RIT Senior Design Project: Rochester Roots High Tunnel (January 2014-December 2014)
The project was to retrofit an existing high tunnel so that it could sustain an adequate growing environment in Rochester, NY, as well as be a hard structure to prevent child vandalism. The team consists of two mechanical engineers and two industrial and system engineers (myself being one). I managed the project planning and research. The team used thermodynamics, benchmarking, a simulations to design a high tunnel that would sustain the environment needed. We built a scaled down prototype to test the design in a freezer. Testing proved the design to sustain the adequate temperatures needed to grow food in the Rochester winter months. Completed project December 2014. Being passed on to another RIT senior design team for a second iteration.
RIT Graduate Capstone: Centralized vs. Distributed Titanium Manufacturing (January 2015- Present)
The team is comparing the environmental impacts of traditional manufacturing (centralized) and electron beam melting or 3D printing (distributed) of aerospace titanium parts. The team consists of four Sustainable Engineering masters students. The objective is to conduct Life Cycle Analyses (LCAs) on the two types of titanium manufacturing to compare the environmental impacts. A number of different variables will be considered, such as part volume, buy-to-fly ratio, transportation, and production size.
GE Aviation, Erlanger, KY:
Oversaw the completion of deliveries that had not been properly received. Reduced the number of deliveries that were not scanned in as received by 70% and the number of deliveries that were not scanned in as put-away by 80%. Worked with customers and material handlers to complete tasks more efficiently.
Wegmans Food Market Projects:
Resource Analysis: Conducted a time study on two different positions (six employees) to determine if all tasks could still be completed efficiently with the addition of new responsibilities. Used the information gained during the study, historical data, interviews with employees, and statistical analysis to determine the tasks could not be completed with the number of employees currently there. Presented findings to my supervisors and resulted in two new part time employees being hired. Reevaluated the responsibilities and redistribute them for the positions as needed. Resulted in 80% reduction in overtime for those six employees.
Bakery Reset Timeline: Created a Gantt chart to show the timeline necessary to complete a reset of the bakery stockroom.
Centralized Stockroom Proposal: A lot of my daily work for Wegmans took place in the multiple stock rooms across their two campuses. Throughout my rotation, my team encountered many issues dealing with the stock rooms, therefore we decided to purpose a new system for the stockroom based around one centralized location. I completed all data collection, analysis, and writing of the proposal. The team identified a new system that would improve purchasing and operational costs, resource usage, and overall data integrity of the system. Estimated savings was around $250,000.
Purchase Order Accuracy: Identified areas of improvement for purchase order due dates so management could project monthly costs. Due date accuracy improved from 6% to 97% on time in two weeks. Actions taken to increase the accuracy were: educating the buyers on the importance of accuracy, showing them how to properly use the due date application, utilizing an existing database to track lead times, and establishing stronger relationships with the distributors. Continued to track accuracy for three months and make improvements as needed.
GE Aviation, Lynn, MA
Worked as a supply chain manager in charge of gages and overhaul tracking. Created a excel tool to help track military and commercial overhauls. The tool was used to track the reported time an operation to took be completed and stored that in a database. The database then calculated the average time to complete that operation. These times were then used to estimate the completion date for new overhauls.