California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA
BS in Mechanical Engineering
SENIOR DESIGN
• Member of an international and interdisciplinary design team • Designed, built, tested, and reported a beach wheelchair for recreational use • Served as a team leader, primary sponsor contact, designer, fabricator, tester, and reporter
ELECTIVE COURSES
• Hands-on Design of Appropriate Technologies
• Single Track Vehicle (Bicycle) Design
• Physics of Energy
• Organic Agriculture
• Music Appreciation
• Spanish
• Piano
MAJOR COURSES
• Design Series
• Vibrations
• Control Systems
• Statics
• Dynamics
• Fluid Dynamics
• Thermal System Design
• Thermodynamics
• Mechatronics
SUPPORT COURSES
• Welding
• Machining
• Casting
ABROAD
• Studied in Guatemala for 2 months
CLUBS
• Cal Poly Zero Waste President
• Empower Poly Coalition
• Cal Poly Entrepreneurs
• Guateca
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Dean's list 3 quarters.
GPA
3.18




Guateca School of Appropriate Technology Guatemala
ABOUT
Cal Poly and Guatemalan students formed a collaborative appropriate technologies school in Guatemala led by Dr. Peter Schwartz.
PROJECT
Worked on a team with 1 Cal Poly and 3 Guatemalan students that designed, built, tested and reported a water heater utilizing waste heat from a wood burning stove as the heat source. See Stove Powered Water Heater on the projects page for details.
SKILLS LEARNED
• Working through cultural and language challenges with patience and extra effort. • Communication and writing of technical English and Spanish. • Stepping outside of the personal comfort zone. • Being aware of cultural differences. • Working as a team.  • Time management. • Public speaking.
WEBSITES
• Class wiki
• Group blog
• Program information


San Dieguito Academy High School Encintas, CA

COURSES
• Ocean Surf Lifesaving
• Yearbook
• Spanish
• Welding
• Pottery
• Photography
• Woodshop
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Score of 5 on Calculus I, II, and Physics AP tests. 
• Honorable mention for student life photography at the national 2006 JEA convention.
GPA
3.64