Mechanical Engineer

Kevin Xuan

U.S. Citizen *****@******.***.*** 614-***-**** https://kevinxuan15.wixsite.com/website Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, December 2019 Minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Work Experience

• Intern at Daimler Trucks North America LLC Chassis Engineering (Summer 2019) o Designed improved step clamp with increased robustness and > 50% lower cost o Designed improved battery box bracket that reduced components and lowered costs by 30% o Tracked design iteration and cost analysis with detailed spreadsheets o Trained in Siemens NX, Siemens Smaragd, Engineering Client

• Contractor for Deepcode Robotics Ltd. (Summer 2016, Winter 2017, Spring 2020) o Designed and built prototype for app-controlled ping-pong robot o Redesigned tennis ball collector-launcher robot for 100% increased carrying capacity o Trained in Solidworks and STM32 board programming

• Intern at Choitek LLC (Summer 2018 to Fall 2018) o Designed and built working prototype of small quadrupedal “cat” robot o Trained in Rhino CAD and Arduino board programming Skills

• Design: Mechanical Design, Circuit Design, App Design

• Coding: Python, Java, C, Javascript, Arduino

• Manufacturing: Mill, Soldering, Lathe, CNC, Lasercutting, 3D-Printing

• Software: Solidworks, Siemens NX, Rhino, Matlab, Siemens Smaragd, Denso, Microsoft Office Major Projects

• Mechanical Engineering Design II Capstone Project: Bluetooth Nerf Turret (Spring 2019) o Designed collapsible Nerf sentry turret; controlled via Bluetooth app, or operated with buttons o Leader of 5-person team to identify problem space and create working prototype solution o Utilized existing products to focus design effort on innovative features

• Personal Project: Bluetooth Nerf Turret (Spring 2020) o Self-guided revisit of capstone project, adapted to easily integrate popular Nerf Stryfe blaster o Full-stack electrical, software, and mechanical design, manufacture, and iteration

• Personal Project: Caterpillar Robot (Spring 2020) o Self-guided robotics project, aimed at emulating insect locomotion to traverse difficult terrain o Full-stack electrical, software, and mechanical design, manufacture and iteration

• RoboClub UkuleleBot and Conducting Interpreter (Spring 2019 – Fall 2019) o Lead mechanical designer for ukulele-playing robot; guided new team members through mechanical design process

o Developed computer vision program to interpret human conductor’s gestures

• Apex Buggy “Firefly” New Vehicle (Fall 2016 – Spring 2017) o Assistant head mechanic, in charge of project scheduling and workspace maintenance o Designed buggy body shape; codified several processes for manufacturing carbon-fiber body

• Designing for the IoT Course Projects (Fall 2019) o Worked in groups to create unique IoT solutions for environment-specific problems

• Mechanical Engineering Design I Course Projects (Fall 2017) o Worked in groups to solve mechanical challenges in scientific but resource-efficient manner Patents and Publications

• Patent: Yiran Xuan, Zhiwei Shi etc., “A Virtual Ping-Pong Racket”, Patent ID: ZL 2016 2 1391352.5, Issued on Dec. 19, 2016

• Publication: Fan Yang, Yiran Xuan etc., “R-Focus: A Rotating Platform for Human Detection and Verification using Electronic and Visual Sensors”, WASA2014, Springer (Best Paper Award)

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