Experience
Quantinuum
In the summer of 2023 I had the opportunity to intern at Quantinuum, a company based in Boulder, CO that is working on trapped-ion quantum computing. While there I got to work on designing hardware for the physics package, utilizing cryogenic and optical design principles as well as optimizing the parts for thermal conductivity and ultra-high vacuum performance.
I also got to design installation equipment for imaging systems, which gave me the chance to reduce installation time and effort by over 80% and reducing installation efforts. This project allowed me to work directly with a client to understand and interpret the needs of my design and foresee how I could exceed those expectations.
At this position, I also gained experience with ANSYS thermal analysis and leveraged 3D printing and laser cutting techniques. In some of my main projects I was able to design, build, and test a product while working with an internal client to meet their needs.
Joby Aviation: Powertrain and Electronics Intern
Summer of 2022 I had the opportunity to intern at Joby Aviation on the flight controls team. One of my projects involved designing a test fixture to link a six-axis robot arm to the plane's sidestick. The goal of the fixture was to permit rotation of the sidestick in pitch, roll, and yaw, compensating for possible misalignment of the robot arm. I worked with the test team to get familiar with the robot, and design a test fixture that would work well with their plan and suit the needs of the project.
Another project I worked on while at Joby was working with the design team to create and review drawings for all of the parts in the sidestick and sidestick housing. This involved discussion with design engineers about the key features of each part and review of the manufacturing processes necessary. I also made decisions about materials and surface treatments needed for parts.
Along with creating drawings I also made changes to some parts to optimize manufacturability and weight. I also added features to parts to account for loads and stress distributions. I gained tons of experience working directly with design engineers to design and produce drawings for parts in an efficient design and review process.
The previous summers I was given the opportunity to assemble switches and buttons for the aircraft controller. I did some basic electronics assembly, soldering components and wires into inceptor sensor boards. I also assisted in testing and modeling the damping force of the damper to be used in the aircraft controls. I designed and executed a testing setup for the sidestick force profile and subsequently modeled the damping mathematically. This research can be found here:
Courses
ME 201: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
ME 201: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
ME 201: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
As an introductory class, this course focused on gaining practice with SolidWorks and the Arduino electrical and coding software. I learned skills of working with a team to design and test a product, and worked to receive a permit in the machine shop where we would build the parts for this product.
ME 368: Measurements
ME 201: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
ME 201: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
This class was a lab-based experiment execution course, that taught the use of LabView to design and measure experiments in class. In this class I executed experiments to measure and observe responses of first and second order systems, and built circuits and block diagrams to analyze different types of measurement systems.
ME 361: Thermodynamics
ME 201: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
ME 361: Thermodynamics
This course focused on first and second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic properties of gases, vapors, and gas-vapor mixtures, energy-systems analysis including power cycles, refrigeration cycles and air-conditioning processes. Introduction to thermodynamics of reacting mixtures.
ME 363: Fluid Dynamics
ME 231: Geometric Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
ME 361: Thermodynamics
This class discussed the basic principles that govern hydrostatics and fluid flows. We went over the derivation of mathematical formulations to describe fluid problems and solved fluid problems using mathematics.
ME 340: Dynamic Systems
ME 231: Geometric Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
ME 231: Geometric Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
This course introduces mathematical modeling and analysis of dynamic systems with mechanical, thermal, and fluid elements. We discussed time domain solutions, analog computer simulation, linearization techniques, block diagram representation, numerical methods and frequency domain solutions. The course also involves an introduction to MatLab.
ME 231: Geometric Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
ME 231: Geometric Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
ME 231: Geometric Modeling for Design and Manufacturing
This course was focused heavily on SolidWorks skills and design practices. Many of our projects dealt with part design and drawings including GD&T, part incoming inspection, and using techniques like stack-up analysis to evaluate tolerances of parts and assemblies.
COMP SCI 300: Programming II
COMP SCI 220: Data Programming I
COMP SCI 220: Data Programming I
This course was the second course in my Computer Science certificate program. It went over the principles of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) such as inheritance, encapsulation, abstraction, and polymorphism. Identifying and testing boundary conditions. And helped develop practical skills and experience in Java language like implementing Object-Oriented (multi-class) standalone programs that manage a variety of data storage and retrieval operations.
COMP SCI 220: Data Programming I
COMP SCI 220: Data Programming I
COMP SCI 220: Data Programming I
This course was an introduction to data science using Python. It consisted of 13 projects all focusing on data analysis and involved writing and utilizing functions to get certain information and trends from different sets of data ranging from weather patterns to COVID-19 vaccine data.
EMA 201: Statics
COMP SCI 220: Data Programming I
EMA 201: Statics
This class focused on the study of principles of mechanics, force and equilibrium systems, distributed forces over structures, moments of inertia of areas and volumes, and friction.