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Mechanical Design

Major: Mechanical Engineering This co-op semester I worked as a mechanical engineer at JR Automation Technologies. The majority of my tasks were related to one project. The project involved designing an automated machine to assemble industrial A/C compressors. When I joined the project the design was nearly 100% complete. Most of the engineers that were working on the project left to work on others. I became responsible for supporting the build team and dealing with any issues that came up during the build process. I designed some of the guarding around the machine and added sensors where needed. I redesigned some machine components when issues came up on the build floor with components that were not working as planned. I met with the customer to discuss changes they wanted to make to the machine that were not brought up in the original design meetings and processed an Engineering Change Order for their requests. Other mechanical engineers, controls engineers and machine builders taught me a lot this semester, I have gained tons of practical experience during my time at JR Automation.

Griffins Corporate Sales Intern

Major: Sport Management My day to day tasks were split into two different categories based on what I was in the office for. For my "office hours" I was tasked with different data entries for donations and promotional inquiries. I was also in charge of the Griffins Kids Club where we organized memberships and created packages for the kids that signed up. Other "office hours" activities included preparing the promotional giveaways that happened for each game. For the days that we had games, we would often show up several hours before puck drop to set of the arena. This meant hanging banners, signs, rolling shirts, preparing coupons, setting up promotional tables, allocating promotional material to different areas and departments. During the game we would be tasked with different game time events and activities such as t-shirt toss, the smoke show before the game, Zamboni riders and much more. This was a fast paced and incredibly fun environment! I was also given the opportunity to put on the Griff Costume and make various different appearances for different videos and events.

Final Co-op Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering The two project that I worked on most were improvements to an existing product as well as the launch of a new product. I was around for the entire design phase for the new product.

'Controlling' the HVAC Industry - One Building at a Time

Major: Mechanical Engineering My co-op rotations were spent working with the contracting department. This department is contracted to building owners to install Building Automation controls. Once our sales department wins a job, the contracting department takes over the project management, engineering, installation, and programming of the controls. Specifically, I was/am involved in the engineering of this process. The engineering consists of creating Control Drawings for the installation and programming phases of the jobs. The Control Drawings show our electrical subcontractors and control technicians what controllers are going to be used throughout the job and what end devices / equipment are going to be used in the Building Automation System.

Ravenna Ductile Iron Co-op III

Major: Mechanical Engineering This semester, I worked with RDI's engineering team completing a large variety of tasks. These tasks included: cleaning and inspecting casting tooling, designing casting tooling, evaluating performance of said tooling, and determining appropriate solutions to any problems found. A major project completed was a redesign of several high volume tools to improve yield and decrease costs.

Internship in Athletics

Major: Sport Management As Frostburg State University transitions from NCAA Division III to NCAA Division II, I am heavily involved in the application process. Some areas of responsibility include: assembling necessary documents to comply with NCAA application standards and recording the transition process by documenting meeting minutes and timeline. I also provided support at all home football games as the Department implemented new ticketing procedures.

Hutchinson NA Coop 1

Major: Mechanical Engineering Although this was my first official coop, I worked at Hutchinson NA last summer as an Intern. This gave me a huge advantage going into my coop semester because I had already completed all of my lab and safety training the year before. I was able to jump right in, working closely with engineers for projects for well known companies including Ford and GM. My primary role was designing fixtures for cementing, the process for preparing components to have rubber adhere to them, assembly, and testing of parts. I used SOLIDWORKS to design all of these fixtures.

Volunteer

Major: Political Science While at the LAC, I assisted patrons with signing in and filling out a service agreement form stating they understood what we could and could not do for them. Once that was done, I'd ask, "how can I help you?", a powerful question that implies I am here to help you get through this, however I will not do all of the work for you. The patron will explain their issue and then I will explain what their options are. I can then set up the patron with the appropriate paperwork, help them fill it out and check it for completeness, set them up with a hearing before a judge (should the situation warrant it), and then instruct them on how to file the paperwork.

My summer with the Sierra Club

Major: Political Science I worked on projects such as planning town halls and canvassing events, including connecting various venues. I assisted in creating GOTV campaigns for multiple precincts.

Recycling Engineering

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering OSHA compliant guarding- from machinery to handrails for raised platforms. Platform designs for machinery, large scale material storage and transportation solutions- such as custom scrap bins and semi truck trailers. Multiple small scale projects to improve workflow and upgrade machinery.

Herman Miller Green House

Major: Mechanical Engineering I was assigned a section of the factory for which I was responsible. As a manufacturing engineer, my job was to make the operators job faster and easier. I solved day to day problems as well as working on long term projects. A few projects I worked on were prototyping a design a vacuum lift assist device, designing a unique tool using modeling software, and managing departmental moves.

Engineering Co-op

Major: Electrical Engineering Testing and quality control of device firmware, including the writing and development of automated firmware tests.

