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Peter Basso Experience

Major: Electrical Engineering I have designed lighting systems for buildings. I have helped in research on emergency generators. I have designed the layout of receptacles for office spaces. Lastly, I learned how to the use Revit, CAD and AFI.

3rd Co-op Rotation at Ravenna Ductile Iron

Major: Mechanical Engineering - Cleaning and putting away pattern plates - Operating a jib crane and hi-lo to put away pattern plates. - Improving the current tools to run better(this is done in CAD). - Designing how a customers part will fill and solidify within a sand mold (this is done in CAD). - Quoting and launching tools with different pattern shops. - Making PowerPoints for modifications to be made to pattern plates. - Submitting .stl files for sand mold filling simulation. - Analyzing simulation results and making changes in CAD accordingly.

Herman Miller CoOp Fall 2022

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering I worked as the primary operations engineering support for the machining area in Casegoods manufacturing. I also helped integrate 3D printing into the plant and trained some of the engineers at the plant on 3D printing common practices and modeling.

Final Co-op Experience at Viant Medical

Major: Biomedical Engineering I wrote and edited several types of documents including but not limited to: component specifications, item masters, qualification protocols and reports, work instructions, fixture files, formal information collections, etc. I also owned several trackers for component procurement, drawing revisions, all documentation (500+) involved in the new product launch, and more. I worked closely with my project team on designing equipment and their stations with integrators to make them ready for the line and process development. Worked with supply chain to gather supplier information and documentation to get them as an approved supplier through Viant, ensuring they can meet all of the specifications needed by the customer on their drawings. I also created a tracker to track component inventory and first article inspection data.

EGR 490 - Co-op III

Major: Computer Engineering One project I completed involved developing a Python application that would automate the testing of motors and log data from them into csv files. Another project I completed was a Modbus application that posed as an industrial controller to test a VFD drive board. I also worked on a software application that had web-app elements on both the front-end and back-end.

EGR 490 Co-op 3rd Rotation

Major: Electrical Engineering During my 3rd rotation, my tasks included writing test reports, testing products for pre-compliance emissions, immunity and transients, communicating results to customers, and performing diagnostics on non-compliant projects.

HVAC Equipment Sales at Trane

Major: Mechanical Engineering My main responsibility is generating equipment submittals, which document what equipment and accessories a customer has ordered, along with performance. The process includes reading building plans and specifications then verifying that Trane supplies everything the customer needs. I also generate quotes for equipment replacements. This involves translating the old unit model number(s) to a current Trane model, checking what units we have in stock, and pricing the units.

Fall Co-op Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering I was the lead on several equipment/assembly line moves. I contacted suppliers and sales representatives for quotes of new equipment. Prepared documents and background for implementation of new tools/processes. I owned an assembly line, and was the main point of contact for day to day issues on the line, or ergonomic improvements. I also led weekly meetings for redesigning an area to help with flow, safety, and ergonomics. I designed a bunch of solutions on Solidworks for different problems. For example, press brakes needed new tables, and brackets for new light curtain distance. I designed and had all of it made up and reconnected. I also designed carts, deflectors, tables, guarding on machines etc. I did some plant layout as well.

Data Analyst for Outpatient Dosing Concordance check

Major: Statistics Currently, I am working on antibiotic prescription data from outpatient clinics in the health systems of Michigan. My role is to conduct ETL to clean and transform the unstructured messy data into structured data and load them to the SQL Server database. Several SQL transformations are done on several attributes to standardize the values. I have also created several metrics on the data warehouse to measure antibiotic use and appropriateness. I am currently creating dashboards on Power BI based on the patient data to analyze if health providers are following practice guidelines when writing a prescription with respect to drug choice and dosing choice.

Electrical Engineering @ aMDI

Major: Electrical Engineering This semester I was able to develop an attachment for the sensor package EmotiBit. This package contains a variety of sensors containing photoplethysmography, thermistors, electrodermal activity, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, etc. This attachment helps visualize all the data without the need for wifi/Bluetooth. A variety of approaches were used to calculate Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, and Oxygen Saturation with the available data.

Third Co-op Rotation at Rose Medical

Major: Mechanical Engineering My third co-op rotation consisted of developing dipping and molding processes. I was in charge of learning how the temperature, pressure, and time settings on the machines affected the outcome of the silicone molded parts. Learning the effects of these settings allowed me to develop processes for multiple silicone molded parts and ship samples to the customers. Additionally, I was able to run my own project this semester. I was in charge of creating all of the specifications and documents and leading weekly meetings with the customer where I kept them informed on the progress of the job. I was able to develop the manufacturing process, ship sample parts to the customer, and run a production run.

OSM Co-Op

Major: Mechanical Engineering My workload consisted of creating prototype parts and mockups, temperature testing, durability testing, driving the mirrors, and other smaller projects that follow the guidelines of research and development

Henry Ford Public Health Internship

Major: Health Communication Over the summer, I completed various projects, such as creating flyers/posters for research projects, creating infographics, overseeing a photo shoot in downtown Detroit, event planning and promotion, and more.

Co-op Rotation 3_ODL Inc.

Major: Electrical Engineering The projects I completed this year was creating a information matrix for all of the electrical equipment we use in our three plants. I also calculated the power used from the mains all the way down to the outlets.

