Michael D. Muzik
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Education
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign May 2021
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering GPA = 3.7/4.0 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL May 2019
Associates in Engineering Science GPA = 4.0/4.0
Work Experience
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, IL Undergraduate Research Fellow, Funded by the NSF May-August, 2019 Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• Compiled and analyzed experimental data on the implementation of water and salt dielectrics in solution-gated graphene field-effect transistors (SG-GFET)
• Presented PI, Professor N.R. Aluru, the various effects of insulators on SG-GFET channel current
• Researched bio-sensing applications of SG-GFETs, specifically low-concentration targeting of biomolecules such as proteins, sugars, and DNA CAE Services Batavia, IL
Engineering Intern/Modeler May-August 2018
• Transformed clients’ 3D models into industry-standard finite element meshes used in plastic injection molding analysis
• Collaborated with engineering team to design mid-plane and 3D meshes, requiring proficiency in Key Creator, ANSA, and Moldflow
*Summer 2020 engineering internship at Sargent & Lundy, contingent on COVID-19 Activities
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Engineering & Technology Club President August 2017-May 2019
• Coordinated a team of 10 officers and a $6,000 annual budget to positively impact the local community and compete in national competitions
• Initiated a two-day STEM event for 100 homeschooled middle schoolers and provided the homeschooling parents resources to more effectively teach STEM topics
• Directed robotics team in design and fabrication of all-terrain robot, placing 9th of 46 universities in NASA’s 2018 Robotic Mining Competition Skills
• Excel (advanced), Engineering Equation Solver (intermediate), Creo (intermediate), ANSA (intermediate), Solidworks (basic), Matlab (basic)