Honda Manufacturing of Indiana - Engineering Intern
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Flex-N-Gate Masterguard - Engineering Intern
Veedersburgh, Indiana. June-August 2018
Part of a Tier 1 automotive supplier, this plant stamped and coated steel bumpers and welded trailer hitch assemblies for pickup trucks.
Main project: The plant was expanding to add new production capabilities and to reduce crowding in existing areas. I was assigned to plan improvements to a overhead bumper conveyor serving a spray booth, curing oven and material handling areas totaling 3500 sq. ft. The conveyor layout was a labyrinth to fit available space, forcing associates to carry bumpers through the conveyor resulting in wasted motion and increased defects. With some adjacent equipment moved to the new space I laid out a floor plan for a simpler conveyor system with easier associate access to loading and simplified cart transport while maintaining the necessary inventory buffer. I then created a system of panels to construct the spray booth and curing oven tunnel to be built off-site and installed quickly (The structure comprised of nearly 1/2 mile of steel tubing). I created comprehensive (59 pages) fabrication drawings and bill of materials which received compliments from the contractors I presented the project to. Unfortunately I had to return to school before the planned installation period.
- I personally fabricated and implemented several other assembly fixtures for better ergonomics and simplified material handling
- Planned new warehouse storage to keep pallets organized and hold adequate inventory and work in progress. Create signage for each product
- Used AutoCAD and Inventor CAD packages
Main project: The plant was expanding to add new production capabilities and to reduce crowding in existing areas. I was assigned to plan improvements to a overhead bumper conveyor serving a spray booth, curing oven and material handling areas totaling 3500 sq. ft. The conveyor layout was a labyrinth to fit available space, forcing associates to carry bumpers through the conveyor resulting in wasted motion and increased defects. With some adjacent equipment moved to the new space I laid out a floor plan for a simpler conveyor system with easier associate access to loading and simplified cart transport while maintaining the necessary inventory buffer. I then created a system of panels to construct the spray booth and curing oven tunnel to be built off-site and installed quickly (The structure comprised of nearly 1/2 mile of steel tubing). I created comprehensive (59 pages) fabrication drawings and bill of materials which received compliments from the contractors I presented the project to. Unfortunately I had to return to school before the planned installation period.
- I personally fabricated and implemented several other assembly fixtures for better ergonomics and simplified material handling
- Planned new warehouse storage to keep pallets organized and hold adequate inventory and work in progress. Create signage for each product
- Used AutoCAD and Inventor CAD packages
Rose-Hulman Ventures - Project Intern
Terre Haute, Indiana. February-August 2017
Ventures is a idea-to-solution consulting engineering firm. I was out of my comfort zone being assigned to two projects with medical devices. My partner and I encountered similar challenges with both projects: exploring a wide variety of potential solutions based on unconventional materials, and the summer ending before satisfactory progress was achieved.
1: Design a device to sample tissue from the esophagus. Meant to replace traditional endoscopy (a tough procedure to endure) the device is inserted nasally, imposing size and flexibility limitation. Through close communication with the client we created dozens of concepts and tested prototypes of each main feature.
2: Design an extremely compact and portable bag-valve-mask, an air pump used by medical professionals during CPR. Our work focused on making the device collapse tightly then unpack quickly to a functional state. I gained deep knowledge of plastics and adhesive methods through our prototype explorations.
- Used SolidWorks CAD package
1: Design a device to sample tissue from the esophagus. Meant to replace traditional endoscopy (a tough procedure to endure) the device is inserted nasally, imposing size and flexibility limitation. Through close communication with the client we created dozens of concepts and tested prototypes of each main feature.
2: Design an extremely compact and portable bag-valve-mask, an air pump used by medical professionals during CPR. Our work focused on making the device collapse tightly then unpack quickly to a functional state. I gained deep knowledge of plastics and adhesive methods through our prototype explorations.
- Used SolidWorks CAD package