward for a functionally stable, low-cost, polycrystalline Cu-based SMA.

Worked on various application engineering projects. - Validated Finite Element (FE) solutions for elastic indentation models- Developed python scripts to post-process stress data from MultiMech (FE)simulations to aid solution validation- Wrote python scripts to automatically add desired features to Gmsh mesh files

Mesoscale Computational Modeling of Shape Memory Ceramics. Implemented new speed-up strategies in the execution step of the finite element method using C++ to enable simulations in full 3D on experimentally relevant length scales.

- Developed python code to assess the difficulties of children’s books basedon syntactic and lexical difficulties- Collected data on how child participants tasked with solving puzzles are affectedby a fixed mindset or growth mindset robot companion

Assisted classrooms of up to 15 elementary school students with homework and reading

Connected with MIT Alumni on behalf of the MIT Alumni Association and raised funds for MIT scholarships, clubs, and other organizations on campus. As a tech caller, I gained experience in fundraising and communication.

MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering CommunityA six-month, online science and engineering program for rising high school seniors from across the country run by The MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (OEOP)