R&D Summer Intern

Posted on: 2009-11-04

EDUCATION Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) Product Design & Innovation (PDI): a dual major BS in Mechanical Engineering and BS in Design, Innovation, & Society (STS) Graduation: December 2009, GPA: 3.06 SKILLS Can speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese fluently SolidWorks 2008, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0, MiniTab, Experience with MTS and Instron Machines, PSpice, Matlab, Cygwin, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office EMPLOYMENT Covidien Surgical Devices (formerly US Surgical) May 2009 – Aug. 2009 *R&D Product Development Intern (North Haven, CT) *R&D verification testing and documentation on prototype components for new Trocar product launch *Designed test fixtures (Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0) and developed test protocols for R&D prototypes and existing field issues *Utilized various statistical analysis tools to draw evidence based conclusions (T-tests, ANOVA, Reliability, Regression, Correlation) Apieron, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) June 2008 – Dec. 2008 *Mechanical Engineering Co-op at start-up medical device company *CAD (SolidWorks 2008) design and documentation for Insight eNO Monitor to include new plastic parts, documented calibration system for monitor *Redesigned shipping kit for new sensors, created ECO and assisted with shipping test requirements *Software verification testing using Putty and WinSCP (Linux interfaces) *Ran experiments in R&D department to determine the impact of interferent chemicals on sensors, analyzed data with JMP (statistical software) *Verification and Validation for 510K FDA Submission US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Intern (Rockville, MD) Summer 2007 *Division of License Renewal, prepared Indian Point Nuclear Plant Audit *Wrote and edited Time-Limited Aging Analysis Audit Questions for the Metal Fatigue Section in the Indian Point License Renewal Application Overnight YMCA Camp Counselor (Lake George, NY) Summer 04-05 *Led 3 day backpacking hikes in the Adirondack Wilderness, Lifeguard YMCA Swim Team Coach (Clifton Park, NY) 2004-2005 LEADERSHIP Executive Board ICA/Club Rep. of the Rensselaer Union, 2006-2008 *Took part in the Union Budgeting process and contingency budget throughout fiscal year, oversee spending of student activity fee ($2.5 million) Student Senator, RPI, 2005-2006 *Developed mandatory RPI policy for Mid-Term Assessments Women’s Mentor Program, Lego MindStorms Mentor, RPI, 2005-2008 ACTIVITIES Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Mandarin Training Center (Taipei, Taiwan) *Studied Intensive Chinese for a semester, interacted with locals daily Varsity Swim Team, RPI, 2005-2007 Orchestra, RPI, 2005-2006 Piano and Flute, 1994-present