RESUME | Michaelasfaw

I have acquired an extensive list of skills over the course of my college career that should make me eligible for any position that requires design, manufacturing and testing of Electro-Mechanical systems. Some of the skills I have learned and the languages I use are listed on this page. For a brief overview of the projects I have participated in and completed, please visit the projects page.

Worked as an image post processor using Adobe Photoshop to build a real-time light imaging file from several still images

USC Archelogy Lab

Fall 2008-Spring 2009

Languages

C++

JAVA

Matlab

NI LabView

Skills

PHOTOSHOP

MS OFFIICE

Mill/Lathe Machining

Solid Works (Certified)

Test Fixture Design

Finite Element Analysis (Abaqus)

Speaker Desin & Acoustic Testing

Failiure Analysis (Parts and Materials)

2010 - present

USC McGill Foundation Composites Center

2009 - Present

Performed Tensile, Fatigue, and Flexural Mechanical failure strength tests on carbon/glass fiber rods.
Used a dynamic mechanical analyzer to characterize several resin based polymers by measuring their Ea (Activation Energy) and Tg (Glass transition temperature).
 Finite Element Failure Predictions; simulated failure criteria for carbon/glass fiber based composite parts.
 Semiconductor Failure Analysis; Designed a test method and test fixtures to performed ring on ring tests of La-Te (SKD) based thermoelectrics in an evacuated chamber or in an inert gas atmosphere at elevated temperatures (up to 600˚C).

B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude) --- Aug 2012

Served as student moderator of the Viterbi Rusch Honors Engineering Coloquim and graduated in good standing from program. Served as chapter president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2010-2012.

University of Southern California - Los Angeles CA

M.S. Mechanical Engineering---Expected May 2013

University of Southern California-Los Angeles CA

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