EDUCATION Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) - 3.8/4.0 GPA, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering Coursework: Product Design, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Vehicle Dynamics

- 3.5/4.0 GPA, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Management Science & Engineering Coursework: Mechanical Design, Solid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics AWARDS

- Gates Millennium Scholar (full-ride scholarship) - Valedictorian, 4.67 GPA (Franklin High School – Elk Grove, CA) - Top 16, International Gloving Championship 2013 (Santa Ana, CA)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Apple Inc. – Product Design Intern (Cupertino, CA), Sep. 2014 – Mar. 2015 - Designed plastic and metal parts for various projects in the iPhone Product Design group. - Led design of an in-factory test fixture, which saved hours of operator time and improved repeatability. - Discovered a new vendor and integrated their product into a next-gen module prototype. - Developed repeatable test methods to validate designs and qualify vendor parts. - Drove Design For Manufacturability process with vendors for prototype part production of 4,000 units. MLY Technix Corp – Product Engineering Intern (Milpitas, CA), Jul. 2014 – Sep. 2014 - Designed a prototype of a magnetic pump and identified a local vendor to build a custom electromagnet. NovaTorque, Inc. – Mechanical Engineering Intern (Fremont, CA), Jul. 2012 – Sep. 2012 - Developed a grounding solution to alleviate bearing current and extend lifetime of electric motors.

- Consolidated data across multiple electric motors to determine root cause of motor vibration. - Defined structural fin assembly process to enable motor stator case to pass vibration testing.

- Tested combinations of motor hub pairs to distinguish characteristics causing vibration. Akebono Brake Co., Ltd. – Production Engineering Intern (Saitama, Japan), Jun. 2011 – Sep. 2011

- Fabricated and assembled parts onto next-gen automated drum brake manufacturing prototype. - Completed a two-week course in lean manufacturing principles and applications.

PROJECTS Waffle Block, Apr. 2015 – Jun. 2015 - Designed a stove top waffle iron that makes a waffle in the shape of a 6x6 grid of separable and stackable blocks. - Modeled on SolidWorks and used HSMWorks to generate CNC toolpaths and operations. - Machined out of aluminum on a Hass VF-1 CNC machine, hard anodized, and integrated with stainless steel components. SAP Engage, Nov. 2013 – Jun. 2014

- Designed and fabricated a “side-by-side” telepresence system for technical support between SAP support and customers. - Developed product over two quarters of needfinding, benchmarking, prototyping, and user testing. - Managed all project aspects with sponsor, local team, and 4 students from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Sumo Bot, Feb. 2013 – Mar. 2013 - Designed a mechatronic robot to use infrared sensing to drive an enemy robot off a platform. - Manufactured robot using lasercut duron and 4 DC motors powered by a 7.2V battery. - Featured beacon sensor circuit and motor driver circuit controlled through the Arduino platform. Pluntz, Jan. 2012 – Apr. 2012

- Developed a business model for online streaming of electronic dance music (EDM) festivals. - Partnered with event promoters and artist management to create video content. - Received a seed offer of $10,000 from a managing partner at DN Capital.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Lambda Phi Epsilon (Internal VP, Social Chair & Stepmaster), Jun. 2009 – Jun. 2013

- Managed logistics for the 2010 National Convention in San Francisco with over 500 guests in attendance. - Planned a two-day event with over 300 attendees, featuring famous YouTube personalities in art and entertainment. - Led, choreographed, and performed with step team and volunteered in bone marrow donor drives.

SKILLS - NX, SolidWorks, HSMWorks - MATLAB, G-Code, Arduino, Python, C/C++ - CNC/manual machining, sheet metal forming

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