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Sunnyvale, CA, US

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Torrance, California, United States

• Full-scale design, analysis and development of optimized metal 3D printed frame/structural components for high performance hypercars (Czinger 21C)
• Designed 3D-printed vehicle structural components using topology optimization tools (e.g. HyperMesh, Optistruct) to minimize mass while maintaining performance requirements
• Designed and developed front suspension components and systems including the anti-roll bar, pushrod, bellcrank, and chassis mounting frame.
• Designed 3D-printed side impact bumper to minimize mass while maintaining crush performance and proper clearance to existing components.
• Ran structural and fatigue analysis on splitters to determine performance under maximum vehicle aero loads as well as impact force to determine weight bearing performance.

• Designed and developed a laser alignment device to verify alignment of antenna orientation to radar dish position.
• Designed and implemented A/C solution to regulate interior temperature of radomes operating in high temperatures.
• Authored and supervised the creation of document packages and other engineering deliverables.
• Carried out the finalization and release of design and documentation including individual component and assembly CAD drawings for manufacturing and integration.

Concord, CA, United States

• Design, manufacture, test and integration of autonomous UAV components and systems.
• Designed aircraft components including VTOL motor mounts, ESC mounts, avionics enclosure, fuel filter system, aileron mechanism and bulkhead component mounting.
• Lead for weatherization testing of current gen aircraft resulting in design modifications and successful flight tests. Designed and built test stand to simulate various rates of rainfall with propeller operation.
• Qualified VTOL motor mounts through rapid design, test and deployment iterations for flight before critical defense customer demonstrations.
• Conducted FEA and fatigue structural analysis for flight critical components.
• Created top-level BOM with procurement information and current inventory to simplify manufacturing.

Torrance, California

• Created a standardized library of sensor models in Simulink and created model verification procedure
• Developed a portable MicroLabBox development console. Configured a “self-test” tool using Python to validate the I/O channel connection and created a project specific real-time user interface using dSPACE ControlDesk..
• Developed skills with Python, control systems concepts, industry documentation standards, and system modeling with simulation software including Amesim and Simulink
• Developed IRAD proposal documentation

Los Angeles, California

• Tutored LMU athletes in various levels of Calculus
• Scheduled and ran weekly tutoring sessions
• Designed custom lesson plans for each student in order to target every student's area in most need of improvement
• Was available for students to contact me with inquiries, outside of scheduled tutoring throughout the entire school year

B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Three years as a member of LoyolaMARS, a student based rocket team. Two years as a Student Athlete Rowing.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: ASB Student Body. Link Crew as Freshman Orientation Leader and Student Connections Leader. Team Captain Varsity.