Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 49 views

    Koch Mechengineer Resume

    Uploaded by

    api-592258146
    The document is a resume for Samantha Koch, who is seeking a career in ocean conservation and engineering related to climate change issues. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University with relevant coursework and honors. Her technical skills include CAD, programming, and lab equipment. Her professional experience includes mechanical engineering co-ops designing systems to help marine life and farming, as well as a project engineering co-op. Her capstone project involved designing a containment system for NASA.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Koch Mechengineer Resume

    Uploaded by

    api-592258146
    49 views1 page
    The document is a resume for Samantha Koch, who is seeking a career in ocean conservation and engineering related to climate change issues. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University with relevant coursework and honors. Her technical skills include CAD, programming, and lab equipment. Her professional experience includes mechanical engineering co-ops designing systems to help marine life and farming, as well as a project engineering co-op. Her capstone project involved designing a containment system for NASA.

    Original Title

    koch mechengineer resume

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document is a resume for Samantha Koch, who is seeking a career in ocean conservation and engineering related to climate change issues. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University with relevant coursework and honors. Her technical skills include CAD, programming, and lab equipment. Her professional experience includes mechanical engineering co-ops designing systems to help marine life and farming, as well as a project engineering co-op. Her capstone project involved designing a containment system for NASA.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    49 views1 page

    Koch Mechengineer Resume

    Uploaded by

    api-592258146
    The document is a resume for Samantha Koch, who is seeking a career in ocean conservation and engineering related to climate change issues. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University with relevant coursework and honors. Her technical skills include CAD, programming, and lab equipment. Her professional experience includes mechanical engineering co-ops designing systems to help marine life and farming, as well as a project engineering co-op. Her capstone project involved designing a containment system for NASA.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 1

    Samantha Koch

    908-500-9687 | [email protected] | www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-koch


    Mechanical engineer with passion for marine biology, seeking to work in the field of ocean conservation and use engineering
    principles to work on climate change issues.
    EDUCATION
    Northeastern University, Boston, MA May 2022
    Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Marine Studies
    Honors: Dean’s List 2021
    TECHNICAL SKILLS
    Applications: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, ANSYS Fluent, Arduino, OpenMV, Raspberry Pi, LS DYNA
    Programming: Python, C++, MATLAB, VBA
    Other: Soldering, Hand and power tools, Set-up of lab experiments
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    Running Tide Technologies, Portland, ME
    Mechanical Engineering Coop January-June 2021
    • Designed and implemented a conveyor belt skirt system to prevent the loss of juvenile shellfish during grading
    • Created an encoder-Arduino system to monitor the speed of conveyor belt for machine vision in harsh environment
    • Redesigned existing boat to reef cable system for powering underwater shellfish reefs
    • Researched whale entanglement in the North Atlantic in collaboration with the kelp deployment team, made
    recommendations for future development to protect native whale species
    • Developed experiments to assist engineers in designing effective shellfish grading systems
    • Supported machine shop team and engineers with construction of vessel systems using hand and power tools
    Freight Farms, Boston, MA
    Research and Development Engineer January-June 2020
    • Designed and built a miniature farm system as a hardware-in the-loop test fixture for experimental electronics
    • Self-taught many applications and programs to research and prototype various cameras (OpenMV, Raspberry Pi
    Cam, Arduino Cam) for integration into farm system and for viability of machine learning
    • Designed experiment using OpenMV camera that recorded plant growth through color identification and shape
    recognition to test the efficacy of machine learning in a farming system
    • Presented machine learning research (Google Teachable Machine model trained to identify plant disease) and
    agriculture industry examples such as analysis of plant growth to company
    • Collaborated with the business development and client services teams to organize and update Hubspot client records
    • Seeded, transplanted, and harvested plants to assist Farm Manager
    Senior Aerospace Metal Bellows, Sharon, MA
    Project Engineering Coop January-June 2019
    • Created 6 engineering report templates from scratch to improve efficiency and communication across teams
    • Collaborated with a cross-functional Digital Transformation team to analyze potential technological opportunities
    for automation and digital communication between machinery; presented recommendations to senior staff
    • Designed and updated a weekly communication board to provide visibility to the manufacturing floor
    • Created Excel calculators using VBA to streamline report calculations
    • Collaborated with co-op team to model a floor plan in SolidWorks and passed to senior staff to facilitate building
    expansion

    ENGINEERING PROJECTS
    NASA JPL EES Containment System, Northeastern University July 2021-Present
    • Designed a containment system for the Earth Entry System, the last step in NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission
    • Modelled the design in SolidWorks at 5 different scales for validation of scaled prototype
    • Collaborated with Northeastern machine shop to fabricate 1/3 scale prototype of design
    • Simulated drop tests using LS DYNA and SolidWorks and performed physical drop test to verify simulation results
    • Modelled heat sterilization in SolidWorks Analysis to test insulation of thermal system and verified thermal resistance
    of wire rope isolators with physical test
    • Performed gas flow simulations in Ansys Fluent and designed an SOP for a physical gas flow test
    • Synthesized recommendations for JPL team regarding materials, thermal sterilization, and manufacturing

    You might also like