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Network Engineering for an ISP

Major: Computer Engineering My job has been to help support both the internal network for HBPW use as well as the external network for customers. I have done a lot of work in bringing up the network at the new power plant in Holland. I have also worked on upgrading current network infrastructure to provide resiliency. I also have done work with setting up the network monitoring and alert system.

Tapping the Hidden Passion

Major: Information Systems Tasks I have involved: " Activate Directory configuration for policy " Test Access control profile of Palo Alto firewall " User Access deployment " Writing script " Observe testing of Wildfire feature to forward suspicious file in traffic to Palo Alto lab " Testing Workspace as cloud based client " Learn how to troubleshoot PostgreSQL server and grant user limited access to specific tables " Check the URL filtering policy applied to Amazon workspaces instances " Certificate management of Windows system on Amazon workspaces server " Configure Amazon IAM " Configure the Amazon API Gateway I mainly involved in infrastructure development projects. My first project with cloud systems engineers, on standardizing user access control by using Active Directory configuration. This allowed me to observe the active directory on Amazon web service has the equal abilities to the locally hosted server. Beside it needs some caveats in configuration, it has major advantages in eliminating overhead without forgoing redundancy and performance. This assured me that the cloud-based infrastructure was fully dependable and increasingly become the option for new days' business with dynamic environment. Another project I worked on was creating parallel patching script for open sources. I used python and bash shell for this project. This project helped me reinvigorated my knowledge on scripting and horned my skill in debugging. The last project that I involved was developing Amazon lambda function to run and stop the EC2 instances.

Fáilte go hÉireann (Welcome to Ireland)

Major: Allied Health Sciences I worked on a wide variety of tasks and projects in my time at TURAS. My supervisor aptly said that there is no such thing as a 'typical day at TURAS.' Each day had different tasks to complete and matters to attend to. My role on paper was to help the Tutors, but this took on many forms. I often supervised breaks, sat in on sessions, and prepared rooms for sessions, but I also served as a photographer and cameraman on occasion, helped students write their resumes, and even helped to carry boats that the students made from scratch.

Co-op Rotation 1 at SAF-Holland

Major: Mechanical Engineering I aided in a research project to develop the best steel coating in the industry; made conceptual designs for a potential new product; design changes to current products; learned to weld and plasma cut, among many other things, working in the test lab; and lead tests on my own. All the work I did was meaningful; it was never busywork.

Gateway to learning Electronics

Major: Electrical Engineering The electronics lab was responsible for a large portion of the testing equipment used on the production floor. The most popular testing unit is known as the "lunch box" these are small boxes that allow the user to power a tail lamp and test the functionality of each lamp. Each of the boxes are built for a specific model of lamp, meaning that there are hundreds scattered around the plant. I was given the task to build these as well as maintain them when they broke. I also build more advanced testing units known as "smart lamps" these lamps allowed for individual LED control and were programmed with a micro controller. Throughout this rotation I specifically worked on the Ford Edge and the Ford Mustang.

Interning for The Black Sheep

Major: Writing For this internship, I wrote weekly articles to The Black Sheep's standards and helped promote them on social media.

Regional Intern

Major: Political Science As an intern in the Rochester office, I was tasked with answering phones, sending emails, going through newspapers and pulling out interesting stories/events, processing business cards, outreach programs and writing letters to individuals who are being recognized for an accomplishment or a promotion.

Wilderness Tripping Leader

Major: Sport Management I was responsible for planning and leading a 14 day backpacking trip to Isle Royale National Park in the waters of Lake Superior. I planned a program for my participants that was focused around self and group awareness growth goals. I maintained the health and safety of the group during the trip and provided a foundation that fostered self-sufficiency among the participants. Off trail, I completed property maintenance, gear repair and various community tasks as needed.

Small Business Experience Matters Too

Major: Advertising & Public Relations Besides every day basic tasks like: checking all the social media and brief customer service, we did two projects during my internship. The first was a Mother's Day marketing project where we promoted a sale on our special Spring tote bags. The second is currently in production, and it is the story of Porteen Gear. IT will be a long video, and a series of short ones, going over the impact Porteen Gear has had on its employees, customers, and venders.

2017 First Engineering Co-op

Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked on creating 3D graphics for the Hydronic and Air Handler system's controls we implemented as an interface for the customer we were working for. This way they could easily monitor their equipment from one central site without it being confusing.

Co-Op at Johnson Controls

Major: Electrical Engineering I am responsible for process development. I completed electrical schematics for a conveyor oven and developed a laser weld for hermetic sealing of lithium ion cells.

Steelcase Summer

Major: Computer Engineering Each week, I was required to update software for the plant system. Each section in the plant had a "Golf ball" HMI. The plant user had to choose certain components on the screen and the program shows if the part in front of them matches what components it is supposed to have. In other words, says if the part was built correctly. I also wrote new parameters for barcode scanners as a creative new input method. I also changed C++ based code that creates the labels for reports which incorporates SQL language. The biggest part of my impact was when I led a project that creates shipping boxes. The boxes are built so that there is minimal waste. Through code, I had to analyze the size of our products and calculate which size of boxes would fit the most products as well as create minimal waste. In addition, I gained experience working with RFID barcodes and TCP connections.

