Mechanical Engineer, Additive Manufacturing

Alex Santelle

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Technical Skills

• Additive Manufacturing, Project Management, Optimization, Statistical Analysis, Numerical Methods, Catia V5, SolidWorks, Mathematica, Python, MATLAB, Visual Basic, LabVIEW, Microsoft Office

(Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project)

Education

• University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC-December 2017 o Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

o GPA: 3.6

Experience

McNair Research Center - Columbia, SC January 2016-December 2017 McNair Junior Fellow May 2017-December 2017

• Used Mathematica and Visual Basic to program a graphical tool to help with design of non- conventional woven composite laminates

• Used Python to program automation part of the preprocessing required to generate tool paths for composites manufacturing

McNair Junior Fellow August 2016-December 2016

• Programmed graphical tool using Mathematica to create a visualization of simple tool paths for an automated fiber placement machine

• Documented concepts for creating tools paths using Mathematica

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Student Research Assistant January 2016-May 2016

• Research and development of 3D-printed piezoelectric PVDF films

• Printed Piezoelectric PVDF specimens using a small format FDM printer

• Instrumentation for data acquisition of electrical response from PVDF film Rapid Prototyping Plus Manufacturing (RPPlusM)- Avon Lake, OH May 2016-August 2016 Mechanical Engineering Intern

• Investigated printability and suitable printing parameters for experimental materials

• Programmed controls for temperature controlled heat platen in a large format 3D printer

• CAD for 3D printed parts using SolidWorks

• Generated printing parameters and support structure for optimum structural integrity and build time

• Operated and maintained the industrial FDM 3D printing machines Other Experience

Senior Design Project - Columbia, SC January 2017-December 2017

• Redesign of a wire harness, material feeding system and material storage for a 6-axis 3D printer that utilizes carbon fiber reinforced polymer as a printing material

• Redesign of the wiring and material transport harness so that they would not be a source of print failure

• Designed and built a replica of a 6-axis robot

Honors and Awards

• Mckissick Scholarship and Life Scholarship Recipient

• 5x Dean’s List Recipient

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