Owen

Ruster

Aspiring Engineer

517-***-****

adldtq@r.postjobfree.com

**** ***** ****** ******, ******, MI 48864

Education

Michigan State University / B.S. Mechanical Engineering September 2016 - December 2020, East Lansing, MI

- Honor’s College (2017 - 2020), Dean’s List (2016 - 2020)

- Minor in Entrepreneurship, Concentration in Aerospace

- GPA: 3.68/4.0

Skills

Technical Proficiencies

- Unigraphics (Siemens Nx), ANSYS, PTC Creo (ProE), Autodesk Fusion 360, Microsoft Office, Minitab, Python, and MATLAB

Professional Proficiencies

- Presenting, collaborating with team members, working proactively, responsible with deadlines, strong work ethic, and always curious

Top strengths as determined by CliftonStrengths personality test:

- Positivity, Achiever, Futurist

Experience

National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Senior Design Project September 2020 - December, 2020, East Lansing, MI

- I was the team leader for our senior design project, collaborating with NASA

- Our team was responsible for designing the next generation of portable testing for thermal protection

Michigan State University / Range Attendant

April 2017 - November, 2020, East Lansing, MI

- I was responsible for taking excellent care of the golf range and its customers Michigan State University / Captioning Freelancer

May 2020 - August 2020, East Lansing, MI

- It was my job to create a written transcript of the lecture content for those who may have difficulty comprehending the lecture audio

Michigan State University / Undergraduate Research Assistant February 2019 - March 2020, East Lansing, MI

- With Professors and PhD students in a lab setting, we worked to better understand the heat transfer characteristics of impinging jet flow

- I was responsible for executing and modifying the lab experiments Haworth, Inc./ Global Innovation and Design Engineering Intern May 2019 - August 2019, Holland, MI

- Using CAD and FEA software, our team worked on exciting new office chair recline mechanisms, turning ideas into first generation prototypes

- I was responsible for troubleshooting the prototype, making adjustments, and reporting the improvements

- I created new testing procedures that Haworth can use long after my internship Haworth, Inc./ Advanced Development Engineering Intern May 2018 - August 2018, Holland, MI

- I built four office workstation prototypes in an off site model shop

- Interacting with thirty Haworth employees, I conducted a research study on how the employees were utilizing the workstations

- Creating a formal report of what our team had learned, I presented our findings in rooms of 200+ Haworth executives and employees

Achievements

- Winner of the 2019 Engineering Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition

- Leader of the Vehicle team in 2018 for the Integrated Systems Design Club at MSU

- Recipient of the 2016 United States Marine Corps Academic Excellence Award

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