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Third Co-op Rotation at Marketlab

Major: Biomedical Engineering During my third rotation, I assisted my supervisor with completing some objectives for a recent business acquisition. I was responsible for creating a handful of work instructions and helping to transfer some of their BOMs into our system. I was also involved with a variety of miscellaneous projects, including product testing, 3D printing, designing a fixture for their screen printing process, creating technical drawings in SolidWorks, and more!

Co-op Rotation 3

Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked as a floor engineer for all 3 rotations. While assemblers would run into issues assembling facilities on the floor, I would meet with them to discuss and observe the issue firsthand. I would then consult with an appropriate project engineer regarding a potential solution and move forward from there. My job was to repeat this process for any assembly issues throughout the workday.

Tommy Car Wash Systems Product Engineering Co-op

Major: Mechanical Engineering For my first two rotations here at Tommy's, I worked in the product engineering department which focuses on updating and creating manufacturing prints for the major assemblies. This semester I worked with the research and development team. I have helped out in many ways but spent the majority of this last rotation working on designing and creating a manufacturing fixture for our water softener system. This will allow for much simple production and less mistakes.

Salem Athletics Intern

Major: Sport Management One of the projects that I did was on a program called GoFan. This program allows you to track rosters, scheduling for teams, player eligibility etc. The main task that I did on here was update rosters transfer them onto the website. Another task that I did involved pay to play. All families must pay a couple hundred dollars to have a student athlete play a sport for the school. I checked, updated, and contacted the families who had not payed on time.

Mechanical Engineering third co-op rotation at Irwin Seating Company

Major: Mechanical Engineering Around 90% of my time was dedicated to helping the development of a new recliner. (see attached picture) I did a lot of CAD modeling for this project as well as being involved in the discussion and decisions on various design choices. The other 10% of my time was dedicated to a mix of helping problem solve other upcoming products, miscellaneous tasks, and upkeep of the engineering space.

Trane Technologies Co-op - Rotation 3

Major: Mechanical Engineering During the third rotation, I was responsible for updating work standard documents for the production floor. I also was responsible for hosting a weekly quality log meeting in efforts to learn from engineering mistakes. Lastly, I worked through an A3 project in efforts to reduce warranty spendings caused by engineering.

CO-OP in Electrical building design

Major: Electrical Engineering This semester I helped with a Red Arrow project that were apartments in Detroit Michigan. I work on some schools helping the K-12 group, most of my recent types has been working on Washtenaw Armory, Dearborn Inn, and Eden Park which is a park in Detroit Michigan. Most of our projects are in metro Detroit because the company is based in metro Detroit. However, there are some projects that are in Grand Rapids and Muskegon. As an electrical CO-OP, I placed outlets on plans, placed lighting equipment on plans, created circuits for the buildings to use and did lighting calculations which are calculation to do to make sure there is enough light in an area. A lot of our work is designing based on what is allowable by the code standards in Michigan.

3rd Co-op Rotation

Major: Electrical Engineering I took charge of this exciting project involving the development of a new machine for producing Dodge Durango tail lights. Using AutoCAD, I crafted the electrical prints and organized the control panel layout. Following that, I handled the wiring of the control panel and created the PLC program, ensuring seamless machine operation by programming the HMI screen. As an additional measure, I incorporated Keyence vision systems into the project to elevate quality control and establish a secure work environment.

Final Co-Op

Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked as a general manufacturing engineer interning. I supported a assembly and a fabrication area. I implemented various improvements to increase ergonomics and the production of the assembly line. I worked on new improved fixtures for products. I also worked on general improvements for the line.

Gentex - Co-Op III

Major: Computer Engineering I worked on testing programs that the customers wanted for rearview mirrors. I was given set detailed requirements and it was my responsibility to implement tests based on these requirements. I had to notify the team of any defects that arose from my test development, and I was in charge of running test iterations once the build was ready to be released.

Final Rotation of Co-op at Panduit

Major: Mechanical Engineering My primary project was to organize a team of engineers and lead meetings to develop a new product. The solution I was involved in will extend Panduit's current offering of cable cleats, which is a product that secures cables in the case of a short circuit event, or disaster. I was mainly involved in the brainstorming and iteration phase of the project, where I created concepts based on feedback and constraints, and assisted in financial estimations and planning for the project. Additionally, I assisted in 3D CAD modeling our other products based on engineering drawings, updated documentation, and managed a full testing and comparison of metal locking cable ties and strapping products.

