Paxton Berger Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Roseville, Minnesota, United States

The Horton application engineering team provides cooling solutions using existing Horton products for new applied vehicle releases. Our mission is to provide cooling systems for customers that meet and exceed their expectations in reliability, performance, and price. In my role, I work with Navistar International to discuss the requirements of the application and determine which of our base product line will suit the need, and then run all required cooling and performance/confidence/reliability… Show more The Horton application engineering team provides cooling solutions using existing Horton products for new applied vehicle releases. Our mission is to provide cooling systems for customers that meet and exceed their expectations in reliability, performance, and price. In my role, I work with Navistar International to discuss the requirements of the application and determine which of our base product line will suit the need, and then run all required cooling and performance/confidence/reliability calculations to then fine tune the clutch and our fan selection as well as custom design and manufacture mounting solutions for each production application. I continue to follow each application through the prototype manufacturing and both external fitment and performance testing builds, all the way to production casting tool design and the release of any new or modified product. I have and will be seeing to completion the release of 13 individual vehicle applications, with a total of nearly 50 individual components designed, tested, prototyped, and integrated into production. These releases will secure my customer International as the largest customer for Horton Inc. Show less

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Design, manufacture, and race a fully student built ELECTRIC racecar; a journey the GopherMotorsports team began in 2022. Our team created our first vehicle this year using an EMRAX motor, custom ground-up built accumulator and mostly carryover chassis and drivetrain design from the internal combustion vehicle. I carried over and integrated my and the teams drivetrain and transmission design from the internal combustion vehicle, working with the high voltage powertrain subteam to determine the… Show more Design, manufacture, and race a fully student built ELECTRIC racecar; a journey the GopherMotorsports team began in 2022. Our team created our first vehicle this year using an EMRAX motor, custom ground-up built accumulator and mostly carryover chassis and drivetrain design from the internal combustion vehicle. I carried over and integrated my and the teams drivetrain and transmission design from the internal combustion vehicle, working with the high voltage powertrain subteam to determine the differences required for transitioning from an ICE to EV powertrain. This vehicle was a proof of concept and did not drive.With this experience, the following year's vehicle (2023), was fully redesigned and featured all new drivetrain systems and powertrain systems and controls and a brand new custom accumulator. This vehicle not only drove, but performed very well, and took 4th place in the endurance race, and 7th in the overall competition of over 150 teams.EXPERIENCE:Designed, simulated, and tested drivetrain components for high torque and high wear applications from the EMRAX 208 motor. Extensive simulation and calculation to determine optimal competition point scoring based on balancing max speed, max acceleration, and efficiency of the electric motor. Using SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, custom 1D lap simulation, and physical validation testing, designed drivetrain for robust, reliable operation, while maintaining a compact and lightweight profile.ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:- Powertrain system integration. - Extensive System integration experience in upstream and downstream designs. Drivetrain design requires extensive collaboration with suspension, electrical, and high voltage motor systems to successfully transmit power from the engine to the ground. - Driver for electric vehicle for 2023 season. Over one hundred hours of seat-time in the electric vehicle for running vehicle test plans and races for both FSAE competitions and 3rd party autocross events. Show less

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Design, manufacture, and race a fully student built racecar; these goals makeup of the FSEA lifestyle by many college students across the country. EXPERIENCE:Designed, simulated, and tested drivetrain components for high torque, high wear, and short, well-defined life cycles. Using SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, custom 1D lap simulation, and physical validation testing, designed drivetrain for robust, reliable operation, while maintaining a compact and lightweight profile integrated with a… Show more Design, manufacture, and race a fully student built racecar; these goals makeup of the FSEA lifestyle by many college students across the country. EXPERIENCE:Designed, simulated, and tested drivetrain components for high torque, high wear, and short, well-defined life cycles. Using SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS, custom 1D lap simulation, and physical validation testing, designed drivetrain for robust, reliable operation, while maintaining a compact and lightweight profile integrated with a Yamaha YZF-R6 4-cylinder ICE. All coming together for a display of true limit engineering.ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:- Several years of machining experience on Nardini Lathes, 3-axis Bridgeport mills, waterjet processes, precision grinding for heat-treated parts, and experience in CNC milling/turning.- Engine system design for performance and all custom manufacturing, with many engine internal modifications and YZF-R6 engine rebuilds under my belt.- Extensive System integration experience in upstream and downstream designs. Drivetrain design requires extensive collaboration with suspension, electrical, and engine transmission systems to successfully transmit power from the engine to the ground. - Along with drivetrain design, I've spent several years of jumping around engine systems aside from my own to gain various experience in all aspects of engine design from intake and exhaust to sensor integration and internals modification for shifting systems.- Several years of various experience among every other vehicle system to learn the benefits or detriments of my personal system design changes upon other systems.- Driver for internal combustion vehicle for 2023 season. Several hundred hours of seat-time in the internal combustion vehicle for test plans and races for both FSAE competitions and 3rd party autocross events. Show less

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Soft robot internal mechanisms research for linkage actuation using hydraulic cylinders. Used in applications for minimally intrusive underground burrowing. I took over the design and manufacturing of this project after a paper documenting the math and geometry requirements for this mechanism and motion ratio was completed. The goal was creation and testing on this motion ratio with the challenges being the immense forces through this linkage and the very compact size requirements. This… Show more Soft robot internal mechanisms research for linkage actuation using hydraulic cylinders. Used in applications for minimally intrusive underground burrowing. I took over the design and manufacturing of this project after a paper documenting the math and geometry requirements for this mechanism and motion ratio was completed. The goal was creation and testing on this motion ratio with the challenges being the immense forces through this linkage and the very compact size requirements. This mechanism based design used a 6-bar linkage to transmit force from a single hydraulic cylinder to a radially expanding motion and evenly move soil outward, creating a tough compressed outer wall layer. With this outer layer, the entire device could then push further axially down into the ground into untouched soil, repeating the process. With this repeated motion, transit through the soil with no intervention from surface could be performed. Show less

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

The Mechanical Energy and Powered Systems lab (MEPS lab) is one of the largest labs in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Minnesota. This lab houses a group of 15-20 graduate students, and 5-10 undergraduate students pursuing their master's degree or PHDs. Clever ways of using the strengths of high-density power from hydraulic systems is this lab's bread and butter. MEPS graduate students spend their time researching many use cases for hydraulic power storage and… Show more The Mechanical Energy and Powered Systems lab (MEPS lab) is one of the largest labs in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Minnesota. This lab houses a group of 15-20 graduate students, and 5-10 undergraduate students pursuing their master's degree or PHDs. Clever ways of using the strengths of high-density power from hydraulic systems is this lab's bread and butter. MEPS graduate students spend their time researching many use cases for hydraulic power storage and movement in unorthodox but heavily desirable ways. In my time working here, I was a lab manager, working to ensure all the students had the resources and organization required to succeed in their tenure in our lab. I worked to created infrastructure for testing campaigns, electrical hardware/DAQ integration with custom software from Matlab, creating testing schedules, ordering components and testing hardware, as well as joining the research team myself for certain programs. Show less

Mechanical Engineering Bs, Mechanical Engineering, 3.2

Activities and Societies: Formula SAE, Jazz 1 performing band. I pursed and was awarded a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering after my time. I.

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