# Awua Buahin

> Product Design Engineer

Location: Stanford, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/awua

## Work Experience
### Product Design Engineering Intern @ Mill
Jan 2025 – Present | San Bruno, California, United States

### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ GaeaStar Corp.
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Course Assistant @ Stanford Product Realization Lab
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Stanford, California, United States
Supported instruction of design for manufacturing practices and principles through the Product Realization Lab and associated courses.

### Mechanical Engineer @ Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New Jersey, United States
Owned the design development of multiple mechanical components and assemblies for the ITER Tokamak Fusion Reactor. Activities included 3D CAD modeling, engineering drawing generation, FEA analysis, and technical specification definition.

### Program Assistant @ Center for African Studies
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Stanford, California
Organized academic events for faculty and students to engage with history, politics and the current affairs of the African continent.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Appel Research Group at Stanford University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Stanford University
Working on determining relationships between the composition of supramolecular hydrogels developed by  the Appel Lab for drug delivery and their mechanical and physical properties.

Assisting PhD mentor in his research by prepping materials (e.g. functionalizing polymer chains) and processing large sets of data.

Lab techniques include: Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Rheology, Plate Reader

### Office Assistant @ Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Stanford CA
Provide organizational and logistical support to administrative staff and faculty within the department


## Education
### Masters of Science - MS in Design Impact
Stanford University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford University

### International Baccalaureate Diploma
United Nations International School of Hanoi (UNIS Hanoi)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/awua-buahin

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Last updated: 2026-04-13