Motorola Solutions, Inc. provides data and telecommunications equipment for both commercial businesses and public safety. My role is to develop mechanical hardware for infrastructure, and my current responsibilities are:► Using PTC Creo 4.0 and Windchill for CAD to design sheet metal parts that house PCBA's► Using probability distributions to perform tolerance analyses on mechanical assemblies► Designing Heat Sinks and other thermal management solutions with PTC Creo and ANSYS Icepak for electronic components► Overseeing life cycles of parts and working with supply chain to push new parts to life stages► Prototyping and testing new designs using additive manufacturing, thermocouples, strain gages, etc.

For the 2018-2019 season, I passed on leadership to mentor the next team lead. This was done to promote a smooth turnover of leadership as well as ensure direct knowledge transfer between senior and junior members. I was responsible for:► Supporting the team lead with design and manufacturing responsibilities► Redesigning the rear wing to match the optimal track L/D ratio and shift the CP rearwardUnfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to validate CFD analyses through Wind Tunnel testing. However, the projected results were as follows:► <1% weight increase► 10.2%, 12.1%, and 6.1% rearward shifts in CP for Low, Mid, and High speed apex cornering scenarios► Point simulation indicates a need of 2.17 lbf of downforce for 1 lbm of weight gain for a part to be point-positive in competition. The redesigned rear wing generated 3.14, 6.23, and 5.8 lbf in downforce for Low, Mid, and High speed apex cornering scenarios, respectively

During the 2017-2018 season, I was the team lead in charge of 20+ students to create an aerodynamics package for the 2018 car. Our team was performing a major overhaul by switching out a space-frame chassis with a half-body carbon fiber monocoque and a rear subframe. The major challenge with this was adapting all the aerodynamic parts to fit the redesigned body. This involved several tasks:► Responsible for an aerodynamics CAD (PTC Creo) assembly model of 100+ parts and integrating that into the larger full car model► Quickly iterating airfoil designs in 2D using tools like JavaFoil and XFoil, and then moving onto 3D full car analysis using CFD (Star-CCM+)► Designing and analyzing mounting components using first order calculations supplemented with FEAFor the 2017-2018 car, we validated theoretical analyses with 2 full-scale wind tunnel testing sessions as well as on-track testing such as tuft testing and asymmetric oval lap times. Testing and analyses validated improvements to the aerodynamics package:► 11% increase in downforce with only a 0.67% increase in drag and a 3.68% increase in weight► 20% error between wind tunnel results and CFD

During my sophomore year, my team lead discovered that we can save weight and double airflow to the radiator by removing the sidepods. My responsibility was to implement this change into the 2016-2017 car.

I worked under the sidepods team lead where I mainly sanded carbon fiber, cut foam for machine molds, and other general fun new member activities.

Caterpillar is the world leader in manufacturing mining and construction equipment, engines, industrial turbines, and locomotives. As a corporate intern, I worked in the Large Power Systems Division with the Advanced Engineering team on cooling products.The team I worked on was responsible for analyzing the fluid and thermal performance of new cooling designs for a range of different vehicles. In addition to analyzing new designs, they were also responsible for tuning analytical tools with experimental data to provide more accurate predications of cooling performance. As a part of this team, I worked on several projects:►CFD analysis on new radiator designs using ANSYS Fluent and relaying results back to the engineering team►Researched, created, and delivered a presentation comparing the efficiency of ANSYS AIM to an in-house software and proposed a solution to more effectively use both►Consolidated information from 15+ engineers to create a technology roadmap that got presented at a workshop for the cooling division►Used Business Analytics tools such as Microsoft Power BI and Tableau to contribute to an internal initiative that organized supplier data that saved several million dollars in company time

During my time on Engineering Council, my job was to advertise the College of Engineering to high schools. This included: ► Organizing and presenting prospective and admitted student webinars consisting of 80+ students► Interacting with high school students and parents on engineering-specific tours► Advising the Director of New Student Programs within the engineering department.

The BAM (Bio-Inspired Adaptive Morphology) Lab specializes in taking solutions from nature and applying them to mechanical and aerospace problems through robotics.

The purpose of this project was to develop soft skills working with students from other countries. While the course itself spanned several months, I was only in South Africa for three weeks to implement the projects. Unfortunately, the first project (an irrigation system) got burned down by protesters and we were forced to change plans, but the second involved facilitating a brick-making course for community members to start their own business.