Maisha G.

Experience

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  Cupertino Robotics

  May 2021 - Jun 2024

  Led a small team and distributed tasks to update every page of the Cupertino Robotics website with changed layouts and new features including the Calendar and Media pages. Wrote 15+ detailed blog posts about events featured on the website. Designed wheeled intake mechanisms and shooter mechanisms using the CAD software Onshape and SolidWorks. Manufactured wheeled intake and shooter mechanisms using belt and pulley systems, neo motors, wheels, polycarbonate, aluminum channels, bearings, sensors, and various machines. Led two 8-member teams as the lead through the design and manufacturing process of building a mechanism. Instructed 10 female and non-binary identifying individuals using engineering skills and SolidWorks software. Organized and mentored four-week workshops of 2 hours per day in person to enhance members' engineering design skills. Led the team to design and develop hardware, electrical, and software SparkFun robot projects to foster skills in over 150 middle school girls and non-binary-identifying individuals.

  • Website Manager

    May 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Hardware Engineering Lead

    Dec 2022 - May 2024

  • Project Artemis Lead

    May 2021 - May 2023
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  Girl Scouts of Northern California

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2024

  Served as the Event Chair for two weekend-long leadership conferences and led a team of 25 members to organize the specifics of the conference. Foster personal development and confidence to a diverse community of 400 attendees through guest speaker events and community workshops. Reached out to over 1000 companies with sponsor requests and organized over 400 welcome bags with product donations from 20 different companies.

  • Lead the Way Event Co-Chair

    May 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Lead the Way Welcoming Committee Liaison

    Jun 2021 - Apr 2023
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  S2D Microwave, Inc.

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Engineering Intern

  Collaborated with senior team to design and produce Limiters, Switches, Amplifiers, and other RF components based on clients’ needs. Implemented testing of electrical products using RF to analyze their accuracy and productive value. Assisted in manufacturing, including placing circuits, soldering, applying epoxy, and using microscopes to handle tiny amplifiers and switches.

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  The Little Gym International

  Apr 2024 - Sept 2024

  Gymnastics Instructor
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  Sustainable Developments, UCR

  Oct 2024 - now

  Associate Engineer

  Designing a go-kart steering system using SolidWorks. Working part of a team of five through the design and manufacturing process of building the vehicle.

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  The EcoCAR EV Challenge Team at UC Riverside

  Oct 2024 - now

  Associate Engineer
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  The Women's Network, UCR

  Nov 2024 - now

  Events Committee Member
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  Dark Matter and Neutrino Lab, UCR

  Jan 2025 - now

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Collaborating with graduate research assistants on various physics and engineering R&D projects. Conducting fluid dynamics tests on the outer veto of an LAr time projection chamber using SolidWorks' computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

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  Highlander Racing

  Jan 2025 - now

  Engineer Intern