Women's Job List: The Job Board for Women

Posted on: 2009-11-04

EDUCATION\\r\\n\\r\\nRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)\\r\\nProduct Design & Innovation (PDI): a dual major BS in Mechanical Engineering and BS in Design, Innovation, & Society (STS)\\r\\nGraduation: December 2009, GPA: 3.06\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\nSKILLS\\r\\nCan speak, read, and write Mandarin Chinese fluently\\r\\nSolidWorks 2008, Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0, MiniTab, Experience with MTS and Instron Machines, PSpice, Matlab, Cygwin, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office\\r\\n\\r\\nEMPLOYMENT\\r\\n\\r\\nCovidien Surgical Devices (formerly US Surgical)\\r\\nMay 2009 – Aug. 2009\\r\\n*R&D Product Development Intern (North Haven, CT) \\r\\n*R&D verification testing and documentation on prototype components for new Trocar product launch \\r\\n*Designed test fixtures (Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0) and developed test protocols for R&D prototypes and existing field issues\\r\\n*Utilized various statistical analysis tools to draw evidence based conclusions (T-tests, ANOVA, Reliability, Regression, Correlation)\\r\\n\\r\\nApieron, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA)\\r\\n June 2008 – Dec. 2008\\r\\n*Mechanical Engineering Co-op at start-up medical device company\\r\\n*CAD (SolidWorks 2008) design and documentation for Insight eNO Monitor to include new plastic parts, documented calibration system for monitor\\r\\n*Redesigned shipping kit for new sensors, created ECO and assisted with shipping test requirements\\r\\n*Software verification testing using Putty and WinSCP (Linux interfaces)\\r\\n*Ran experiments in R&D department to determine the impact of interferent chemicals on sensors, analyzed data with JMP (statistical software)\\r\\n*Verification and Validation for 510K FDA Submission\\r\\n\\r\\nUS Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Intern (Rockville, MD)\\r\\nSummer 2007\\r\\n*Division of License Renewal, prepared Indian Point Nuclear Plant Audit \\r\\n*Wrote and edited Time-Limited Aging Analysis Audit Questions for the Metal Fatigue Section in the Indian Point License Renewal Application\\r\\n\\r\\nOvernight YMCA Camp Counselor (Lake George, NY)\\r\\nSummer 04-05\\r\\n*Led 3 day backpacking hikes in the Adirondack Wilderness, Lifeguard\\r\\n\\r\\nYMCA Swim Team Coach (Clifton Park, NY)\\r\\n2004-2005\\r\\n\\r\\nLEADERSHIP\\r\\n\\r\\nExecutive Board ICA/Club Rep. of the Rensselaer Union, 2006-2008\\r\\n*Took part in the Union Budgeting process and contingency budget throughout fiscal year, oversee spending of student activity fee ($2.5 million)\\r\\n\\r\\nStudent Senator, RPI, 2005-2006\\r\\n*Developed mandatory RPI policy for Mid-Term Assessments \\r\\n\\r\\nWomen’s Mentor Program, Lego MindStorms Mentor, RPI, 2005-2008\\r\\n\\r\\nACTIVITIES\\r\\n\\r\\nSociety of Women Engineers (SWE)\\r\\nMandarin Training Center (Taipei, Taiwan)\\r\\n*Studied Intensive Chinese for a semester, interacted with locals daily\\r\\nVarsity Swim Team, RPI, 2005-2007\\r\\nOrchestra, RPI, 2005-2006\\r\\nPiano and Flute, 1994-present\\r\\n

R&D Summer Intern