· Designed innovative mechanical solutions for alignment of structural components and seismic restraints per California earthquake standards

· Prototyped and tested designs with cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturability, cost, and reusability

· Conducted stress analysis and risk assessments in seismic load cases using Mathcad, Creo Simulation, and Ansys

· Led design reviews to cross-functional teams to evaluate and minimize risks in a rapid pace environment

· Created detailed design documentation and specifications

· Performed tolerance analyses on hardware according to design specifications and manufacturing constraints

· Analyzed and visualized data from reliability testing and manufacturing measurements using JMP and Excel

· Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams including reliability, industrial design, and manufacturing design

· Worked with domestic and overseas contract manufacturers and vendors to execute design changes on schedule

· Conducted failure analysis (DFMEA) and created design of experiments to address issues found in reliability testing

· Presented technical work using Keynote to 40+ team members

• Designed experiments for determining plasma properties of a helium atmospheric pressure plasma jet

• Tested cold atmospheric plasma interactions using a scanning electron microscope, thermal camera, oscilloscope, and optical emission spectroscope

• Analyzed 10,000+ spectroscopy data points with MATLAB

• Presented technical work to 300+ students and faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles

• Participated in the Summer Scholars Research Program with the Plasma and Space Propulsion Lab

• Restructured club priorities to be more relevant to students’ needs by redistributing responsibilities to club officers, hosting workshops, and organizing guest speaker events

• Hosted 5 workshops in engineering skills including 3D modeling and sketching in SolidWorks, soldering, and building circuits with Arduinos

• Advised students in Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) fields in one-on-one meetings to teach study and time management skills and refine personal statements for internship applications

• Created informational workshops about internships in engineering for up to 200 students