Global TIES Program, University of California San Diego- La Jolla, CA Project Advisor for the Triathlon Ecoride team and the Baja Solar Water Pump team September 2015-current
Provide technical direction and project management on the improvement and implementation of a $1000 Solar Water Pump in Baja, Mexico.
Excel in collaborating with clients, third-party contractors and Mexican government officials to deliver design, quality, budget and timeline expectations.
Create a realistic timeline to efficiently design a software prototype for the client, The timeline has increased productivity by 500%, in comparison to previous quarters.
Proposed a preliminary process design and estimating cash flow for a $40,000 pretreatment for the Hydranautics Ultrafiltration water purification system. The estimated savings was $440,000 annually
Evaluated correlation between the water turbidity and SDI test for the UF feed water to ensure reliability of membrane life projection
BioArchitecture Formosana- Taipei, Taiwan Head-Architect's Intern June 2012- July 2012
Created a prototype model building of a 4970 m2 elementary school which became essential for later presentations to clients.
Provided key aesthetic and creative insight to help incorporate maximum amount of natural light into sustainable design.
Invested 10 hours of extensive research for precautionary measurements prior to the implementation of the design.
Projects at a Glance
Senior Design Project-- Solar Energy in Multi-Dwelling Units -CA, U.S Environmental Engineering Undergraduate March 2016- June 2016
Conducted a case study in an 38-unit apartment located in Downtown, San Diego. The goal was to provide a complete cost and benefit analysis of a projected solar system installation on its 500 m2 rooftop.
Performed energy efficiency, structural and cost analysis of the 69,900 Wh photovoltaic system, using basic engineering joint and truss analysis to ensure the structural integrity of the system on the building and MATLAB to integrate the current Net Present Value Model into the payback model
Global Teams in Engineering Service (TIES) at UCSD- The Fiji Kindergarten Project- CA, U.S Structures and Logistics SubTeam Leader January 2015- September 2015
Lead a team of 8 structural and environmental engineers to design the interior support for the infrastructure for a 20’x 8’ shipping container for a kindergarten projected to be built by 2016 in Taveuni, Fiji.
Assessed various chemical and physical safety measurements geared towards children’s usage of the infrastructure.
Completed 70% of the design with construction manual within 6 months and improved structure stability and support by 40%.
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Pretreatment Methods for the Utrafiltration System HydraNautics- Mexicali, Mexico Wastewater Treatment Intern at Skyworks Solutions Inc. June 2015
Proposed a preliminary process design and estimating cash flow for a $40,000 pretreatment for the Hydranautics Ultrafiltration water purification system. The estimated savings was $440,000 annually.
Evaluated correlation between the water turbidity and SDI test for the UF feed water to ensure reliability of membrane life projection.
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Aquaponics: Improvement for Design and Development Class- CA, U.S Project Manager January 2015-April 2015
Redesigned a conventional Aquaponics system with a 400% productivity increase.
Assessed environmental and socioeconomic constraints of the current system.
Incorporated Project Management methods to increase team productivity.
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Robot for Soccer Competition- CA, U.S Team member April 2013- June 2013
Designed a 10in x10in x10in robot over 3 months with AutoCAD, Inventor and Lasercamm to compete a robotics soccer competition against 24 teams. The robot placed 10th in the competition.
Robot function includes wheel motion control traveling approx. 50 cm per second, horizontally extendable arms approx. extending 17.8 cm , lift elevating upper base 13 cm higher.
Increase team fabrication productivity by developing timeline and project managing the production of the robot and oversaw each member’s work process and facilitated the each component’s production.
Engineers Without Borders, UCSD. Water for Rwanda Programming, Monitoring, Education Committee Lead September 2013 - December 2013
Lead a team of 10 students to design a rainwater catchment system for a village of 300 in Rwanda.
Co-organized a fundraiser marathon of 50+ participants and raised over $1000.
Analyzed weather, health data of the targeted area to incorporate necessary water filtration and tank designs
Labs
Engineering Experimental Techniques Principles and practice of measurement and control and the design and conduct of experiments. Technical report writing. Lectures relate to dimensional analysis, error analysis, signal-to-noise problems, filtering, data acquisition and data reduction, as well as background of experiments and statistical analysis. Experiments relate to the use of electronic devices and sensors.
Physics Laboratory—Electricity and Magnetism, Waves, and Optics Experiments on refraction, interference/diffraction using lasers and microwaves; lenses and the eye; acoustics; oscilloscope and L-R-C circuits; oscillations, resonance and damping, measurement of magnetic fields; and the mechanical equivalence of heat.
General Chemistry Laboratory Condenses a year of introductory training in analytical, inorganic, physical, and synthetic techniques into one intensive quarter.
Senior Environmental Engineering Laboratory Analysis of experiments in Environmental Engineering: Drag in a water tunnel, shading effects on solar photovoltaic, buoyant plume dispersion in a water tank, atmospheric turbulence, and others. Use of sensors and data acquisition. Laboratory report writing; error analysis; engineering ethics
Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at UCSD Primary Member January 2015- current The Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee (USAC) is comprised of MAE undergraduate student representatives selected by the USAC members and MAE faculty. The basic purpose of USAC is to provide student input and feedback to the MAE faculty and administration in regards to the undergraduate programs and MAE student life. By doing so, USAC actively contributes to improving and ensuring quality in the MAE undergraduate programs. USAC also provides a link between MAE administrators and student professional societies.
Responsibilities: • Provided engineering students' input to the faculty and advisors Mechanical and Aerospace Department for the improvement of the academic curriculum and the student life. • Organized a 2-day event with workshops including LinkedIn, Portfolium and interview preparations. • Participated in open forum along with faculty and advisors for incoming engineering freshmen.
Hiking, Camping, Traveling, Boxing, Rock Climbing, Snowboarding and new things.