Miles Droege

Experience

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  Student Painters

  Feb 2015 - Sept 2015

  Manager of Exterior Home Painting Company

  -Built a business grossing $105,000+ in revenue- Developed and strengthened managerial and organizational skills supervising 55 job sites and 15employees- Elevated key communication skills through customer and employee interactions- Fully involved with planning, staffing, coordinating, operations, and budgeting

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  Purdue University

  Jun 2017 - May 2019

  Undergraduate Researcher

  - Captured and assisted in processing GPS+IMU data to accurately measure highway road grade- Developed driver model controllers to simulate tractor-trailer dynamics for Supertruck 2 project- Created and tested Simulink and Matlab software for a 15 Liter hardware-in-the-loop diesel engine- Designed and constructed diesel engine emission measurement systems

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  Delta Faucet Company

  Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  Advanced Manufacturing Enginer Co-Op/Intern

  - Created business cases for improvements in manufacturing operations and capital expenses- Managed vendor relationships for manufacturing facilities in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee

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  Delphi Technologies

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Powertrain Engineering Intern

  - Analyzed and documented air path control algorithms and software for passenger vehicle ECMs in an effort to merge company-wide software platforms- Tested ECM algorithm updates on bench and production vehicles

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  Purdue University

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2021

  Graduate Research Assistant

  - Developed model predictive control strategies using look ahead road topography data to minimize fuel consumption of a two-truck platoon- Responsible for planning, conducting, and analyzing on-road class 8 truck testing- Developed high-fidelity class 8 heavy-duty vehicle models in MATLAB & Simulink- Planned and executed emissions analysis on Cummins X-15 Engine using biodiesel- Gave an executive-level presentation on research work to ~100 people at SAE COMVEC's Student Panel- Received class A CDL learner's permit and Class 8 truck driving training Show less

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  Cummins Inc.

  Jul 2021 - now

  Systems Engineer