Mechanical Engineer
I’m a mechanical engineer with experience in electromechanical systems, CAD, simulation, and manufacturing. I develop physical products from early prototypes through testing, refinement, DFM, and production handoff.
I’m a mechanical engineer with experience in medical-device R&D, SOLIDWORKS, additive manufacturing, test fixtures, and electromechanical systems. I work across mechanical design, hands-on prototyping, and benchtop testing to turn concepts into reliable physical products.
I’m especially interested in product-development roles where I can carry design decisions through prototyping, testing, and refinement.
Outside of work and tinkering, I’m an outdoor enthusiast who especially enjoys camping and swimming!
Research & Development Contractor · Provo, Utah
Built electromechanical systems, drove early- to mid-lifecycle rapid prototyping, validated improvements through surgical labs, and integrated practitioner feedback into design, evaluation, and documentation.
Project details limited due to confidentiality.
Biomedical Research & Development Intern · Morgan Hill, California
Redesigned biomedical-device concepts in SOLIDWORKS, managed SLS and SLA prototype production, and supported material selection, BOMs, exploded views, and DFM handoff.
Research Experience
Collected and interpreted motion capture and in-shoe pressure data to study human movement. Applied inverse dynamics and tissue mechanics principles to analyze tendon energetics. Prepared and presented technical findings at the American Society of Biomechanics Rocky Mountain Conference.
A selection of my own projects that I can share publicly. Much of my strongest industry work is covered by confidentiality agreements.
Machining · CAD · Mechanical Assembly
Built a functional Pipsqueak engine from stock metal. I took the project through CAD design, redesign for manufacturing, and hands-on machining of specified components along with my team.
Build contributions
Built from CAD and manufacturing documentation into a functional physical model with sand-casting, lathe, mill, and fit-up work.
Mechatronics · Embedded Systems · Controls
System capabilities
Designed and built with a team. My primary contributions were PIC24 integration, system wiring, sensor integration, navigation/control logic, motor control, and CAD/mechanical support.
Windshield Frost · Heat Transfer Analysis
Built a steady-state heat transfer model comparing open-air and covered parking in the same lot. The model connects a real-world observation to radiation exchange, convection, and the physical mechanisms that drive windshield frost formation.
Model basis
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Standard window glass is effectively opaque in the relevant long-wave infrared range, so transmission is neglected and the glass is modeled as a diffuse emitter and absorber within that band.
Room-temperature radiation peaks near 10 μm. Because the long-wave band begins near 8 μm, blackbody fractions are used to exclude radiation outside the modeled band. Rather than dynamically recalculating the blackbody fraction as canopy temperature changes for a minor impact on the model, an intermediate value is held fixed over the temperature range of interest.
Validation source noted in the original study: Mohelnikova, Nanocoatings for Architectural Glass (2014).
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Blackbody fractions remove radiation outside the modeled long-wave band before the sky and steel-cover exchange terms are applied.
