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Florida, United States

Princeton, NJ, US

- Assisted students with robot hardware and software design and manufacturing questions in laboratory

- Organized MK3 vehicle low voltage power system team- Continued development of VCU, including completely overhauled electronics and enclosure

- Improved team garage safety standards, PPE usage, fire safety compliance, hazard signs and warnings- Installed, upgraded, and recertified equipment, including 3D printer, hoist, fume hood, PCs, and soldering tools

- Designed compact VCU as part of senior thesis for MK3 vehicle integrating power, safety, and data circuitry in small, light-weight, and affordable design- Power system: uses 540V HV battery and 30V LiPo battery with DC-DC converters and EMI filters to provide 24V, 12V, 5V, includes 4 layers of overcurrent protection- Safety system: includes FSAE/FH+E.

- Designed & assembled four custom PCBs to control and power vehicle using Altium Designer- Modeled and manufactured the fully-encapsulated GLV (Grounded Low Voltage) system

- Developed and routed EMI-resistant and weather-resistant harness for 50+ signals and 12/5/3.3V power- Cut, crimped, and installed 50mm^2 double-insulated high-voltage cables- Familiarized self with TE Connectivity, Deutsch, XT60, Deans, Tamiya, and other terminals

- Project-managed 120+ team members across 20 engineering teams, while maintaining member retention- Introduced and managed “tick-tock” model: simultaneously manufacturing current vehicle, designing next-generation vehicle- Organized weekly administrative and engineering meetings

- Welded 50+ chromoly steel tubes, junctions, plates, and tabs on vehicle chassis using TIG welder- Organized other welders and procured necessary safety, expendable, and new equipment

- Developed a Raspberry-Pi-4B-based vehicle dashboard reading 8 parameters (accumulator charge, low-voltage battery charge, water cooling loop temperature, velocity, acceleration, distance traveled, etc.)- Used Python scripts to process sensor data over several communications protocols (I2C, SPI, CAN)- Assisted development of a HTML/CSS-based Flask server.

- Compiled bill of materials, procured items, and managed budget in SAP for 50+ members across 15 project teams- Applied to university-affiliated and private grants in order to secure $33,000 of funding, plus discounted products- Photoshopped event advertisement flyers, assisted recruiting, procured 3 rounds of team gear, revamped website

- Designed 12V to 5V SEPIC voltage converter circuit using Altium Designer- Simulated and verified power and control circuitry in LTSpice

Dearborn, Michigan, US

- Tabulated zonal module power system’s efficiency, current draw, and capacitive load with LTPowerPlanner- Verified key zonal PCB trace current densities/voltage drops with Ansys SIwave power integrity features- Implemented 8x start-up SPI scripts for DC-DC regulator chip, including automatic VBA CRC bit calculator- Characterized high-side driver (HSD).

Malta, NY, US

- Designed Cu pillar test with auto-current-range, voltage compliance, averaging, stress testing, CSV data in C++- Upgraded SiPh Micro-Ring Modulator bandwidth test speed, automation, setup tracking, abstraction in C++- Coordinated with Keysight to write custom network analyzer programs; interfaced with TEL probers, IBM cards

Princeton, NJ, US

- Developed & manufactured 4 3D-printing extruder designs with 2 custom-tuned PID temperature controllers- CNC-machined 16 aluminum, 7 brass, and 1 steel component on Haas CNC, Bridgeport mills, SAE/metric lathes- Set up Nordson & Alicat Scientific Pressure Controllers, custom CNC-machined reservoirs for Nordson 7xx- Integrated AeroTech A3200/XR3 with.

Princeton, NJ, US

- Modelled and produced silver, ITO, and gold shadow masks for Perovskite LEDs with KLayout (.DXF software)- Coded Python script to calculate EQE, power efficiency, current efficacy, luminance, radiance, etc.- Implemented an LN2 cooling system for the LED setup, including a custom designed 3D printed enclosure- Gained familiarity with KiCAD (PCB software).

- Analyzed, graphed, and backwards-engineered the electrical system of a prototype 1m x 2m x 1m 3D printer- Researched, set up, and calibrated a new electrical system based on the Duet3D 6HC board and Raspberry Pi 4B- Communicated with Duet3D, Fulcrum, and others in order to install new features and future-proof the design

Miami Beach, FL, US

- Aided and job-shadowed support, networking, telemetry, maintenance, and applications professionals- Addressed day-to-day problems, installation requests, and inventory management- Participated in transition to new Cisco 88xx phone system- Discovered a security flaw - ethernet dongles that retained their address leases too long could be used to access the.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Bse In Electrical Engineering, Certificate In Sustainable Energy, Robotics, Russian

High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate