Shop Trainer, Ford Engineering Center, Northwestern University

​2015 - 2016

 

Key Responsibilities:​

• Required to train freshmen on basic operation of shop equipment, including lathes, mills, and saws

• Assist students in safely completing projects in the shop, as well as give suggestions on best manufacturing practices.

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Description:

For the past school year, I have worked in Northwestern's machine shop as a shop trainer. Shop trainers are selected from students who spend a considerable amount of time in the machine shop, and demonstrate proficiency on the equipment as well as a personal interest in design and manufacturing. As a trainer, I provided basic training for incoming freshmen on shop equipment including manual mills, lathes, saws, and sheet metal equipment that our shop contains. I also supervised students working in the shop on a daily basis to ensure their safety, as well as to provide assistance in the operation of shop equipment, or instruction on more complex manufacturing processes. Students are encouraged to approach shop instructors with design and manufacturing questions, and I frequently gave engineering design advice on student projects. 

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Infra/Engineering Co-op – GE Aviation (Lynn, MA)    

Summer 2015​

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Key Responsibilities:

• Worked as a member of the rotating parts design team, performing design studies, conducting part audits and providing manufacturing support.

• Worked individually to prepare for and conduct part manufacturing audits, auditing drawings, specs, and manufacturing processes on the shop floor

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Description:

During this 3-month co-op term, I worked as a team member in GE Aviation's Product Engineering Center, in the rotating parts section. My group oversaw the design of rotating parts, such as shafts and blades, in turbine engines, as well as performed manufacturing support for these parts. During my time there I was responsible for engineering analysis of multiple parts, working with my team to analyze thermal and mechanical models to ensure part survivability. I was also individually responsible for performing a manufacturing audit of a critical part, reviewing all drawings and specifications for the part, as well as the manufacturing processes associated with it. This involved visually inspecting every operation performed on the part, both those done in house and at outside vendors.

 

Infra/Engineering Co-op – GE Aviation (Evendale, OH)  

​Spring/Summer 2014

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Key Responsibilities:

• Worked as a member of a team to create component specs, design review presentations and statements of work for fuel/air system components on commercial and military development engines.

• Worked individually to create a comprehensive duty cycle for the GE9X air control system.

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Description:

During this 6-month co-op term with GE Aviation, I worked as a team member in the New Product Integration section, which specified and designed external engine systems which interface with the aircraft itself. My role led me to work mainly with the feul and air systems. My responsibilites included generating specifications for sourced system components, such as fuel pumps and air valves, based on past system specifications and digital models of the new engines. During this co-op term I also worked individually to create a full duty cycle for the new GE9X air control system, using simulated engine conditions to provide internal temperature, speed, airflow, and other information under varied environmental, load, and altitude conditions. The creation of this duty cycle significantly aided the design of the air control system as a whole.

 

 

Integrated Systems Engineering Intern – Applied Materials/Varian Semiconductor

Summer 2013​

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Worked as a member of a team and as an individual, in research & development of new products.

• Completed an individual design project resulting in a potential new product.

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Description:

As an End Station Engineering Intern for three months at Applied Materials, I was assigned to a team performing engineering design work on new and updated components in Ion Implantation machines. As a team member, I worked with CAD models of prototype parts in Pro/E, checking them for dimensional consistency and design intent before having them made at Applied's prototyping shop. I also preformed an individual project, developing a mechanism to use laser sensors in order to detect minute undesired rotation in one of the end station components. My resulting design was submitted through the department to the legal group for a potential patent, and may have been further developed into a new product for the ion implantation machines.​

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