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Experience

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  Purdue Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  Working on designing a drone capable in aiding in search and rescue missions to help rescuers track lost hiker in difficult terrain. Ensuring the different parts of the Go-Kart are assembled in the right wayWorking on assembling the middle section of the Go-Kart.

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    Jan 2022 - May 2022

  • Quality Lead

    Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
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  Minority Engineering Program - Purdue University

  Sept 2021 - Apr 2022

  Recruitment and Retention Staff
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  ATA Engineering

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  Aerospace Engineering Co-op Student

  Worked as a co-op student in Fall 2022. Contributed to the analysis of FEM (Finite Element Models) for spacecraft components by running modes solutions and generating condensed super-element models using FEMAP and NXGenerates CAD and FEA models for aircraft models to be used for structural and thermal analysis.

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  ATA Engineering

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Engineering Assistant II

  Created Finite Element Models for over six subassemblies with about five components each and analyzed them in random vibration launch conditions and determined cases with low margin of safety.Wrote and debugged Python and MATLAB codes for processing images to be displayed with graphs that represent the distributed force on a component along its length

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  School of Engineering Education at Purdue University

  Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  First-Year Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  Overseeing 8 groups of first-year engineering students to provide assistance in their development of the understanding of course materialsHandling class logistics such as grading and providing feedback on course progression