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First Term Co-op at Bissell
Major: Mechanical Engineering At BISSELL, I completed a lot of real world engineering projects. Though it would be impossible to name them all, I will name a few. I spent much of my first semester designing a separation system for a deep cleaner. I worked with an engineer on the project and learned a lot on the movement of an air and water combination. I later worked with another engineer on developing a weight projection calculator to be used in order to prevent problems during the prototyping stage of a project. There was also time spent learning many machines in the design lab as well as a lot of the equipment in the test lab that were new to me.
Co-op 1
Major: Mechanical Engineering I did a lot of testing and benchmarking for many different inside and outside mirrors as well as designed small parts for prototypes.
Trans-Matic Co-op
Major: Mechanical Engineering Engineering print updates, tooling design, press accessory design and implementation, 3D modeling, brainstorming, and tooling pricing estimation.
ME Co-op at BISSELL: Rotation #3
Major: Mechanical Engineering I have done many smaller tasks throughout the semester which consisted of performing tests and organizing data for reports, but I have worked on two large projects that have spanned the entire semester; liftoff/pivot project and MTU fixture project. In the liftoff/pivot project I was presented with a set of problems and issues with a new product platform and was asked to design/develop a solution to those issues. Concept generation, design calculations, CAD work, physical prototyping, and a final design presentation were all stages of this project. The MTU fixture project consisted of reprogramming a motor for a test fixture. This required calculations to determine a new gearhead and motor to purchase and further calculations to effectively code the programmable motor. Along with this, I was also tasked with training certain individuals on the device and provided documentation for future users of the fixture.
Process Engineering Internship
Major: Mechanical Engineering I did a lot different design projects over the summer. I designed several nests that are used to hold parts while they are tested for different things such as how much torque it takes to move the mirror as well as testing the leak rate to ensure the parts are sealed. I also designed an adapter which will be used to leak test some of the parts in a more convenient way than they currently are tested and in a way that is the same as the rest of the parts that we make. I also designed a vacuum system that takes the backing that is peeled off of a glass element and sucks it away into a trash can. The backing is very statically charged after it is peeled off so it was causing a mess and sticking to everything so this will solve that problem I also designed an enclosure to go around a machine to make it safe for someone to operate. This was a very good experience because it was very open-ended and allowed me to be creative with the design. There are many other things that I designed and built over the summer that were a great experience and I learned a lot from them.
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