Shawn Ruggiero

Tool Design Engineer at John Deere

Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States

About

Mechanical Engineering student with a focus on Manufacturing and Materials at University of North Dakota graduated in December 2022.

Experience

  • Tools Design Engineer at John Deere
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Materials Science Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of North Dakota
    Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Part of a senior design project team working in the Graduate Materials Research and characterization lab under Dr. Surojit Gupta performing research/characterization on ceramics and polymers. Responsible for manufacturing ceramics through sintering and other novel processes and gathering data on tested materials through characterization. Collaborated on projects with NASA Glenn, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University, Army Research Laboratory, and the U.S. Navy.

  • Materials Research Intern at U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
    May 2022 - Aug 2022 · 4 mos

    Performed research/characterization on novel metals, and polymer matrix composites using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman Microscopy, Tribology, and Optical 3D Profilometry under Dr. Stephen Berkebile and Dr. Surojit Gupta.