Work Experience
Mechanical Engineering Intern - Ascential Technologies
(Medical & Life Sciences)
May 2024 - Present
- Independently designed 50+ support structure and safety guarding
parts for an automated suture needle manufacturing machine - Utilized design intent for precision adjustments to meet medical
standards for 99% accuracy - Assisted with FANUC robot calibration for visual part tracking
Mechanical Engineering Intern - Ascential Technologies
(Industrial Manufacturing)
May 2023 - Aug. 2023
- Worked independently to accelerate project release timelines by creating
innovative, detailed drawing for custom parts - Created CAD assemblies to be manufactured and installed on
automation machines - Updated and verified pneumatic schematics to reflect the actual
machine specs - Verified and signed off on safety risk assessments
Sales Assocciate - Down Wind Sports
Oct. 2022 - Apr. 2024
- Waxed and sharpened skis
- Assisted customers with product selection
- Display Design
- Sized & recommended skis and boots to customers
Research Assistant - MTU ECE Department
Feb. 2023 - Apr. 2023
- 3D printed parts and built assemblies for bipedal robots used
in control algorithm research - Tuned and recommended changes to printing materials to
increase part strength
Retail Sales Assocciate - Sierra
Sept. 2019 - Dec. 2022
- Honed interpersonal skills as a cashier
- Assisted customers with product selection
Skills
- SolidWorks
- OnShape
- GD&T
- Manufacturing Drawings
- Pnuematics Schematics
- Saftey Risk Assesments
- Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing
- Prusa 3D Printers
- Linux
- Verilog
- Java
- ROS
- C Programming Language
- ARM Assembly
- MATLAB
- HTML
- CSS
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Self-Starter
Education
Michigan Technological University
Apr. 2025
- Robotics Engineering
- GPA: 3.79
Eagan High School
June 2021
- AP Scholar with honors
- GPA: 3.71
Co-Curriculars & Volunteering
Co-Curriculars
- Mechanical team manager for the MTU DIVER enterprise project: Design and build an underwater robot to explore, and map Quincy Mine
- SAE Aero design competition representing MTU
- FIRST Tech Challenge captain 2019-2021
Volunteering
- Mentor for a FIRST Robotics FLL team
- Volunteer with the Upper Midwest Great Dane Rescue
Awards & Achievements
- Qualified for FTC world championship by placing second at the Minnesota State tournament
- 6 years of CAD and 3D printing experience
- 10 Years of FIRST robotics experience (FLL, FTC)
- Granted Stratasys scholarship for 3D printing
- Received 1st place Inspire award for overall team excellence, Think award for engineering notebook, and Connect award for community outreach from FIRST Robotics
- Built and modified Prusa I3 Mk3s 3D printer
Certifications
- Sketching and part design
- Assembly mates
- Additve manufacturing basics
- AM applications for design and manufacturing
- Basic FEA simulation
- Linear stress, gap & contact analyses
