Résumé / Public overview

Experience at
a glance.

This page summarizes my background without publishing the phone number contained in my full résumé. Recruiters can request the complete document by email.

Education

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

August 2025 — present · Expected May 2029

4.0 GPA

Experience

Engineering experience

Subsystem Engineer · 2027 Frame LeadHardrocker Racing Formula SAE
Fall 2025 — present

Structural design, composite-joint testing, technical documentation, and current responsibility for the 2027 steel-tube frame.

Engineering InternParagon28
Summer 2025

CAD automation, product-model revisions, engineering systems work, test support, and material-review processes in a regulated product environment.

John Deere Part SupplierC&B Operations
Spring 2025

A rapid replacement-part effort that returned planting equipment to service while the production component was unavailable.

Design Engineer · Ranch HandWinkler Ranch
2016 — 2025

Hands-on agricultural work paired with practical CAD, printed tooling, equipment repair, and repeated field validation.

Selected projects

Technical work

Topology-Optimized Front Wing MountDesign and analysis
September — November 2025

I rebuilt the front-wing frame mount around new chassis hard points, used topology optimization to remove inefficient material, and verified the manufacturable result under a 150 lbf vertical load.

Case study
Carbon-Fiber Insert Pull TestingProject lead · two-person team
October 2025 — May 2026

I led the research, specimen design, sponsor coordination, fabrication, testing, and analysis for a controlled comparison of bonded carbon-fiber inserts and welded steel joints.

Case study
SolidWorks Gauge-Block AutomationEngineering intern
Summer 2025

I built a Windows application that used the SolidWorks API to automate Go/No-Go inspection gauge-block models, reducing a repeat CAD task from roughly 15 minutes to 3 minutes.

Case study
Desktop CNC MillMechanical and electrical design · fabrication
December 2024 — February 2025

I designed and built a working desktop CNC mill around standard aluminum extrusion, a water-cooled spindle, servo motion, and extensive 3D-printed structure.

Case study

Technical toolkit

Design, analysis, build, and code.

Design

SolidWorks (Certified) · Fusion 360 · Onshape · Design for manufacturing

Analysis

Finite element analysis · Topology optimization · Test planning · Technical data analysis

Build

Additive manufacturing · Rapid prototyping · Fixture design · Mechanical troubleshooting

Software

Python · C# · C++ · SolidWorks API