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Independent Mechanical/Product Design Consultant
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New York, NY
May 2013 - Present (11 years 6 months)
• Assisted clients with the development of product concepts
• Provided product feasibility consultations
• Designed plastic components and enclosures for consumer electronic products
• Researched manufacturing and part sourcing solutions
• Performed product testing and optimization
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Engineer
Venom Data
Brooklyn, NY
Sep 2012 - May 2013 (8 months)
• Worked to develop a secure external hard drive
• Led the mechanical design of the product
• Collaborated with an interdisciplinary group to determine optimal design approach
• Made extensive use of FEA and CFD simulations to optimize component design
• Organized fabrication and testing of prototypes
• Prepared materials for and actively participated in meetings with investors
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Researcher
NYATS Laboratory at NYU-Poly
Brooklyn, NY
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 (11 months)
• Led student teams in research and design projects pertaining to vehicle handling,
stability, and autonomy
• Modeled and analyzed vehicle dynamics in MATLAB/Simulink
• Designed and validated control systems that achieve desirable vehicle dynamics
• Trained new members of the laboratory
• Co-authored an abstract published in an annual compilation of student research
projects at NYU-Poly
• Advised by Professor Annalisa Scacchioli
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Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Innovation & Design
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Brooklyn, NY
Sep 2010 - May 2011 (8 months)
• Led recitations and graded students’ academic work for two classes (Introduction to
Engineering, Introduction to Innovation & Design)
• Stepped forward to supervise night-time laboratory sessions