Charles River Analytics
My first professional engineering position was at Charles River Analytics as a Mechanical Engineering Intern. During my first Internship, my main project was to design a mechanism that would open up large bay doors at the top of the submersible. The actuation had to overcome the environmental forces while submerged. For my second internship, I was tasked with redesigning the pressure vessel configuration within the hull. This was no easy task as there were multiple large vessels and little available volume within the frame. In addition to design work, I was involved with integration and testing.
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Below were a few of my responsibilities.
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Assisted in designing, assembling, and testing of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy.
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Held responsible for system design, fluid and kinematic analysis, component selection, wiring, testing and integration.
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Modeled and manufactured mounting hardware for mechanical components and sensors.
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Rewired and created schematics for the electrical system of a submersible vehicle.
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Optimized vehicle systems by compacting components while making systems easily accessible.
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De-bugged and fixed hardware and electrical related issues.
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Implemented electric drive linear actuators for vehicle control and increased vehicle and payload function.
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Designed and implemented a pressure vessel component layout using SolidWorks.
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Oversaw and communicated with outside sources for commercial off-the-shelf components and manufacturing.
