Graduate Mechanical Engineering Student at Penn State. Performing Research in Additive Manufacturing.
Education
The Pennsylvania State University - M.S. Mechanical Engineering: GPA: 3.9 2024
Dissertation: Graph Theory Driven Toolpath Design for Polymer Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing
The University of Texas at Arlington - B.S. Mechanical Engineering: GPA: 3.5 2022
Peer – Reviewed Publications
NSF grant winning paper: Novel Concepts to Integrate Dense and Sparse Infill Regions in Material Extrusion AM Parts
Work & Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
The Applied Research Laboratory 2022-Present
- Developed custom slicing software for large format polymer material extrusion machines, reducing build failures by reducing travel moves by 95%.
-Manufactured large gyroid positives for concrete casting through large format additive manufacturing for DARPA’s Reefense program.
-Frequently presented work to a wide variety of audiences
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021-2022
The University of Texas at Arlington
-Ran a case study on integrating a new Additive Manufacturing process into production of small-scale wind tunnel models
Engineering Intern 2021-2022
Overton Park Oil & Gas
-Designed a custom sim racing rig using a combination of off the shelf components and custom 3D printed parts
Projects
ROVER Gearbox Redesign
-Redesigned a gearbox to eliminate chronic unreliability, by using the design freedom of additive manufacturing, ensuring the new gearbox would meet structural requirement using ANSYS
-Reduced gearbox maintenance time by 75% by considering design for assembly during the redesign
-Leveraged the design freedom of additive manufacturing to reduce the number of parts, while adding increased functionality such as electronics mount
CNC Etch A Sketch
-Modified an Etch A Sketch to automatically draw any image using stepper motors
-Developed a custom framework to pass data from our image analysis tool in MATLAB to the Arduino controlling the stepper motors using a rotary buffer
-Consulted with team members to ensure interoperability throughout design process
-Leveraged an open-source CNC firmware to reduce drawing time from 15-18 hours to 30 minutes
To view more Projects visit my project page
Skills
• MATLAB, Python, C++, C
• SolidWorks, Fusion 360, ANSYS, Altair Inspire, nTopology, GD&T
• Topology Optimization, Mechatronics, DFAM, Technical Writing