GVSU Athletics Intern

Major: Sport Management We were responsible of running all the promotions during the sporting events at GVSU. We also helped promote and market the games to the students as well as the community outside of GV.

ME 2017 First Coop

Major: Mechanical Engineering Primary projects i worked on were two innovation projects, some quality testing for various programs, and a wide variety of miscellaneous non-PDP development.

Grand Rapids Griffins Youth Foundation Internship

Major: Sport Management I helped in the planning and the organization of the Great Skate Winterfest. Helped to organize, plan, and set up for the foundations Career Day. Created a comprehensive end-of-year survey for parents and kids, and then broke down the results and data, and presented it to the board of directors. I helped to find grant opportunities for the foundation. I also did research and statistical preparation for Griffins game day radio broadcasts.

Arconic (APP) - 2nd Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked in the Research & Development department, so my range of tasks was diverse. As a mechanical engineer I got to design bucket elevators, guarding, fixtures, and several small projects along the way. I was also involved in some small automation projects and was introduced to robots and the logic behind them.

Cyber-security Co-Op

Major: Computer Engineering I worked on performing a variety of security assessments for companies around the country. This included direct penetration attempts (Hacking) from both external and internal connections as well as performing deep dives into corporate systems and policies to ensure the company's security.

EGR 390

Major: Mechanical Engineering I am a design engineer, so I create drawings and models of filter presses according to the customer's selected options. Occasionally I will help out with creating aftermarket retrofits to competitors products.

Dematic Co-Op II

Major: Mechanical Engineering While at Dematic, I have completed a wide variety of engineering tasks. I work on the Amazon Mechanical Engineering team which designs conveying and sortation systems for Amazon Fulfillment Centers. My day-to-day functions include making/updating drawings in AutoCAD. These drawings are sent to installation teams on the jobsite to aid in the installation of conveying systems. I also order parts that may have been missed or ordered incorrectly during primary order entry.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering This semester I worked in a plant as the manufacturing engineer on three door assembly lines. As part of that, I handled a wide range of tasks as they came up. This included working on the manufacturing line to gain experience, resolving safety and quality concerns, repairing machines as needed, leading a work re-balance to eliminate unnecessary production, and helping with on-going updates to equipment and processes.

Trans-Matic Engineering Co-op

Major: Mechanical Engineering Working as an intern for the engineering department I completed a wide range of tasks. Like my last semester, I handled a lot of updating and redesigning existing tooling in the presses. Each production job has tooling originally designed that fits into the presses to produce specific features on the part. These designs go through constant changes as the tools wear down or industry standards change. This was all done using the latest version of Creo (3D CAD software). Besides just redesigning existing tooling I got to work with other designers on twelve new tooling jobs, and was able to take a lead role on two other new tooling designs. I also handled the design work for all gauges and managed engineering drawings for the product launches.

EGR 290

Major: Electrical Engineering I was assigned a main project to work on throughout the co-op. This project had me design a peak current meter that was capable of measuring the peak on time current as well as continuous current of all types of industrial LED driver products. The meter was capable of measuring a wide range of current. I also worked on many smaller projects that allowed me to get experience with a variety of products.

2nd Co-op Rotation at Emerald Corporation

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering During my second rotation of co-op at Emerald Corporation I was able to take charge and lead a few new projects. One of the projects was to come up with a new way to ensure traceability on all of the parts that are painted on our paint line. I was able to talk with many different printer and label suppliers to determine a plan of action to implement printers on our unload side of the line. These printers will allow Emerald to place labels on every part which will include important information about that specific paint run. If we have a quality alert from our customer we will be able to quickly determine a root cause based on the information printed on the label. Along with the leadership roles I was still able to enhance my CAD skills by designing new fixtures and even making edits to our plant floor blueprint.

2nd Semester Co-op

Major: Electrical Engineering Mainly, I worked on maintaining and writing tests for a Hardware in the loop test system. I also performed manual tests, tech work in the lab, and rf antenna testing.

Gentex: Production Support

Major: Computer Engineering Initially, my role as a production support engineer was to learn all about the layout and flow of our production lines. I was tasked with debugging and fixing any problems on these lines (especially software-related ones). If I couldn't solve the issue, then I would escalate the problem to the appropriate support personnel. I also dealt with some of the aspects of managing the production team members who worked on the lines. As the semester progressed, I transitioned more to focus on my main project - a live dashboard that monitors the status of the production lines and detects any ongoing problems (downtime, scrapped parts, etc.). I designed this dashboard from scratch, although many of the events I needed to monitor already had code set up to provide a means of tracking each line's performance. My final task of the semester focused on distributing this dashboard and dealing with the issues that arose on its deployment, as well as tweaking the code to work well with the varying structure of our production lines between buildings.