Brad Yac-Diaz

Brad yac-diaz

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  • Timeline

    Feb 2019 - Jun 2023

    Portrait Photographer

    Freelance
    Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

    Civil Engineering Intern

    Pennoni
    Oct 2022 - now

    Financial Officer

    Stanford Flight Club
    Nov 2022 - Jun 2023

    Photo Desk Editor

    The Stanford Daily
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

    Materials Engineering Intern

    The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
    Oct 2023 - now

    CTL Subject Tutor

    Stanford University
    Current Company
    May 2024 - now

    Aerospace Engineering Trainee

    Sabrewing Aircraft Company
  • About me

    Mechanical Engineering @ Stanford | Aerospace Engineering Trainee @ Sabrewing | Mechanical Design Lead @ Stanford DBF

  • Education

    • Stanford university

      2022 - 2026
      Bachelor's degree mechanical engineering

      Activities and Societies: Stanford Flight Club, The Stanford Daily, Stanford Student Space Initiative

    • East orange stem academy high school

      2018 - 2022
      High school diploma high school/secondary diplomas and certificates
  • Experience

    • Freelance

      Feb 2019 - Jun 2023
      Portrait photographer

      Portrait and event photographer. Collaborating with clients to produce wonderful images. Done weddings, birthdays, baby showers, and other events. Volunteered for charity organizations for their events.

    • Pennoni

      Mar 2022 - Sept 2022
      Civil engineering intern

      - Collaborated with Professional Engineers (PEs) to design project plans with AutoCAD, boosting team efficiency. - Prepared bid proposals and specifications, analyzing bids from contractors of up to $250,000 for public projects requested by the East Orange Water Commission. - Conducted site inspections on local projects to validate survey plans and ensure project quality. Assisted with providing physical deliverables to clients across NJ.

    • Stanford flight club

      Oct 2022 - now

      Managing a $27,000 club budget allocated across Design/Build/Fly, Aviation Program, and Solar Plane project. Communicating with sponsors and companies for fundraising and club events. Leading all aspects of aircraft development for AIAA Design/Build/Fly competition team, across Propulsion, Structures, and Aerodynamics subteams, from initial design and simulations with Fusion360/SolidWorks and Ansys to prototyping and flight testing. Placed 21st of 99 universities in April 2023 as a team member, working primarily in Aerodynamics subteam with XFLR5 to improve aircraft design. Integrated and tested 3 prototypes with a variety of materials, including composites and foam.

      • Financial Officer

        May 2024 - now
      • Mechanical Design Lead

        Apr 2024 - now
      • Vice President

        May 2023 - May 2024
      • Chief Engineer & Project Manager (Design/Build/Fly)

        May 2023 - Apr 2024
      • Design/Build/Fly Team Member

        Oct 2022 - Apr 2023
    • The stanford daily

      Nov 2022 - Jun 2023

      Editing photos for print production and managing photography requests from Daily writers. Photographer for the Stanford Daily. Assisting writers with their photography requests and cooperating with other Daily photographers. Contributed to 30+ articles for the Daily. Mentored in the Stanford Daily's Winter 2022 Multimedia Workshop for high school students. Guided 7 students working on their final projects for the program.

      • Photo Desk Editor

        Dec 2022 - Jun 2023
      • Staff Photographer

        Oct 2022 - Jun 2023
      • Multimedia Workshop Desk Editor

        Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
    • The port authority of new york & new jersey

      Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
      Materials engineering intern

      - Assisted Port Authority inspectors on more than 40 site visits with concrete testing and sampling, following American Concrete Institute (ACI) standards. Inspected batch tickets for correct mix designs and worked with delivered loads of up to 400 cubic yards of concrete.- Performed slump and microwave testing to assess concrete mix quality on-site, serving more than 10 different contracts at locations like Newark Intl. Airport, Holland Tunnel, and JFK Airport.- Conducted equipment calibrations for scales and air pressure meters for 14 concrete inspectors. Assisted with autoclave for Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) accreditation.- Maintained concrete sample molds and organized samples of Category 1/4/5/6 concrete in moisture room/water tanks across multiple contracts. Show less

    • Stanford university

      Oct 2023 - now
      Ctl subject tutor

      CRLA 1 Tutoring Certification

    • Sabrewing aircraft company

      May 2024 - now
      Aerospace engineering trainee
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • 10-hour occupational safety and health training

      Osha
      Apr 2022
    • Certified solidworks associate

      Solidworks authorized training centre
      Aug 2023
    • Autocad civil 3d: site design

      Linkedin
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Autocad civil 3d: designing residential projects

      Linkedin
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Civil 3d: basic roadway design

      Linkedin
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Autocad civil 3d: topographic and boundary survey

      Linkedin
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Autodesk civil 3d 2020 essential training

      Linkedin
      Jul 2022
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Brad Yac-Diaz
      The Gates Scholarship | Gates Scholar 2022 | Cohort V The Gates Scholarship Apr 2022 The Gates Scholarship, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is one of the most prestigious and selective scholarship programs for outstanding high school seniors in the United States. Each year 300 outstanding student leaders are recognized from a pool of 37,000+ applicants. I was selected as a Gates Scholar in April 2022 and I will be attending Stanford University beginning in September of 2022.
    • Awarded to Brad Yac-Diaz
      QuestBridge National College Match Recipient QuestBridge Dec 2021 Accepted into Stanford University through the QuestBridge National College Match on a full 4-year scholarship.