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San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Managed team of 15+ students for the design, manufacture, and test of a 30lbf ethanol/GOX engine in under a year, becoming the first club to build a liquid bi-propellant engine at Cal Poly.Balanced the management of high level, fast paced manufacturing, and testing schedules with supporting the design and manufacturing of plumbing systems, engine components, and test hardware.

Owned Plumbing Manufacturing and Integration.Conducted various tests on Plumbing components to validate design decisions.Owned Injector Orifice Sizing Calculations and assisted in Injector CAD Design.

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Managed the operation and maintenance of a functioning machine shop and maker space.Gained hundreds of hours of machining experience teaching students industry standard levels of operation of light and heavy machinery including general shop tools, manual mills and lathes, welders, and a waterjet. Gained leadership experience teaching students and incoming techs, while also developing and implementing standard procedures for tool management, operation, and maintenance.Gained experience in a variety of industry standard machining capabilities such as CNC and manual mill, lathe, waterjet, and TIG and MIG welders.

Kent, Washington, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Designed engine casings that interfaced between the preexisting J85, and a custom afterburner downstream. Gained experience in trading between flight qualified versus rapidly produced designs, accounting for material sourcing difficulties and manufacturing limitations while meeting system requirements and schedules. Designed, built, and tested a custom thermal rake to evaluate engine thermal environments before sourcing a flame tracking sensor. Established company standardized procedures for test article integration for engine test through detailed documentation and procedures developed for my own project.Developed company standardized procedures for the cleaning and repurposing of fluid components as a byproduct of procedures I created when repurposing fluid components from a previous testing campaign. Inspected cleaned components to an internally defined level of cleanliness and proved out internal cleaning and inspection capabilities.Manufactured custom hardware for various projects operating machinery such as CNC Tube Benders, Orbital Tube Welders, 5-Axis Waterjet, and Metal Powder DED Printers.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Designed and manufactured Ground Support Equipment, Injector and Propulsion Hardware, and Fluids Hardware while building out manufacturing capabilities by operating and creating work instructions for various machinery.Assisted the design of Variable-Area Nozzle Control Surfaces for the Chimera engine in Siemens NX with structural and pressure vessel hand calculations with corroboration through FEA.

Collected and analyzed data from MoTeC and created testing plans for various subsystems.Manufactured various components from CAD drawings on the manual mill and lathe. Assisted in manufacturing the Front and Rear Wings of our composite carbon fiber aerodynamic kit. Assisted in mending defects, potting inserts, and component installation in the carbon fiber chassis.

Teaching assistant for IME 141 (Manufacturing Processes: Net Shape), which teaches students the properties of molding materials and methods of casting along with an introduction to rapid prototyping.Organized and prepared lab equipment during class, and provided technical assistance to students during the lab. Provided general assistance to the professor as needed.

Produced and taught lessons to kids aged 6-14 on math and mandarin for around 12 hours a week. Worked closely with parents to produce custom coursework that fit with the children's school topics.

Facilitated communications between community leaders and my team by creating surveys for the Salton Sea Community and researched and brainstormed solutions to the community's crisis

Translated order placements and other communications from Mandarin to English and vice versa for Chinese sales and engineering representatives in order to streamline communications with English-speaking clients. Developed an in-depth understanding of injection molding machines by shadowing the Chief Engineer during machine repair visits at local factories.

Mechanical Engineering, Sophomore

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Scholars Program, Cal Poly Racing Formula SAE, Cal Poly Engineers Without Borders Local Team.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Co-ed Wrestling, Yearbook, Orchestra