Name: Kelsey Michael
- Studying Materials Science and Engineering
- Michigan Technological University.
Work Experience[edit | edit source]
General Motors Corporation- Warren, MI
Materials Test Engineer Co-op, Summer 2011
- Performed multiple test methods and conducted failure analysis of vehicle parts in a A2LA accredited lab
- Wrote technical reports and presented to management on experience.
Engineering Project Work[edit | edit source]
Project: Human powered vehicle (HPV) with full suspension
Objective: To use the UGNX and MATLAB to design and test a designed HPV
- Worked with a team of 4
- Simulating design using MATLAB to calculate power of rider, average velocity, etc.
- Created a 3D model of HPV in UGNX
- Write 20+ page technical report detailing planning, designs, materials, simulations, test results, and recommendations
- Performed oral presentation for classmates and professor.
Project: Green Engineering
Objective: To design and fabricate a potential consumer product (speaker system) by
recycling everyday materials and a budget of less than $10.00
- Worked with a team of 4
- Conceptualized speaker system and gathered resources required and desired
- Sketched initial design and fabricated speaker system
- Calculated carbon emission estimates for mass production
- Authored final technical report detailing planning, materials, methodology, testing, carbon calculations and recommendations
- Performed oral presentation for classmates and professor.
Semiconductor recycling plant case study of a-Si:H photovoltaic manufacturing