OBJECTIVE

Graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering looking for a full time job in product design and consulting.

EDUCATION

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Graduated: May 2017

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

EXPERIENCE

Internships

Icon Mechanical Summer 2016

Project Manager - Mechanical contractor, engineering and construction firm dealing with HVAC systems

Managed operational details for the construction of HVAC systems in a seven story university building

Put together project hours, budget costs, purchase order/cost and product specification, quality control, and job progression

Attended weekly PM meetings, facilitated communications between both workers and engineers

Diagnostic anSERS Summer 2015

Intern - Biological sensors using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

Produced, printed and analyzed performance and consistency of various SERS substrates against various chemicals (THC, BPE).

Manufactured consumer grade products for sales.

Assisted in developing application specific enhancements to improve sensor performance.

Academic Research Summer 2014

Research Assistant- Bio-Medical/Mechanical Engineering lab and Materials Engineering lab

Catheter Replicate Project

Processing and analysis of polyurethane fluorescent-capable catheter replicates able to be visualized using ultrasound instead of x-rays.

Analyzed data included tensile testing, near infrared imaging, light degradation, roughness, and hardness testing.

Design Projects

Senior Capstone Project – Biomedical device for the selective aspiration of cancerous leader cells

Designed and constructed a microfluidic pressure based system that successfully utilized flow to mechanically extract a cancerous cell and transfer to assay preparation buffers.

Programmed coordinated labview and arduino software for real-time system monitoring and control

Hitch Insert Device

Collaborated with teammates to design and model a new hitch insert storage unit / foldout table.

Preformed economic, statistical, and material analysis.

Interviewed potential buyers to validate market potential and inform the design process.

Autonomous submersible

Designed, with a team, a submarine out of pvc piping and other household items

Our submarine performed controlled dives and resurfaces, forward motion, left and right turns

SKILLS

Programming: ANSYS (Fluent, ICEM), C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Arduino, Origin 8, JMP, CAD with Inventor, Microsoft Office

Lab Skills

Imaging: SEM (scanning electron microscopy), AFM (atomic force microscopy), Ultrasound

Experimental design, data collection, statistical analyses to inform conclusions

Presentation of novel and published scientific information to peers and supervisor

EXTRA CURRICULAR

Medical mission in Belize

Volunteer work, National Kidney Foundation- assisted doctors at clinics

Scuba Diving, hiking/backpacking, and playing soccer (played Intermural at VT)

Soccer coach for New River United (U7)

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