Project Management at Koops

Major: Electrical Engineering I was assigned to the project management team, and was able to work on a variety of tasks and projects. I was tasked with my own project to manage, a small cell containing a single robotic unit. This project provided an excellent introduction to project management. I also assisted in working on various other projects, including multiple robotic sonic welding and clip driving stations, and a resistance welding cell.

Electrical Controls Systems in Manufacturing

Major: Electrical Engineering I was responsible for keeping wiring diagram drawings up to date with the machines that were on the manufacturing floor. In addition, I did programming and debugging for multiple Allen Bradley PLCs and an HMI (Human-Machine Interface).

Web Developer

Major: Computer Engineering The projects in the IT department that I dealt with starts simple with writing acceptance criteria, where I would have to write the specifications of the current page, the required data that the user must input, and the required functionality to be added for a page update. To mild difficulty where I would be fixing bugs that were on the current page to help prevent page errors and improve the user experience. As well as this I would help with user interface updates, where I would make sure the page is saving the information properly, displaying the appropriate fields at the appropriate time, making sure the layout of the page is up to the standard of the company. As well as making sure the page was properly functioning and alerting the user of any errors/missing fields that they may have had. My attached screenshot is just one of the many pages I helped with. To the hard projects, such as conversion of pages to Angular, where the page would be completely modernized and updated.

Co-op at Dominion Systems

Major: Computer Engineering Tasks, assignments, and projects that were worked on at Dominion Systems varied from bug fixes, redesign of pages, and complete rework of pages on our web application.

Engineering Co-op

Major: Mechanical Engineering Throughout this summer i have done work on many gages for many different customers. Each gage is assigned to a specific experienced builder and i had the chance to help the builders complete gages by either machining parts for the gage or assembling the gage with them. I also had the opportunity of working in our CMM lab (Coordinate Measuring Machine) where i was able to measure the final stage of the gage to make sure that gage met our customers standards before we sent the final product to them.

Engineering Co-op

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering I converted ACAD and Inventor drawings to SolidWorks models and drawings using advanced modeling techniques. This involved aiding the development of an updated drafting standard based on current ANSI standards. Additionally, I completed time study analysis and completed several Engineering Change Orders (ECO's) for components that were being converted. Lastly, I designed and produced piece parts for an antenna for one of our customers based on military specifications. This project involved working hands on with machinists to understand manufacturing processes and with senior Engineers for precise Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

EGR 290: Co-Op Experience

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering With Surge Cardiovascular, projects and tasks that were completed include the implementation of an antimicrobial wound care product line, updates to product packaging design, performing and completing design validation and verifications for a variety of tests on multiple product families, update to general documents, and completion of performance qualifications to validate manufacturing equipment and processes.

JR Automation Controls Engineering Co-op

Major: Computer Engineering The tasks I completed were largely dependent upon the project I was placed on, which I am not at liberty to disclose details about. In general terms, I did a great deal of HMI work, configuring and programming of numerous different devices around the line, teaching points to robots, device testing, and a whole lot of debugging. I also spent time communicating with suppliers regarding defective units for some of the devices and getting them replaced, updating electrical schematics in 2D CAD, as well as meeting with builders and electricians to determine solutions for some problems arising regarding alignment of mechanical components and wiring.

App State Campus Recreation Summer Internship

Major: Sport Management I worked with all six programs within the Campus Recreation. I did things with inventory, budgeting, planning outdoor trips, risk management mapping, closing the facilities, and more. I got a wide variety of things to learn within the office setting.

Controls Internship - 1st Rotation

Major: Electrical Engineering My tasks included building control panels, wiring machines, editing electrical schematics, debugging machines, and programming PLCs. I also did some work with a client who needed a secondary HMI display on a few of their machines.

A Summer at Phase One

Major: Electrical Engineering Buying parts for PCBs. Construction of several perfboards for demo circuits. Taking radiation patterns from a PCB with helix antennas. Making Helix antennas by wrapping copper wire around an high dielectric material. One big project I did was swapping out a old modem that ran on Verizon's 2G/3G network to Verizon's 4G network. This included getting familiar with AT commands and Mobile network infrastructure.

Hutchinson Engineering Co-op

Major: Mechanical Engineering Tasks and projects given were extremely varied and well rounded for an entry level internship. Working through different departments such as the characterization and prototyping lab then being tasked to assist with manufacturing and pre-production approved cells to create parts was the majority of my co-op experience. There were intermittent projects given to perform jobs such as designing shielding for machines, modifying parts for tuning purposes, and preparing display pieces.

(Injection) Molding My Future

Major: Mechanical Engineering I was directly involved in the testing and developing of a new part for production. This included testing prototypes- both dimensionally and for performance, performing durability tests, assembling parts, and working with my supervisors to recommend changes. My primary duty was carrying out all testing of parts, writing reports on my findings, and then working with my supervisor to identify design and process changes that were necessary. I also was involved in the production of most sample parts produced during my time there. I worked on multiple different molding machines for different components of the part, did coil winding, welding, and final assembly of components. I also completed several projects related to documenting both critical dimensions of new components in our database and creating instructions for quality inspections, testing, and production.