Mechanical, Manufacturing & Project Engineer

Engineering Technician- 3rd Gen Machine, Logan, UT (Jan 2011-Aug 2011)

• Refined Solid Works CAD designing abilities by designing products and machinery
• Interpreted drawings and performed quality control and dimensional inspections of the products
• Operated vertical/horizontal CNC machines for manufacturing high precision products
• Used lean manufacturing techniques to improve workplace efficiency

• Managed a team of engineers involved in developing a reconfigurable putting green
• Identified and introduced design changes for an optimized design within budgetary restrictions
• Operation of hand tools and machine shop equipment, handling of technical drawings
• Identified possible suppliers and purchased required materials and parts
• Developed project & time management skills and also improved decision making skills

• Used design and technical skills to develop a device to measure thermal diffusivity, conductivity and flow rates of streamed sediments
• Used technical computer knowledge to acquire and analyze data to improve performance
• Developed complex modeling, case development and technical writing skills

• Used interpersonal skills to tutor and assist students individually and in small groups to master assignments and concepts
• Assisted in designing laboratory experiments and conducted laboratory sessions for students
• Taught Fluid dynamics, Advanced dynamics, Thermodynamics, Hydraulics and  Engineering numerical methods
• Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results to monitor student progress.

• Conducted the research on various satellite designs and worked in a team setting to design the structure of a satellite using Solid Edge for the Cube-Sat Program

• Used engineering concepts and principles to create a drawing package and  build a prototype
• Arranged weekly team meetings, maintained the schedule and monitored the project progress

• Used the knowledge of electrical applications to design and construct a system that generates a known heat flux and used theories of heat transfer to creates a 1-D Heat flow
• Used the insulation techniques to minimize the surrounding heat loss and created thermocouple to acquire data along the specimen
• Conduct a Uncertainty analysis of the heat flux readings

• Used theories of fluid dynamics to design a piping network system according to given specifications and conducted cost estimation for the design

• Used MATLAB and theories of propulsion to analyze the performance of a solid rocket motor
• Build a Chemistry table for AP-composite rocket propellant to determine the optimum performance using NASA developed CEA program.

• Used MATLAB to determine the airfoil dimensions using shock wave and expansion pan theories
• Analyzed the airfoil performance at different angle of attacks at various altitudes.

• Used mass transfer techniques to analyze the carbon diffusion in to steel of creating a much hardened material under given specification.

• Used radiation heat transfer theories and industry standards to design an apparatus capable of accurately measure the Bi-directional spectral reflectivity of specimens.

• Used finite element techniques and  FEMAP/NASTRAN to model and analyze a storage tank
• Computed load and stress requirements to identify failure criteria and implemented design changes using Solid-Edge

• Used advanced fluid dynamics and CFD to model and analyze a flow field around a cylinder using potential flow and boundary layer theories.

• Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities Award (Fall 2009)
• Abstract submission for Utah State University Student Showcase (Spring 2010)
• Undergraduate Researcher Transcript Designation (Spring 2010)
• Dean’s List (Spring 2007)