I support MIT Project Manus's mission to update fabrication technology and improve student experience and maker culture at MIT by:Coordinating and training teams of student mentorsWriting and reviewing technical and safety documentation, and building organizational systems to make it accessibleBuilding, maintaining, and improving student focused makerspacesAdapting equipment for accessibility and safety, retrofitting with custom engineered solutions where necessary.

Technical instructor and shop manager for MIT’s art program.Manage production of large and small scale exhibitions installed throughout campus.Develop medium specific co-curricular workshops supporting departmental courses in all sculptural media. Deliver undergraduate and graduate-level training to both individuals and class groups.Provide technical consulting to classes, graduate students, and faculty projects, suggest or invent materials & techniques.Hire and supervise student and professional shop monitors.Maintain and operate traditional and CNC tools in an exceptionally mixed-media environment.Ensure EHS and OSHA compliance through environmental testing, record keeping. Develop Institute training protocols.

Recent commissions include prototyping, custom furniture, architectural drafting, rendering and modelmaking. Also production art and project support including proofreading, data entry, prepress resource management.

Work primarily in aluminum and plastic to deliver custom 3D illuminated architectural signage.

Teach basic tool safety and use.

I contributed to schematic, DD, permit and construction drawings on projects from simple ADA renovations to a new small office building. Also worked on 3D models and renderings for a church community gathering space addition. I produced presentation models and updated drawing standards.

Performed routine maintenance of machines in wood and metal shop.Cleaned and organized designated areas of facility according to schedule. Enforced safety and operational rules.

Taught 4.111, experiencing architecture. Desk crits and pinups for introductory studio. Created presentations and guided discussions for small groups of undergraduate architecture students.

Supported departmental and personal computers, troubleshooting diverse hardware and software problems. Worked with PC, Mac, and Linux; maintained managed systems and printing facilities. Provided tutorials on integration into university computing environment and specialized software.

Supervised operation of computer systems, scanning devices and photo plotters. Assisted students with graphic design software and printing..

At the architectural slide library, I cataloged and filed slides, managed database and web applications. Performed slide scanning, copy photography, digital image correction, and data entry.

Presentation and study models for Jackson Hole residence, revisions to development drawings. As-built survey and construction documents for residential remodel.