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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

• Design responsible for side door mechanisms and sunroofs

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

• Produced technical drawings to send to suppliers for new development parts. • Collaborated with suppliers to continuously improve parts throughout digital and physical design phases.• Managed cost and mass requirements for Side Door parts.• Handled Design Release of Side Door Components through all stages from initial concept to production.• Conducted value optimization/benchmarking studies in improve current designs and reduce vehicle cost, mass and complexity.• Led Root Cause Analysis on customer complaints/field concerns and implemented cost effective design solutions.• Created Lessons Learned/Look Back documentation to learn from previous design shortcomings and improve future designs.

Farmington Hills, Mi

• Managed testing for areas of Closure, Water Intrusion, and Dust Intrusion during both digital and physical design phases.• Interdepartmental collaboration, with both lab, plant and design teams on development projects.• Analysis of test results including root cause study and proposal/development of countermeasures.• Conducted surveys to improve/create new component/system level performance criteria.• Supported on-site visits at manufacturing facilities during physical design phases leading up to the start of production to ensure performance quality.

East Lansing, Michigan

• Designed beam diagnostic components using SolidWorks to improve system performance• Interpreted technical drawings to facilitate the assembly and installation of particle accelerator beam line components for mechanical and electrical systems to quicken project development.

East Lansing, Mi

• Collaborated as a team to design a unique liquid gas separation system using Siemens NX for research on exhaust gas re-circulation in automobiles• Manufactured the liquid gas separator as well as a test-bench using the machine shop at MSU to use for testing• Analyzed test data using Microsoft Excel to form conclusions on the performance of the liquid gas separator• Presented all aspects of the project to demonstrate our process and research to design day audience

East Lansing, Mi

• Installed and distributed phones with surveys used to examine a student’s engagement in STEM classes• Researched, documented, and organized information on various Michigan high schools using Microsoft Excel• Examined data using statistical methods to form conclusions for a poster that was presented at UURAF

East Lansing, Michigan

• Interacted with customers and provided services to meet their individual needs• Cooperated with other staff members to effectively accomplish tasks and objectives on tight schedules• Trained new employees by shadowing them to help develop their abilities and job knowledge

Nonthaburi, Thailand