R&D - Stents and RETRIEVERS intern, Stryker Neurovascular
May 2017 - Aug 2017
- Designed and prototyped an accessory product for neurovascular thrombectomy system. Device was chosen to be presented to Patent Review Board.
- Developed methods to mechanically and thermally characterize an ePTFE sintering process. Transferred process and reviewed implementation in Stryker’s Ireland manufacturing facility.
- Created test method and associated fixtures to mechanically characterize pre/post-processed material. Studied operator variability and usability of test setup. Method is used in IQA and as a process control tool on manufacturing line.
1st - 3rd Grade Science Teacher, St. Isidore Catholic School
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Applied my background in engineering to help teach 1st - 3rd grade students learn science and guide them through the difficulties I experienced when I was younger.
BERKELEY EMERGENT SPACE TENSEGRITIES Researcher
MAY 2016 - May 2017
Worked in the Berkeley Emergent Space Tensegrities (BEST) Lab for Professor Alice Agogino. I helped finalize a design for the 4th revision (TT4) of their 6 bar, tension network robot. This tension network robot is designed for planet exploration. The new drive system on our robot specializes in maneuvering foreign terrain on other planets. I also been woked with graduate student, Mallory Daly, to prototype multiple 12 bar configurations.
FIRST Robotics Mentor
Jan 2014 - Jan 2017
I was a mentor of the De La Salle FIRST Robotics team. I coached students in mechanical assembly, machining, electronics, and pneumatic systems. I helped the team enhance a design in Solidworks so the parts could be laser cut and precisely glued together. Above is the CAD assembly of a robot from one of their competitions. This wooden design provides a rigid structure by incorporating interlocking geometry on the edges of each piece.
Product engineering intern, Tactus Technology
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Worked as a product development engineer at Tactus Technology to design and improve mobile electronic accessories. I took responsibility for mechanical failure analysis, where I tested the products using industry standards to observe and analyze mechanical failure and implement improvements to increase reliability. I also designed and built a three axis fluid dispensing CNC machine which can be used to dispense a one part ultraviolet curing adhesive or automatically mix and dispense a two part epoxy using g-code.
EE40LX Electronic Interfaces
Jan 2015 - Oct 2015
Moderated an online embedded systems course led by Dr. Michel Maharbiz and UC Berkeley graduate student, Tom Zajdel. There were over 22,000 students enrolled. My job entailed monitoring and editing the course wiki, answering students questions on the discussion forum, helping explain course problem sets, and revising course content and quizzes. The class can be found here. Below is an example robot that I made for the class. The robot is controlled by a MSP-430 microcontroller and is stimulated by light and sound. The circuit consists of an amplified microphone and speaker, two wheatstone bridges with comparators, and a drive system powered by two N-Type MOSFETS.
Math Lab Tutor, Diablo Valley College
Aug 2013 - May 2014
Tutored algebra, multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations.