Educational Experiences
Below is a brief description of some but not all of my educational experiences. They examples were picked because I believe that they all show skills which would be useful within a working environment.
Instron Testing
During my time at Washington State university myself and two other colleges decided to do some testing with the INSTRON machine on the affects of cavities on human teeth. This decision was to gain more exposure to working with outside sources and with the intent to gain further knowledge as to the design and execution of a complicated experiment with biological materials. To obtain the samples we spoke to dentist from Las Vegas that was willing to donate teeth that have been extracted from patients to further advance the knowledge of the dental field.
From our tests we found that, in the presence of cavities, teeth lose a lot of their structural integrity due to the fact that the cavities will either create two smaller bodies rather than one intact body or it will create weak points which would exhibit a much lower Young's Modulus than that of a fully intact tooth.
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
During my time at Washington State University I have been exposed to sketch up and I have been fortunate enough to become proficient in SOLIDWORKS. Through my computer aided design course I have become certified through SOLIDWORKS and learned how to troubleshoot a multitude of different errors. During this course I learned how to create individual parts, create assemblies which utilized hundreds of individual parts to create a skeleton, I learned how to create rendered motion pictures, how to create design drawings and how to create different setups to utilize both forged and machined services among others.
Senior Capstone Design Project
For my senior design course myself and two other individuals have designed a glove that will help give patients with hand paralysis the use of their hands. To do this, we utilized rotary motors along with neural sensors to measure the neural activity through the peripheral nervous system and convert this information into a mechanical process to grip the hand of the user. This technology is the first ever seen of this type and can have huge implications in the recover of individuals who are suffer from quadriplegia. This technology can also help push the field in a new and excited direction towards human modification and integration with mechanics.
During this time myself and my group also worked on a business plan to develop and grow a company with this specific product in mind. By doing this we have successfully created a hundred page Quality Manual which outlines everything that is needed during the first 5 years of the business. Specific examples include but are not limited to hiring processes, company decisions on expansion, document control processes and sample financial documentations for the first two years of business among many more which can be found in the link below labeled Quality Manual. We plan on then taking this product along with our business plan to business competitions around the country.