Mechanical Engineer Engineering

Rachel Waxman

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Objective:

To obtain a job as a mechanical engineer

Education:

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2011

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

Cumulative GPA: 3.95; Major GPA: 4.0

Honors and Societies:

. Recipient, Jamie Knight Scholarship

. Phi Kappa Phi

. Tau Beta Pi; Vice President, VA Epsilon Chapter

. American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Research Publications and Presentations:

. "Feasibility of using piezoelectric probes to measure viscosity in

Newtonian fluids." ASME 2010 Conference on SMASIS (paper and

research presentation)

. "Energy scavenging combining piezoelectric and pyroelectric

effects." ASME 2010 Conference on SMASIS

. "Characterization of a Pt-core PZT Fiber/Al Matrix Composite." SPIE

Smart Structures, NDE 2010

Programming and Computing Skills:

MatLab & Simulink

SigmaPlot

Audodesk Inventor

* SolidWorks

* ANSYS

* LabVIEW

Work Experience:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Mechanical Engineering Department

Teaching Assistant; August 2009 to May 2011

. ENGR 102: Engineering Statics, 3 semesters, Dr. Karla Mossi

. EGRM 202: Mechanics of Deformables, 1 semester, Dr. Manu Mital

Virginia Commonwealth University, Mechanical Engineering Department

Student Office Worker; February 2009 to January 2011

Monticello Shell Auto Center

Automotive Mechanic, VA State Inspector, Sales Associate; May 2005 to

August 2008

Research Experience:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Biofluid Dynamics and Multiphase

Transport Laboratory

Research Assistant, Supervisor: Dr. P. Worth Longest; January to May

2011

. Create experimental setups and run experiments involving nano-

aerosol drug delivery

. Design parts using SolidWorks and build using a rapid prototyper

Virginia Commonwealth University, Smart Materials Laboratory

Research Assistant, Supervisor: Dr. Karla Mossi; January 2010 to May

2011

. Create experimental setups and run experiments involving smart

materials, particularly piezoelectric materials

. Process raw data in SigmaPlot and Excel

. Work on conference and journal publications

Virginia Commonwealth University, Integrated Systems Laboratory

Research Assistant, Intern. Supervisor: Dr. Vishnu Baba Sundaresan;

May to August 2010

. Study bond graph modeling and apply to smart materials,

particularly magnetoelectric materials

. Assist in development of a smart materials display and

demonstration for the Science Museum of Virginia

. Assist in the synthesis and characterization of electroactive

polymers, including polypyrrole

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