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Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States

Facilitating the timely launch of new products by managing technical integrations, carefully assessing design trade-offs, and drawing on manufacturing expertise to streamline development and reduce redesign needs.

Corona, California, United States

• Managed the integration of Creative Machining Technology (CMT) into Brooks Instrument and ITW’s business model. This included preserving and expanding CMT’s core competencies in precision machining, surface finishes.
• Drove extensive upgrades to the facility, including enhancements to employee and management spaces and improving safety protocols. These efforts significantly increased operational safety, compliance, and productivity.
• Focused on optimizing operations through rigorous data analysis, process improvements, and compliance upgrades. Drove the integration of advanced systems to support streamlined workflows, enhanced operational insights.
• Directed technology enhancements, including Wi-Fi and device management upgrades, and deployed bilingual systems. Introduced improved communication tools such as bookable conference rooms and Microsoft 365.
• Aligned HR practices with compliance standards and promoted the implementation of an employee progression and training system.
• Established daily tracking metrics and standardized procedures for each production step, reinforcing quality control and consistency. Improved communication of quality standards across teams and refined inspection.

Penang, Malaysia

• Orchestrated the Launch of a Multi-Million-Dollar Manufacturing Plant: Developed a comprehensive project timeline and led cross-functional teams across the United States and Penang, Malaysia, to bring a.
• Led the Strategic Implementation of a New Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System: Directed the end-to-end development and deployment of a robust ERP system to streamline operations, from order intake and transaction.

Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States

• Project managed the delivery of evaluation devices, achieving ahead-of-schedule shipments on a tight timeline.
• Developed cutting-edge prototypes for Capacitance Diaphragm Gauges (CDGs), including improvement projects focusing on response time, shelf life, and overpressure limits as well as a prototype for an automated assembly.
• Conducted calculus-based pre-validation for a laser removal system, optimizing CDG performance through precise area matching.
• Enhanced pressure gauge manufacturing yield by over 55% through targeted process improvements and root-cause analysis.
• Built Power BI SQDIP dashboards to track key metrics for CDG and VDM product lines.
• Created and deployed an algorithm to analyze years of drift testing data, improving testing efficiency.

Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States

• As a Management Development Program Associate at Brooks Instrument, I go through three, 8-month, rotations within various engineering sectors of the company. The program aims to educate me on the principles required to.
• Learned and utilized Power BI to create 3 SQDIP dashboards utilizing real-time SQL data for understanding various production metrics, organizing tasks, and predicting stand failure.
• Developed a Power BI tool to analyze over 200 million lines of SQL to provide capacity models, real-time WIP and rework data, and a filterable table of important production metrics by device serial number.
• Leveraged Octave to analyze the SQL data of production's digital calibration platforms (DCPs) to gage reliability, repeatability, yield, throughput, and idle time across a variety of product mixes in an effort to.
• Increased DCP throughput by 13% with the introduction of pressure-based pump down versus existing time-based pump down.
• Modeled and built both a prototype and multiple production stands for pressure transducer calibration, taking into consideration vibration, throughput, and ergonomics.

Pennsylvania, United States

Engineering products, media, designs, and providing consulting services.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

• Utilized ROS and Python to develop a virtual testbed for autonomous vehicles in theCARLA simulation platform by integrating a navigation and perception stack.
• The virtual environment is designed to be easily integrated into physical miniatureracecars that simulate various traffic scenarios in scaled urban environments.

Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States

• Designed and ran uncertainty calculations for a transfer-standard fixture with the highest accuracy of any existing flowmeter or viscometer.
• Compiled and interpreted testing data on existing MFCs to depict trends across different device configurations allowing for the identification of errors in the manufacturing process.
• Completed validation testing of the metrology fixture from the Summer.
• Designed and manufactured a Faraday Cage for electronics testing.

Hatfield, Pennsylvania, United States

• Designed five, innovative, reversible Mass Flow Controller packages resulting in over 10x faster response times than the previous model.
• Generated variable statistical models for quickly comparing design configurations, orientations, and accuracy errors.
• Increased the efficiency of validation data processing by over 300x through MATLAB automation.
• Automated file organization, data extraction, and data processing of 34 different tests across 55 existing devices with infrastructure to seamlessly handle all future units.
• Performed a statistical analysis and characterization of incoming parts with high accuracy metrology devices to determine the required ordering specification.
• Improved a metrology fixture through an 18x size reduction and 28x decrease in cycle time.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

• Leveraged Solidworks and 3D printing to create a functional, sleek, and tamper-resistant casing prototype for an integrated fleet-management e-bike dashboard.
• Modeled for manufacture, universal and discreet energy solutions for non-electric bikes allowing for the integration of powered accessibility devices.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

• Used Solidworks to invent and prototype an automatic continuously variable transmissionfor an electric bicycle, a connected dashboard product, and a 3-functionality phone case.
• Calculated static and dynamic loads on the continuously variable transmission to ensurestructural integrity and to minimize risk and cost in the prototyping process.

Trexlertown, PA

• Working in a fast-paced environment taught me valuable skills in multitasking and how to work well with co-workers to accomplish large tasks within limited timeframes.
• This job allowed me to work with a diverse set of employees. I often acted as a new employee trainer which honed my communication and instructional skills.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, G.P.A. 3.98 (Highest Honors / Summa Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Lehigh Alliance of Battle Bots (President), Skillion Capstone Team

G.P.A. 4.49

Activities and Societies: FIRST Robotics (President & Treasurer), American Computer Science League (Treasurer), National Honor Society.