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Resume

Professional Experience

R&D Engineering Intern 

May 2024 - Present

Medtronic Inc.

Jacksonville, FL

  • Collaborated with mechanical and electrical engineers to design, test, and optimize components for biomedical equipment development

    • Designed an ejection button with a return spring and performed tolerance stack-ups using worst-case and RSS analysis.

  • Performed testing and evaluation on prototypes, providing data driven insights that contributed to design improvements

    • Performed FEA using Ansys to validate material selection and ensure structural integrity

  • Developed prototypes and testing fixtures to ensure design functionality and feasibility during new product development

    • Designed a fixture using Creo and Arduino to assess the useful life of an irrigation cassette ejection mechanism

Lead Mechanical Engineering Tutor 

February 2023 - May 2024

UNF’s Student Academic Success Services (SASS)

Jacksonville, FL

  • ​Supervised and mentored engineering, physics, and computing tutors to ensure program integrity and consistent student success

  • Provided student support for over fifty students in the following courses:

    • Thermodynamics I & II  

    • Heat Transfer

    • Material Science

    • Physics I & II

    • Statics & Dynamics

    • Circuits I

    • Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Research Assistant

July 2023 - Present 

University of North Florida’s College of Computing, Engineering, and Construction (CCEC)

Jacksonville, FL

  • Modeled mechanical parts in SolidWorks and prepared them for finite element analysis in Ansys

  • Created models representing crack propagation on notched specimens for finite element analysis

Seasonal Architecture Intern 

  • Utilized Cintoo to create an accurate model of the current Jaguars stadium in Revit

May 2021 - July 2021

The Haskell Company Inc.

Jacksonville, FL

Relative Experience and Projects

High Altitude Student Platform Project (HASP)

March 2023 - Present

Team Lead for HASP 2024

  • Led a multidisciplinary team to design and fabricate a high-altitude payload for measuring ozone in the upper atmosphere

  • Directed the testing and validation processes to ensure compliance with mission requirements, including thermal, vibration, and environmental testing

  • Collaborated with faculty advisors and industry experts to refine design parameters and troubleshoot technical challenges, ensuring a successful payload launch and data collection

Nation Wide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP)

March 2023 - April 2024

Telemetry Officer

  • Collaborated with a multidisciplinary group to design and optimize payloads and facilitate launch operations

  • Analyzed telemetry data during launches to make critical decisions for venting commands to ensure mission success and optimal flight conditions

  • Contributed to real-time troubleshooting and decision-making during balloon flights, supporting the success of the project 

UNF's Space Science Engineering 

August 2023 - Present

Founding Member | Vice President

  • Collaborated with various clubs on campus (ASME and IEEE) to organize and host student workshops

  • Led 3D modeling workshops for up to 30 students, using SolidWorks, to teach design principles and practices

Liquid Cooled Heat Sink Research

May 2023 - July 2024

Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Fabricated and tested hollow, fluid filled fin arrays to analyze the thermal resistance and efficiency

  • Presented research findings at ASME’s Summer Heat Transfer Conference in July of 2024, contributing to the advancement of thermal management solutions

Education

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Expected May 2025

University of North Florida

3.96 GPA

Associate of Arts 

May 2021

Florida State Colleg at Jacksonville

4.0 GPA

Licensing and Achievements 

Engineer in Training (E.I.T) Certified 

Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam 

January 2024

Research Presenter

ASME's 17th International Energy Sustainability and Heat Transfer Conference 

  • Won 1st place in a design hackathon to develop a carbon capture and storage method for off-grid diesel generators in Gwakwani Village, Africa

July 2023

ASME's Summer Heat Transfer Conference

  • Presented research on liquid cooled heat sinks

July 2024

Professional Skillset

Finite Element Analysis

3D Modeling and Drafting

ANSYS | SolidWorks | PTC Creo NCode

SolidWorks | PTC Creo | Revit   Siemens NX

Manufacturing

3-D Printing | CNC Mill 

Prototyping

Concept Models | Test Fixtures

Programming

MATLAB | C

Strong Communication Skills

Oral | Written | Presentation

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