Bio

I'm a born engineer with a penchant for creative problem solving. I'm always seeking out new challenges, and I strive to pick up skills wherever and whenever I can. Apart from my technical skills, I'm easy to get along with. I can mesh well with any team. Outside of work, you can usually find me cooking, baking, or relaxing with my cats. I also enjoy video gaming, collecting music, gardening, and birdwatching.

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Experience

I have two and a half years of professional experience across full-time non-internship roles. In my current role at Hamilton, I create electromechanical and sheet metal assemblies for life sciences products. I've also had plenty of opportunities to pick up new skills. Check out more details of my experiences with the buttons below.

• Hamilton Storage

• Desktop Metal

• Co-op experiences

Educaton and School Projects

While obtaining my BSME and MSME at Northeastern, I met countless wonderful people and gained a wealth of knowledge in technical subjects. Click here for a list of interesting, challenging, and rewarding school projects I had the opportunity to complete.

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Hamilton Storage

Mechanical Engineer II
April 2024 – Present
Franklin, MA

I love when my work has an impact. At Hamilton Storage, I'm fueling biotech, sample storage, and clinical diagnostics with industry-leading automation.

LabElite Camera Array

I designed a camera array for the LabElite line of automated benchtop devices. Many lab devices use mirror-based camera setups to capture barcodes on the bottom of sample tubes. I devised a close-distance camera array with high enough depth-of-field to produce exceptional images. My camera array reduced BOM cost and alignment time while being twice as compact as the previous solution.Before arriving at my solution, I researched experimented with several imaging technologies and a range of hardware. I designed test fixtures to mount cameras, lights, and optical diffusers, and wrote scripts for basic image stitching and storing.

BiOS Lid Lifter Redesign

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I redesigned the lid lifters that keep samples secure in the BiOS. This project had a couple design constraints: it had to be retrofittable, and it had to use a specific linear actuator. I created a simple, reliable assembly with ambidextrous parts that allowed left- and right-handed assemblies to use the exact same BOM. My electro-mechanical lid lifter saved days of install time by replacing an older design.During the ideation process, I experimented with hinge designs before arriving at my simplified final design. I enjoyed learning about kinematic synthesis and linkages during this project.

Kinematic analysis of linkage

My design showed minimal signs of wear after life testing in a -20°C environment. To wrap up the project, I created detailed work instructions and installation documentation and validated the first build with the manufacturing team.

This design effort was paired with several design reviews and a constant stream of information to a cross-functional team, ensuring a smooth transition from the old design to the new one.

Bios Industrial Design Overhaul

In this large-scale endeavor, I overhauled the BiOS industrial design to improve the mounting of refrigeration cover panels. The result was a significant reduction in install time and a much smaller BOM.

My design offered a singular BOM for both left- and right-handed systems, relying instead on configurable parts and clear assembly instructions. The redesigned panels also reduced hours of low-value floor time by shifting assembly to manufacturers, where possible.I also devised a mounting scheme for the TV on the front that used a cool magnetic drill fixture.

Other Projects

Working at Hamilton enabled me to practice a ton of different skills on a variety of projects. It was fun to design a new test fixture to evaluate a specific sensor. I also took every opportunity to develop my programming skills. I even created a simple PCB that halved the cost of a sensor solution.

About the BiOS

BiOS is a large, complex -80°C storage system with a high sample density. BiOS installations are bespoke construction projects, and installation time tends to be a large portion of the cost. Shortening install time through design improvements saves thousands of dollars and quite a few headaches.

In the video above, you can see the pneumatic lifter design starting around 0:18. These older lifters needed tubing routed throughout the system. They also required cavities underneath, which necessitated complex assembly and disassembly steps during the foaming process.

You can see the previous lid lifter design here

BiOS systems come in 'left-hand' and 'right-hand' variants. These terms refer to which side of the system holds the refrigeration modules. There are advantages to designs that offer flexibility between several configurations without needing a separate BOM.

Desktop Metal

Mechanical Engineer
July 2023 – January 2024
Burlington, MA

In my first full-time role, I supported engineering efforts for production-level 3D printers at Desktop Metal.

Co-op Experiences

At Northeastern, I completed co-ops at Covaris and Amphenol Alden. This valuable experience was a kickstart for my professional career.

Covaris

Manufacturing Engineering Co-op
July 2021 – February 2022
Woburn, MA

At Covaris, I supported the manufacturing engineering team as well as the manufacturing floor. Aside from building and calibrating their machines, Covaris also manufactures various types of consumables. As one project, I created alignment tools for a robotic RNA shearing instrument. For another project, I redesigned, assembled, and installed a blowout fixture into a cleanroom.

Amphenol Alden

Design Engineering Co-op
January 2020 – June 2020
Brockton, MA

During my first co-op experience, I supported the design engineering team with design updates, creation of documentation, and work on custom projects. I learned about injection molding and cable design between drawing changes, test activities, and change orders.

Education

BSME, MSME from Northeastern
September 2018 – May 2023
Boston, MA

I received my bachelor's and master's degrees from Northeastern University, attending from 2018 to 2023.

Annealing Attachment for 3D Printer

Capstone Project

My capstone team designed an attachment for a 3D printer that enabled targeted, in-situ annealing on semi-crystalline polymer parts.

My contributions included control code and enclosure design. Overall, our project was moderately successful. We showed a 12% increase in ultimate tensile strength on test speciments after targeted annealing on a planned failure point.

Tensile data of annealed and unannealed test specimens

Bonus Project — Swerve Module

High School Robotics

In high school, I designed and assembled this swerve module, which I'm still proud of. All custom parts were fabricated by me.

Custom swerve module, which features a coaxial driveshaft and alignment pulley