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Work Experience
As a Systems Engineering Intern for Sikorsky I got to understand the inner workings of the company. For a majority of the time I was assigned to a CDRL project with another intern where we had to review, classify, and come up with an way to send our clients the drawings for their aircraft, in an organized manner.
During my time there I was able to refine skills such as teamwork, time management, and intrapersonal communication. In the technical realm, I was able to teach myself the Visual Basic Programming language, become much more familiar with the operations of excel, and explore the database management systems that Sikorsky had in place. I was also responsible for giving verbal and written progress reports for management, discussing business options with management, collaborating with senior engineers to modify drawings, and working with the proprietary lawyers to discuss contractual agreements.
This was a very rewarding experience because of how much I learned about engineering companies as an intern. The experience was fulfilling in that it showed me what to expect post-graduation as an engineering major. Additionally, I was able to refine important life skills while developing important professional skills.
During my time there I worked with my mentor conducting research on the evolution of the vehicle front end and its relationship with pedestrian fatality rate in vehicle collisions.
As an intern I was mainly responsible for data acquisition and analysis. I had to take specific measurement of various vehicle front ends and related them to fatality statistics that were available in the Department of Transportation databases. I was also responsible for deeply investigating what I believed to be the main issue in order to identify a possible solution. At the end of my 10-week internship, I was responsible for writing a report and a presentation on my findings and possible solutions to the pedestrian fatality rate.
I enjoyed my time working for the Federal Highway Administration because it showed me how the government operates and relies on each of its divisions to highlight a problem, investigate the causes of those issues, and promptly come up with a solution. As an engineer it was a real life example of how important a basic skill such as problem solving can be.
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Sikorsky Aircraft
System Engineering Intern
United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
Engineering Intern
University of Maryland Resident Life
Community Assistant (CA)
In order to be an effective Community Assistant, it was important to communicate, work well with other staff members, and be knowledgable about the community.
The time I spent as a CA was fantastic. Aside from interacting with the community around me, it taught me a lot about being apart of a functioning team. Being able to communicate and get involved in things out of your comfort zone were mandatory in order to be an effective Community Assistant. Additionally, as a CA, I had to use my knowledge of the community in order to solve the problems that would come up in everyday life. While behind the desk I was a resource to any student that required help.
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Work
Sikorsky Aircraft
DOT
CA
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Undergraduate Teaching Fellow
While these two positions are not related, they are similar in nature. I decided to group them together because both of these positions are able to show where I want to go after graduating in Spring of 2017.
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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The Undergraduate Research Assistant position allows me to take a deeper look in team dynamics and the effectiveness of the design process that is employed here at the University of Maryland. In this position I am tasked with looking into the design journals Mechanical Engineering Capstone Students are asked to keep in order to determine how well their groups move through the process. Students are asked to log any type of progress, meeting notes, relevant conversations, and research within the journal. At the end of the semester, the journals are collected. Once the journals are collected, I am able to go through and segment the journals into individual thoughts. Once the journals are segmented, the segments are given specified codes that classify each thought under pre-determined classes. From these codes, we are able to analyze which parts of the design process were common within the group, and which parts of the process the groups abstained from.
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Undergraduate Teaching Fellow
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The Undergraduate Teaching Fellow position allows me to work with students that are taking the ENME371 course. This class is a pre-requisite to the Capstone (ENME472) course, where they learn the basics of the product design process. As a teaching fellow it is my duty to answer any questions students may have about the coursework and clarify any concepts they may be confused about. Additionally, I am responsible for supervising two lab sessions a week where students are able to dissect, test, analyze, and investigate a variety of power tools in order to understand the thought process and efforts behind the design.
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Through both of these positions I have solidified my passion for design. Even though its not direct design work, I am able to hone my expertise on the design process in order to put forth towards the professional realm.
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Undergraduate Design Work
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