Noah Allen Email & Phone Number

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Primarily responsible for installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting on Disco grinding machines.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

I returned to interning at Windlift in May 2020, stepped away to finish my engineering degree from August to December, and have resumed working part time in an internship/support role since. The technical expertise that I developed while working on the first electromechanical tether back in 2019 has been crucial in designing lighter-weight, stronger, lower cost tethers for our Airborne Power Generators.Major projects have included:- Reworking tether from two-line to single-line design.- Revising manufacturing plans to save ~75% on manpower and changing materials to save 20% on cost and 13% on weight with minimal impact to electrical performance.- Characterizing thermal performance at a range of electrical currents.- Leveraging resistance heating to rapidly collapse a heat-shrinkable jacket down onto 400 feet of carbon fiber and electrical conductor, saving time and money.- Supported the development of manufacturing documenting for new carbon fiber test aircraft.

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

In this role, I primarily spearheaded research and development of a two-line electromechanical tether for use with Windlift's Airborne Power Generator (APG) test platform. This included:- Material strength testing and characterization.- Analysis of test results primarily using Excel and comparison with expected results based on material specifications.- Generation of reports discussing results and their ramifications, plus detailed documentation of testing procedures.- Creation of final tether design plus build manuals. I led a team of five people to successfully build a full-scale, 400' tether on a blazing hot runway in Butner, NC.Alongside this primary project, I handled a large chunk of fiberglass composite manufacturing for test aircraft parts, assisted in putting together wiring diagrams for various sensors and controllers, hand-wound a brushless DC motor, and built several test rigs. All in a day's work.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I worked in the NC State facilities paint shop during summer 2018 both doing basic touch-up work and, periodically, more sophisticated total repaints around the university's campus. The primary focus was on dorm rooms, but exterior doors, outdoor furniture and walkways were also attended to.