My Experience in Club Sports

Major: Sport Management I was an event supervisor so I was in charge of helping run events to make sure that setup, scoring, and takedown all went smoothly. This is my 2nd year with Club Sports so I also helped in training our new workers on how these events are run. I also helped out anywhere I could in the office.

IPM Co-Op Third Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering As a mechanical engineering co-op, I worked with the mechanical engineering department to design conveyor for multiple customers. I have worked with tabletop, mattop, MDR, and pallet conveyor during my time at IPM. Typical project procedure involves receiving the conveyor layout, calculating values to test for any difficulties, create 3D models of the conveyor, compile BOM's for purchasing, and sometimes find vendors to supply parts. Modifying parts and trouble-shooting conveyor once it is built to correct for errors is also part of the experience.

Electrical Design at TowerPinkster

Major: Electrical Engineering Performed electrical design tasks for commercial archecture projects in the K/12, higher education, government, commercial, and other industry sectors.

JR Automation Co-Op Experience

Major: Mechanical Engineering During my time as an AE, my main focus during training was learning how to quote an automation project (it always costs far more than what you think it will). Within this field, I also worked on concepting of these projects, as well as virtual simulation of potential designs. As an ME, my main focus during training was to learn how to refine the initial designs of the AE's in order to make consistent, safe, and reliable piece of automation. Various smaller tasks include, but are not limited to: creating/checking prints/details, product design, machining, etc.

Product Engineer Co-op at Inrad Inc.

Major: Biomedical Engineering I spent my time designing, prototyping, and testing devices that are on their way to market. Along with design work, organizing research and testing to convey to the team was important.

Rubber Engineering

Major: Mechanical Engineering Product design team. Creation of studies related to fatigue, parts testing, prototype assembly

Experience Matters

Major: Mechanical Engineering As an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer my responsibilities included, but were not limited to, process optimization, technology integration, design and development, quality assurance, project management, troubleshooting, collaboration and communication, continuous improvement, compliance and safety, training and documentation.

3rd Co-Op Rotation

Major: Electrical Engineering My daily tasks for this rotation varied since there are around 200 test stations that need to be sustained at the GR site. Tasks daily could range from software updates/debugging, to hardware/circuit trouble shooting and debugging. The main tasks I completed were ordering parts for two new stations worth over $100,000 and creating new electrical drawing packages for the new test station. Other than those tasks I made a few larger software updates to improve testing efficiency by adding new libraries.

Third Co-op Rotation at Axis Automation

Major: Mechanical Engineering A large amount of my time this semester was spent working on tooling station and robot end effector designs. This includes but is not limited to initial designs, internal and customer design review meetings that require design changes, compiling documentation for the components to be machined and built, and overall job documentation for the customer.

Third Co-op Rotation

Major: Biomedical Engineering I worked on additive manufacturing projects and operational and performance qualifications.

Viking Products Engineering Co-Op

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering As an engineering Co-Op, I had the opportunity to work with all the engineers at Viking on various different projects. My responsibilities spanned the entire production process. One day I would be creating prints for new parts, and reaching out to our suppliers, and the next I would be testing the parts before they went out to our customers. Additionally, I provided support in Viking's assembly areas getting to set up and test the latest equipment and processes.

Last CO-OP Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering As far as projects Iýve worked on, one project was a cabinet sent by a customer where I had to go over the entire drawing package, create flat patterns, build BOMs & routers, add weld symbols if needed, apply GD&T where applicable, and process WOs. That was a project that was assigned to me, and I was responsible of getting everything completed before we can send it out to the floor. Iýve also worked in the assembly department for a couple weeks where I helped assemble some of the components of that cabinets such as the door, door jams, locks&etc.

3rd Co/op at NN Inc.

Major: Mechanical Engineering This semester I had more independence and had control of my own product line. I provided assistance to each process on the line on mostly day-to-day operations. I also had the opportunity to learn a new machining operation which included learning the process flow, maintaining the machines, and increasing production.

Student-Athlete Welfare & Development and Athletic Compliance Student Assistant

Major: Sport Management During this internship I helped manage the compliance of 650 student-athletes, made sure all Name, Image, and Likeness deals were compliant with NCAA, GVSU, and State of Michigan bylaws, keep the websites up to date, and helped students find resources to land a job or internship.