GVSU Club Sports Promotions Intern

Major: Sport Management While in this position I am in charge of all of the official GVSU Club Sports social media pages. I had to attend many events to gather content to create posts for socials. I also had to design the club sports website and keep up to date with all 40-plus clubs. I am in charge of the email and communicate daily with hundreds of students and peers.

TPUSA Events Internship

Major: Communications I reported to work three days a week and worked a total of twenty-four hours every week. I was lucky enough to have such a hands-on learning experience of diving right in and helping in any way that I could to benefit the company and my team members. I worked on a team that was made up of ten individuals. The events team was small compared to the other departments, but the company was quite large and made up of determined people that were always ready to work. The organization had two large events that my team created, organized, and managed. The first conference was in Dallas, Texas in June and the second conference was in Tampa, Florida in July. My role before the conferences began was to manage attendees by approving ones that already applied to attend the conferences, emailing them back, and answering any questions that they asked. I also had to call and order supplies for the events, put attendees and employees in hotel rooms for the events, and execute any task that I was asked to do, such as managing the events team's Instagram by promoting information that encouraged people to attend the conferences. The main tasks that I primarily focused on while physically working in the office were accepting applications for the conference, sending the attendees a confirmation that they were approved to attend the conference, and replying to emails that any of the attendees sent in. I would respond to each email and clarify any concerns that the attendees had. It felt incredible knowing that I was impacting someoneýs life in a positive way by making their day better just by clarifying information for them.

Kennedy's Sport management Internship

Major: Sport Management Throughout my internship, I completed many tasks. On the daily, I would book hotel rooms for entire teams, and families. I would call hotels and create room blocks for numerous teams, which took a lot of patience and time. I also sent out mass emails weekly to the soccer club families informing them of weekly updates. I also took on my own team as a coach, and got to learn the sport management side of coaching. I answered phone calls, helped with event coordination etc. Each day there is a different task assigned.

Michael Lynn Animation Studio - Illustration Internship

Major: Film & Video As of Oct 18, 2022: - Designed character concept art for "Adopted Family" cartoon pitch for collaboration with Bethany Christian Services. - Developed environmental concept art for children's show, "Wimee's World"

Assistant Clubhouse Attendant

Major: Sport Management I managed and took care of the visiting baseball teams when they would come in for a six game homestand as well as assisted with anything the home team needed. A usual day for me would be arriving around 11:30am. I would get the clean laundry out of the bins in my clubhouse and hang the players jersey and pants on a rack for them to grab when they walked in. I hung the coaches clothes in their lockers and made sure their shoes were cleaned. I would get coffee started and restock the water cooler with bottled water. I would finish drying towels for both clubhouses and get those folded throughout the day. I would then make sure all 6 water coolers in the dugouts were filled with ice and cold water for the game and that they had cups with them. Most teams would start to arrive by 1:30-2:00pm and I would assist with setting up their lunches when it arrived then clean it up before game time. I was in charge of keeping my clubhouse clean and organized by taking out the trash and making sure it was presentable. During the game I would wash and fold towels again so they were ready postgame. After the game was done I would have already setup their postgame meal when it was delivered during the game but would wait for all players to leave and head back to the hotel so I could begin cleaning up the postgame food, taking out the trash, organizing the clubhouse and getting all dirty laundry to the main clubhouse attendant to get started washed for the next day.

Professional Soccer in Kansas City

Major: Management I was able to witness firsthand how professional soccer stadiums operate. I performed many different roles throughout the stadium and collaborated with many different departments and employees across the organization. I learned to understand the logistics and execution of match days for Sporting Kansas City, Kansas City Current, and the US Menýs National Team along with other special events including corporate meetings, weddings, conferences, and fundraisers. I also worked non-stadium events such as Sporting Kansas City 2 games and events at the teamýs training facility. My match day duties included assisting with sponsorship activations on the plaza, making sure correct signage and supplies were placed around the stadium, and ensuring that premium spaces were set up correctly.

Windy City Thunderbolts Intern

Major: Sport Management As a promotions intern, I assisted with the set up and execution of all on-field promotions, including selecting the contestants to participant in them. I also updated the game script for the announcer before every game.

NCMC Athletics

Major: Sport Management As the intern of a brand new college athletic program, I had many responsibilities. I assisted the athletic director in scheduling, booking hotels and transportation for away sporting events, creating student athlete portfolios, and running new student orientations. I also ordered new equipment and assembled it for the athletic program.

Asst Camp Director with GVSU Basketball

Major: Sport Management It depended on the camp but I ran score clocks for games and kept track of stats, taught drills, coached, refereed games, helped register teams, ordered food, and worked admissions.

It's Your Summer

Major: Sport Management At the Whitecaps, I would help set up batting practice by placing screens and skirts to protect the field and players. Then I would smooth out the warning track before the game to make it a level playing field and I would also put in the bases for the game. There are 7-8 of us and we all had our specific job to make sure the game started on time. After the game, my job was to fix and prepare the mound for the game for the following day.

MSA Woodland Intern

Major: Sport Management My main responsibilities for my internship included: maintaining facility maintenance of the Woodland Facility, scheduling facility rentals for clients, creating monthly schedules for the facility, checking in members for drop-in play, concessions work during tournaments/events, event set-up/tear down for tournament play, creating a practice plan for youth basketball coaches, office admin work and any other day-to-day tasks that were needed.