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Samantha Hilerio

Milldale, CT 06467 accktn@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Full-time technical career in the design and analysis of mechanical and fluid systems

Experience

Aerodynamics Engineer: Pratt & Whitney, Middletown, CT May 2012 – Present

• Worked in a team to design and analyze the aerodynamics of high pressure compressors

for both commercial and military jet engines

• Optimized endwall contouring and other design parameters for each airfoil section for

rotors and stators

• Updated department’s design tools and optimized engineering processes

Major Qualifying Project, Worcester Polytechnic Institute September 2011-March 2012

• Worked in multi-discipline team to design and test an autonomous quadrotor

• Created mathematical model in Matlab and constructed a quadrotor out of rapid-

prototyped pieces designed in Solid Works

Summer Intern: Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT May 2011 – August 2011

Aerodynamics Intern

• Compared manufactured airfoils to drawing dimensions and tolerances

• Tested department’s airfoil design tools

Controls and Diagnostic Systems (CDS) Intern

• Tested requirements of controls logic in FADEC (Full Authority Digital

Engine Control)

• Wrote work instructions for loading code into engine models

Summer REU Intern: Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA May 2008-August 2009

• Conducted experiment and research on arachnid, insect, and pitcher plant specimen

• Analyzed and presented significant data to Harvard Forest’s Senior Research Staff

Education

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, GPA: 3.44 May 2012

Honors: Dean’s List, President’s Circle Scholarship

Courses

Aerodynamics Gas Turbines for Propulsion and Power Generation

Compressible Flow Fluid Mechanics

Activities

Toastmasters, WPI September 2009 - May 2012

President December 2009 – January 2012

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics September 2009 – May 2012

Secretary February 2010 - February 2012

Quabbin Community Band 2007 – 2010

Senior Girl Scout Assistant Leader, Ruggles Lane Elementary 2006 – 2008

Member of Girl Scouts 1995 – 2008

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