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== Experience ==
== Experience ==
I have had two summer internships since I've started college at The Viking Corporation that involved design and fabrication of Fire Protection Sprinklers.  
I have had two summer internships since I've started college at The Viking Corporation that involved design and fabrication of Fire Protection Sprinklers.  
Last summer I built two RepRap printers, one for me and one for a friend of mine. With my printer I printed an FPV racing quadcopter that I wired and soldered myself.
I am starting a company called Superior Filament that will manufacture filaments for 3D printers using recycled materials.

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About Me

My name is Aubrey Woern
I am a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student at Michigan Technological University. I am the current president of the Open Source Hardware Enterprise. I am also on the Extruder (Recyclebot v5) build team and in charge of the internal 3D print service.

Enterprise

Semester 1 Spring 2016 Ford College Community Challenge Project:

This semester I have been working with Joseph McCaslin on the Filament Extruder for the Ford College Community Challenge Project. To date we have constructed 1 of the 3 total extruders and have begun testing with PLA plastic. We started off with a design from the Michigan Tech Open Source Technology lab run by Dr. Joshua Pearce called the Recyclebot V4.0ac. So far we have changed the nozzle from 1.6 mm to 2.00 mm to make it easier to get a consistent 1.75 mm diameter. We are also using a new hopper design to reduce areas where pellets could potentially get stuck. Future improvements include new downfield equipment such as a different puller and spooler. We also want to use band heaters instead of the NiChrome wire for the ease of installation. Next semester we will continue this project with the hope to extrude recycled PET and failed prints.

Semester 2 Fall 2016 This semester I led the enterprise team as well as helped on the Extruder Design Team, an outline of the project can be found here: http://www.appropedia.org/Recyclebot_v5.0. Next semester I hope to start a new project involving dynamic zoom glasses for the visually impaired as well as make the Recyclebot V5 more refined and optimize manufacturability, while keeping cost very low. Our goal is to have a very refined version by the summer so we can mass produce these extruders and start researching many different types of filaments and additives. I will continue the 3D Print service and hope to optimize that process as well. Finally, my last goal is to create more effective marketing tools to bring in students to our enterprise team.

Interests

I have a heavy interest in Open Source technology especially with 3D printing. I also have interests in quadcopters and alternative energy.

Experience

I have had two summer internships since I've started college at The Viking Corporation that involved design and fabrication of Fire Protection Sprinklers. I am starting a company called Superior Filament that will manufacture filaments for 3D printers using recycled materials.

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