• Designed a rotary fluid selector valve and characterized its motion related components(gear box, stepper motor, optical sensor)

• Lead thermal hardware and control development including thermoelectric cooler selection and heatsink design

• Utilized data acquisition systems to collect temperature uniformity/ramping data and troubleshoot thermal assemblies

• Used CAMWorks 2019 to evaluate and generate feature and tool paths for a 2.5-axis milling machine

• Operated a HAAS VF-1 CNC to fabricate custom mechanical designs in a low-volume, rapid prototyping environment

Mentored under Senior Staff Mechanical Engineers working on Complete Genomic's prototype DNA sequencers, and supported test and design activities related to the device's electromechanic, optomechanic, pneumatic, and fluidic subsystems. In this role, I obtained indispensable experience maintaining design files on Solidworks PDM, participating in design reviews, gathering data on Labview, and operating equipment in a machine shop.

Working within the culture expressed by Steins and their management team has shown me that professional environments can lead to lifelong friends and role models. My supervisors and managers have not only been able to constructively criticize my work ethic, but also help me become a better communicator and member of a team. Through them I have learned that respectful and mutual communication is essential to effectively running a business, and that you can never have too much of either.

Actions Summarized:

• Investigated the unique performance and material characteristics of various transradial prosthetics

• Worked within a team to develop a prototype for amputees requiring a prosthetic for sport climbing

Extended Description:

In this undergraduate college course, we were dispersed into teams of 4 to produce a novel technology in the prosthetics field. Over the semester long course, my team and I developed a new harness mechanism for indoor sport climbers to quickly but safely disengage from their climbing prosthesis. The mechanism was intended to avert dangerous situations where the climber's prosthesis jammed on a wall feature.