Wai N.

Experience

• Mechanical Engineering Intern San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) · Internship Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 8 mos San Francisco, CA, United States • Provide engineering support for cable cars, storage tank systems and subway stations as part of Maintenance of Way - Mechanical Systems Program, enhancing the reliability and smooth operation of SF public transit
  • Make the process of replacing cable car dies easier and faster by designing a custom hydraulic powered tool
  • Redesign and redraw various parts of the cable car system including pulleys, switches, grips and the truck, utilizing SolidWorks
  • Assist in getting a smaller type of cable car back into service by modifying the designs of existing grips and trucks
  • Maintain underground and aboveground storage tanks in operation by monitoring for alarms and participating in monthly and annual inspections, ensuring compliance with regulations by California Water Board and SF Department of Public Health
• R&D Mechanical Engineering Intern Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. · Internship Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 2 mos Dublin, CA, United States • Assisted in development of an OCT system designed to make the technology cloud data compatible and less costly
  • Designed enclosures for the optical system using Fusion 360 and testing them in mechanical simulation with FEA analysis
  • Created custom wires to connect different parts of the system for the Fourier domain prototype
  • Integrated image processing for eye scans into LabVIEW by building the display processing DLL file in C
• Mechanical Engineer Signetron, Inc. · Contract Aug 2021 – May 2022 9 mos Berkeley, CA, United States • Won $800+ in funding for RoboAttic as Grand Prize Winners of E-ROBOT Prize by U.S Department of Energy
  • Cut insulation job cost by 50% and saved an average of 15% on heating/cooling costs in homes by providing a product for air sealing within inaccessible and confined attic spaces
  • Manufactured parts for prototyping, mounting electronics and extensions by 3D printing, CNC machining and laser cutting
  • Optimized the RoboAttic hexapod’s locomotion and obstacle avoidance by utilizing ROS, inverse kinematics, terrain mapping and also setting up test environment to assess its performance on different height joists and varying gap sizes
• Mechanical Engineering Intern MiniGrid · Internship Mar 2021 – Jun 2021 3 mos Boston, MA, United States • Designed prototypes for the photovoltaic and water collection systems being integrated into MiniGrid, utilizing SolidWorks
  • Optimized the system’s solar energy gain by evaluating the positioning and movement for the solar panels throughout the day