Mechanical Enginer

Brad Young

********@*****.*** 650-***-**** **** Pasado Rd., Isla Vista Ca. 93117

Education

● University of California, Santa Barbara - Mechanical Engineering

Expected Graduation - June 2020

GPA: 3.65

Design Experience

● Susko/Hawkes BabyBot Capstone Project - Mechanical Engineering Project Leader (Sept 2019-Present)

Currently working on building a machine to deliver high-volume physical therapy to babies affected by Cerebral Palsy

Directing a team of 4 other mechanical engineers, and working in conjunction with 5 more electrical engineers to refine the previous year’s design and make it more accessible for clinical testing

● Can Cooler - 2019

Designed a thermoelectric can cooler through the conduction peltier effect

Final product was able to cool a standard 12 oz. can from room temperature (23 C) to 10 C in 15 minutes

● Lectern Rack PC holder - 2018

Designed and 3D printed a small piece meant to give lectern technicians easy access to the PC embedded in every campus lectern while remaining tamperproof

Currently being installed on lecterns around campus

● Hydroponics System - 2015 - 2016

Worked as project leader of a team of 8 to design and build a self-sustaining hydroponic garden which produced vegetables.

Relevant Work Experience

● UCSB Hawkes Lab - Research Assistant (October 2019 - Present)

Helped design and build cellular soft robots with the ability to change material properties

● UCSB Instructional Development - Classroom technician (November 2017 - February 2020)

Build, design, and install lectern podiums and other related AV equipment into University learning spaces

Design solutions for classroom technology-related problems

● Segan Industries - Intern (June 2015 - September 2015)

Gained experience in injection moulding, and producing thermochromic plastics

Ran quality control tests of new products

Relevant Skills and Coursework

● Skills

Software - Matlab, Solidworks, Cura, Photoshop, COMSOL stress analysis

Practical - Soldering, machining, power tools, 3D printing

● Coursework

Thermosciences - Thermodynamics, energy, and cycles

Mechanics and Measurements - Data analysis methods in solid mechanics

Materials - Introduction to the structure and properties of materials, finite element analysis

Electronics - Basic electrical and electronic circuits

Control Systems - Basic control systems design, applications in biological computing

Fluid mechanics - fundamentals of fluid mechanics with a focus on wind and tidal energy extraction

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