Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Full ownership of a module for a Future Home Product in the early architecture stage; tasks included system design layout, design validation using FEA, cost optimization to prepare for full-scale manufacturing • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Softgoods Product Design, Interconnect Product Design, Manufacturing Design, and Manufacturing Quality to efficiently integrate key aspects of the project • Collect and interpret survey data in Excel from 800 Apple employees to enhance team understanding of product definition; utilized survey results to design 10x functional appearance prototypes for a realistic user study • Present summary of intern project including a Keynote and functional mechanical prototype to Senior Management in Hardware Engineering
Independent Research Project: Modulating Thermal Conductivities Using Ferrofluids Received ELI Undergraduate Research Award from Cornell University • Focus on enabling volumetric modulation of the fluid dispersion, mixing, and heat transfer properties of engineering systems by implementing rigorously architected porous structures. • Utilize the MTPS method to analyze thermal conductivity of ferrofluids by applying a magnetic field, orienting the particles in hopes of increasing the thermal conductivity of the liquid.
The Organic Robots Laboratory (ORL) at Cornell University focuses on using organic chemistry of soft material composites for new capabilities in robots. • Collaborate with a PhD student to design biologically inspired robots with unique embodied energy systems that enable increased autonomy, efficiency, and multifunctionality under Professor Rob Shepherd • Serve as a research assistant to aid in 3D printing of soft materials and CAD designs for milli and microscale robots, and actively brainstorm new ways to provide power and actuation at such small scale.