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Odessa, Florida, United States

Operating with field med device customers to sketch out and prototype product designs and existing product modifications to a robust catalogue of top of the line med cart offerings.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Launching & beta testing a proprietary in-house AI software stack for maximum data visibility into product business accounts and books.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Helping founders launch & scale private label products through robust manufacturing and marketing services.Fulfillment Automation | Brand Presence | Traffic Generation | Traffic Nurture | Construction of Sales Incentives | Customer Reconversion

Houston, Texas, United States

- Developed a novel piezoelectric magnetic energy harvester (PMEH) prototype to functionally generate 57 uA of current @ 3.70VDC for charging a Panasonic 18650 lithium ion cell at scale.- Designed an AC-DC conversion circuit for piezoelectric transducer energy harvesting, including tunable operational amplification, bridge rectification, voltage threshold adjustment, & reverse voltage protection.- Conducted comprehensive renewable energy literature reviews & presented prototyping concepts for solar MGES.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

-Led the formation of a 6-person engineering consulting firm focused on delivering efficient, high-quality product designs, analysis reports, & testing reports for a diverse range of industry clients in the consumer goods niche.-Facilitated the development of an internal QMS with paramount legal policy, MNDAs, custom contracts, estimates, quotes, invoices, & engineering consulting templates.-Developed new client relationships while focusing on KPI improvement and outreach. Attended public networking events to spread service awareness.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

▪ Executed a 2021 – 2022 growth platform to increase member recruitment by 200%, introduce new human relations & diversity and inclusion leadership positions, spur technical retention via biweekly workshops, expand online marketing initiatives, & chart a “Path to 50K” non-dilutive research fundraising effort▪ Facilitated standup meetings, charted a program critical path, & followed up on technical tasks cross-functionally for the Boring Company “Not-A-Boring” Competition, Hyperloop research projects, and new competition options in transportation robotics in 2022 - all prior to smooth leadership transition documentation upon exit

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

-Collaboratively led the development of a 200+-page technical documentation package highlighting the design of a novel earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine (EPB TBM) used for the 2021 Boring Company "Not-A-Boring" competition-Developed an Agile project management schedule for mechanical, electrical, software, & business team deliverables-Facilitated 3D CAD organization, manufacturing print completion, and onboarding of new technical recruits to accelerate TBM manufacturing & testing timeline

United States

-Developed 15+ concept designs for iPhone case buttons for new case programs, elevating to CAD assemblies for prototype-level manufacturing-Designed two plaque level button compliance and user hand feel tools to assist in geometry and material downselection for formative case button designs-Formed new FEA procedures & corresponding ANSYS models for evaluating case button peak forces, click ratios (CRs), & case extraction forces with parameterization support, conducting Design of Experiments & statistical analysis to evaluate favorable design changes

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

-Planned & executed 20+ undergraduate & graduate academic, professional, and outreach coordination meetings & events for the 2020 – 2021 academic year-Expanded Northeastern student chapter by facilitating the development of a graduate student branch & wrote SHPE National progress reports, yielding a 2020 – 2021 Blue Chip Award for the chapter’s recruitment and retention growth-Facilitated a workshop series introducing entrepreneurship & entrepreneurial barriers to undergraduate student members and hosted presentation panels with Facebook, Whoop, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, & GE Aviation

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

-Led the design, analysis, and procurement of a novel suspension rig used to directly test for Hyperloop stability wheel and shock dynamic coefficients and spring constants traditionally not provided by manufacturer specifications in application; rig utilizes accelerometry and a variable camshaft forcing mechanism-Developed suspension rig design variants and manufacturing prints in SolidWorks CAD and formulated a Simulink half-car model for system ODE validation, additionally ensuring noninterference of parts-Researched the effects of vacuum environments on air shock bleed and motor and inverter modes of failure (outgassing, thermal fatigue, etc.)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

-Developed a comprehensive report detailing the effective design and structural & thermal finite element analysis of custom Hyperloop-centric drive wheels-Applied my research report to dynamic wheel simulations in ANSYS, resulting in advances necessary for topology optimization-Led a team of student engineers engaged around effective Hyperloop rim design

•Designed custom wheel and shock assemblies for SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition IV electric transportation "pod" vehicle in SolidWorks, conducting static and dynamic structural FoS verification tests in SolidWorks FEA•Conducted high-level rim overmold research for contract manufacturing comparisons and developed explicit parameters for overmold selection for 35,000 RPM+ speeds and 300+ N*m applied torque cases•Developed detailed SolidWorks drawings for wheel rims for contract manufacturing using appropriate GD&T and oversaw overmold and rim manufacturing and installation process for wheels on Competition IV "pod", including wheel balancing

Greater Boston Area

- Advanced a comprehensive quality management system consisting of a web PLM application, SolidWorks PDM library, and LOTO cabinet, tracing over 500 items in between contractors and demonstrating $2.7M in potential product savings from an exemplary supply chain analysis- Developed a laparoscopic stereoscope prototype for depth imaging in minimally invasive tissue surgeries alongside numerous time-of-flight depth imaging fixtures, working primarily within the sub-900nm laser spectral range- Designed and tested 20+ custom electrical cables for a laser-powering imaging device, conducted an advanced RSS tolerance analysis of a diode collimation stackup, and wrote an approved labeling requirements specification document per FDA 21 CFR regulations

Greentown Labs, Somerville, Ma

•Developed high-level BOMs quoted as "the best ever seen in the industry" (Kalow Technologies, 06/2019), SolidWorks parts, and detailed SolidWorks drawings for mechanical design packages for $100k+ high-voltage electric precipitator retrofits on power plant cooling towers•Designed, manufactured, and tested a high-pressure pneumatic actuator system with sequential, timed actuations and a load support of several thousand pound-force after procuring several revisions of a comprehensive P&ID•Conducted static load analysis, wind deflection analysis, complex CoD analysis, and pneumatic pressure drop calculations in SolidWorks FEA, ANSYS, and Excel•Designed and assembled multiple in-house testing fixtures for cooling tower plume simulation purposes•Worked to integrate a GrabCAD repository with a reformatted company CAD nomenclature

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Paradigm Hyperloop, Entrepreneurs Club, SHPE, ASME, Club Taekwondo

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering - Mechatronics Concentration