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Greater San Diego Area

• Increased overall capacity and throughput of the wet test dept. by managing the installation and qualification of an 800 psi test loop• Managed the design, installation and qualification of a new walk-in vacuum rinse tank system that reduced lift related injures• Designed a custom FRP Resin Bath that trimmed both setup time (30 minutes per shift) and total resin consumption (50% less)• Directed a 100+ element study that resulted in a one hour reduction on the vacuum rinse process for the entire seawater product line• Assisted Production, Maintenance and Product Development teams with CAD support while managing multiple engineering projects• Collaborated with Managers, Engineers, Maintenance, Scientists, Production Workers and various Hydranautics vendors daily

Greater San Diego Area

•Created an ergonomic test cart using Inventor that increases the safety of production workers during wet test process•Designed & assembled a mobile test skid to assist with qualification of our home reverse osmosis (RO) products•Engaged in safety-related engineering projects such as element holding carts & FRP outer wrap guarding•Researched methods & strategies to efficiently reduce glue use in the 8” RO product line•Assisted in development & quality of home RO product line by conducting wet tests & analyzing autopsy reports•Utilized Inventor to create custom parts & drawings for various engineering projects at Hydranautics•Aided in the adaptation of a more precise BOM by collecting data in numerous areas•Evaluated the maximum pressure on a core tube by integrating FEA analysis & numerical formulas•Qualified Hydranautics’ products with global water agencies such as NSF, DWI, & KIWA•Collaborated with Managers, Engineers, Scientists & Production Workers

Orange County, California Area

•Created and edited diverse molds and parts using Solidworks to meet specific requirements of the customers•Composed detailed drawings of parts and molds in Solidworks for production•Assisted in the production and quality control of plastic and metal parts using CNC lathes and mills•Created spreadsheets of an up to date job list that cover a wide range of manufacturing techniques•Performed research and development in long term projects to completion•Worked closely with Project Managers, Engineers, and Machinists on a daily basis

Orange County, California Area

•Collaborated with Graduate Researcher Ming-Je and classmates to in the investigation of cryomilling Aluminum 5083 with Diamantine additives and performed grain size analysis of TEM images using ImageJ•Produced a cryomilling poster board and presented our research at the UCI UROP Symposium•Subjected numerous materials to uniaxial tension in tensile testing and investigated their failure using the SEM•Worked closely with Graduate Researcher to prepare specimens for the SEM and TEM

Orange County, California Area

•Operated in a small team with four other Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering undergraduates•Replicated various springs in Solidworks from provided samples and dimensions•Performed Finite Element Analysis in Solidworks on modeled springs to determine a force vs. deflection curve•Conducted force vs. deflection experiments on springs using an Instrum and compared results•Attended weekly meetings with the Engineering Team at Performance Sealing to discuss progress•Presented our research and findings as a team to other companies, teachers, and students