BE, Mechanical Engineering

NYC Office of the Comptroller

Engineering Fellow

• Review construction claims by confirming details with the Agency and Contractor.

• Write reports summarizing the claim details and recommending a resolution to the Bureau of Law and Adjustment.

• Calculate cost estimates for disputed work in order to verify claim amount.

Actasys

RDD Intern

• Testing the performance of synthetic jet actuators to conclude the most effective configuration aligning with client requirements.

• Designing nozzle attachments to synthetic jet actuators, increasing jet width by 50%.

• Constructing 13 drivers to convert 12V input to 120V output, decreasing frequency from 300 Hz to 50 Hz and making compatible with current actuator design.

Zahn Innovation Center

Advanced Manufacturing Apprentice

• Manufacturing client-requested products by lathing, milling, laser cutting, and using hand tools

• Designed, modeled, and created a bill of materials for a cat house

• Assembled wooden parts of a T-shirt printer

• Completed workshops in lathing, milling, laser cutting, computer-aided manufacturing, and professional development

Research Foundation of CUNY

Research Assistant

• Performed cross-platform computational fluid analysis by using SolidWorks to model, ANSYS Fluent to mesh, and OpenFOAM to compute, utilizing advantages of each software to speed up the process.

• Taught ANSYS Fluent to a Fluid Mechanics course of 40 students and created written and video tutorials.

City College of New York

Mechanical Engineering Computer Lab TA

• Assist students with engineering software including SolidWorks, MATLAB, and ANSYS Fluent.

Pratt & Whitney

Hot Section Engineering Structures Intern

• Conducted a modal analysis of the PW1100G high-pressure turbine blades mounted in testing blocks by FEA using ANSYS MAPDL to obtain contours of displacement and principal stresses.

• Interpreted contours to investigate locations of stress singularities, conclude locations of likely fracture, and summarize results in a presentation to compare against future modal analysis lab tests.

BAE Systems, Inc.

Technical Intern II

• Performed statistical tolerance analysis using Crystal Ball by compiling dimensions from engineering drawings and CAD models in spreadsheets to conclude the feasibility of changing a part design.

• Assisted in qualification of hardware product by working with inspection to verify dimensions of manufactured component housings and confirming reasonable tolerance analysis assumptions.

NYU Steinhardt Administration & Finance

Receptionist

• Redirected visitors and callers to appropriate university personnel, reducing time spent by administrators to resolve issues outside their expertise.

• Scanned inactive Human Resources files, increasing cabinet file spaces for active employees.

• Created an Excel spreadsheet to organize individual data of active visiting scholars, faculty, and researchers on J-1, H-1B and O-1 visas using conditional formats.

Sukiya

Waitress

• Waitress at Sukiya. Took orders from customers, served meals and operated the cash register.

• Maintained tidiness of the restaurant.

• Translated the menu and offered assistance for English-speaking customers.