Claire Wang

Experience

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  The Jungle Robotics 3627 (FIRST Robotics Competition)

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2020

  - Led entire technical direction of the robot and mentored in business, strategy, rapid prototyping, and electromechanical aspects of the build. Nurtured team spirt and bonding through social events and personally designing and laser-cutting custom team name tags for everyone (during the holidays, I and the Vice Captain wrote personal letters to each member as well, and gifted everyone safety glasses and handkerchiefs for team spirit) - Oversaw pit safety (in 2019, we won the award for Pit Safety in one of the Florida Regionals) and designed small safety booklets that were given to teams in the pits to color in and submit back to us for an award. Trained team members on battery handling and safety, machinery handling, and material deburring/filing.

  • Team Captain

    May 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Safety Captain

    Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
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  Yonder Dynamics

  Sept 2020 - now

  - Manage Bill of Materials, purchasing, funding, outreach, timelines, and technical direction for the team of 30+ students. - As mechanical assistance, I study terramechanics and wheel design research with plans to lead Mechanical members in using literature-provided mathematical equations and empirical data to design and perform analyses for new 3D-printed flexible wheels. - Mentored 15 Mechanical members to create a new 6-wheeled rocker-bogie suspension & aluminum tig-welded drivetrain using research, DFM & Design to Cost, Finite Element Analysis, comparing manual calculations with software analyses, design reviews, and manufacturing. - Led 3 Science members in scientific research, Raman spectroscopy and optics training, turbidity data collection, chemicals handling and testing, and thorough documentation.

  • Project Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Co-Mechanical Lead & Vice Project Manager

    Jun 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Science Lead

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Member

    Sept 2020 - Sept 2021
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  Society of Women Engineers at UCSD

  Sept 2020 - now

  EDGE Mentor

  - Mentored 4 high school female students year-round through monthly online meetings; won “Closest Mentor-Mentee Pair” in UCSD’s SWE end-of-year ceremony.- Connected 2 mentees to faculty on-campus in soft robotics and neuroscience.

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  Jacobs Journal for Engineering Research at UCSD

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2022

  - While the president was on-leave for a co-op, I stood in while being Program Developer and handled team meetings, outreach initiations, and writing output. I implemented a New Member Program to integrate more students and mentor them on writing research summaries and participating in discussion during our weekly research seminars. - Recorded meeting minutes and coordinated full team meetings, provided input on program ideas and wrote my own engineering research summary that is published on the organization website now.

  • Program Developer

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Secretary

    Sept 2020 - Jan 2021
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  EnVision Maker Studio

  Apr 2022 - now

  EnVision Makerspace Staff

  - CADing, designing & assembling PCBs, and machining for projects to advance personal skills and assist other students. - Training and supervising students in the usage of laser-cutters, 3D printers (Prusa resin & FDM), woodwork machinery, CNC mini-routers, and artwork- Attending weekly staff reviews to discuss makerspace improvements, machinery updates, and personal development advising.

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  Makerspace at the Design & Innovation Building at UCSD

  Apr 2022 - now

  Qualcomm Institute Makerspace Intern

  - Modeling, detailing, and fabricating machinery accessories and/or fixtures to improve machinery usage and makerspace workflow to improve user accessibility. - Assembling, testing, and maintaining machinery (lubricating, refilling coolant, cleaning). - Teach workshops and mentor students and faculty in personal, course-related, and research projects. Woodworking large furniture pieces to add to workflow and machinery.

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  Carostudios

  Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

  Product Designer

  - Conceptualized graphic designs for mechanical keyboard accessories and communicated with small team of 7 in agile product development workflow through development sprints and regular meetings.

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  Keyboard Club @ UC San Diego

  Mar 2023 - now

  Workshops Lead

  - Work with two other students to plan, budget, and promote an 8-week series of workshops held twice a week to guide students (beginner and advanced) through designing their own keyboard case in CAD (OnShape), assembling their chosen PCB (soldering Surface Mounted Devices), programming functionality into the keys, and assembling everything as their very own custom keyboard. - Collaborate with 10 other officers to plan and host mechanical keyboard meets of 500+ participants quarterly to nurture an enthusiast's community on-campus. Show less

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  RND Automation

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Mechanical and Controls Engineering Intern

  - CAD, machined, and assembled an end-of-arm-tool and modular vision stand to program a robotic arm (FANUC R-30iB) with pick-and-place operations using vision systems.- Attended a two-day training by SMC for basic pneumatics technology for robotics in automation.- Established a company workflow for pairing Cognex to FANUC to reduce setup time and cost.- Collaborated in electrical layouts and wiring, hardware assembly, research, engineering drawing practices, machining (Haas) and sales. Show less