Alyssa Brunen

Experience

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  Kannelloni GmbH

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Waitress

  Providing excellent wait service to ensure satisfaction. Taking customer orders and delivering food and beverages. Making menu recommendations, answering questions and sharing additional information with restaurant patrons.

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  San Diego State University

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  Independent Researcher: Cardiovascular Bioeengineering Laboratory

  • Independent Research: Solid modeling of right atrium from a patient specific image to recreate hollow atrial silicone sleeve to incorporate into cardiac simulator compression tank experiments for LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) usage.• 3D print of right atrium, creation of silicon sleeve through 3D model, mounting into mock circulatory loop through tubing, usage of markers in water which were measuring stress and strain on atrial wall inside the sleeve through the markers and lasers.• Conducted data analysis on the experiment, as right modeled atria was placed within the simulation tank and discussed findings with PI and doctoral student. Show less

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  HADES Team NASA Robotic Mining Competition

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  Project Manager & Team Lead

  • Leading Team of ten Senior Engineering students (Mechanical, Electrical & Computer Engineering) delegating responsibilities and schedule to design, build and operate a lunar mining robot at the NASA collegiate competition• Designing mining robot that had to master the challenging properties of regolith simulants, the systems needed to excavate and collect the regolith, the weight and size constraints of a Lunar robot, and the ability to operate by remote control with autonomy• Navigating the budget of the teams expenses and coordinating orders of parts• Manufacturing of parts that were completed in House (CNC Machine, Waterjet, etc.) • Holding weekly Full Team Meetings, as well as weekly Sub-Team Meetings to ensure that the task at hand is being delivered in a timely and professional manner while upholding quality standards and within competition rules Show less

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  Trusty (YC W22)

  May 2024 - now

  Data Analyst

  • Collect and clean data sets• Interpret datasets, provide actionable insights, and utilize tools for datavisualization• Create and maintain dashboards and operational tools in Retool• Assist in product development• Assist in the exploration and development of AI/ML pursuits• Assist in architecture and tuning of data environment