Michael Mancuso

Chief Engineer at M-STARX | Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

About

Passionate full-time student with a deep interest in mechanical engineering. Experiences include a rigorous STEM education, diverse project experience, 14 years in music, numerous leadership roles, and over 200 hours of community service. Love for everything automotive, pursuing clean energy and mobility in design. Curious, driven, and generally fascinated.

Experience

  • M-STARX (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • Chief Engineer
      Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Lead of all engineering aspects of the M-STARX team exoskeleton, across divisions of mechanical, electrical, and programming design, working with and supervising a team of over 60 members. Manages technical aspects of subteam projects, working with subteam directors, coordinating work and deliverables of the team. Ensures complete subsystem integration, inter-project communication, and manages the team project timeline.

    • Mechanical Lead
      Sep 2022 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Lead of a group of over 20 undergraduate students in the mechanical design of M-STARX's latest exoskeleton. The role involves overseeing leadership and technical training, project integration and communications, and management of all mechanical aspects of the design process. The position involves preparing members and project leads for multiple live design reviews and meetings with project team sponsors such as Boeing.

  • Nagoya University Summer Intensive Program (NUSIP) at Nagoya University
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

    Traveled to and lived in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, to study numerous aspects of automotive engineering and Japanese language, at Nagoya University. As part of the program, I toured top-of-the-line factories and research facilities, from companies like Toyota Motor, Yokohama Tire, Suzuki, Yamaha, DENSO, among others. Alongside lectures, with a small group, I researched automatic control applications in automotive engineering and presented the material to classmates and staff. Additionally an incredible cultural immersion experience.

  • Michigan Fabrication Admin at Michigan Fabrication
    2022 - 2024 · 2 yrs

    Facilitate club operations, manage budgets, oversee project approval, keep materials organized and indexed, plan events, and train and assist new members in their work. Research and experiment with personal engineering projects and ideas, practice fabrication techniques in the Wilson Center

  • Eagle Scout at Boy Scouts of America
    Oct 2016 - Mar 2022 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Served my community through the Scouts BSA organization as a youth, accumulating over 200 hours of service and gaining valuable leadership skills. Highlights include organizing a blood drive during the pandemic, food drives, fundraisers, and Eagle Scout projects, staffing a course on leadership development, and rugged travel through the mountains of New Mexico and the Islands of the Florida Keys.