Derrick S Mu

About Me

• I am a 3rd Year Mechanical Engineering student, pursuing a certificate in Operations and Supply Chain, at the Georgia Institute of Technology from New York City. I have skills with supply chain concepts, lean and six sigma manufacturing principles, manufacturing tools (waterjets, laser cutters, CNC, mills, lathes, 3D printers), programming (Python, MATLAB, Java, Swift, html), and CAD software (Solidworks, Fusion 360).

• I have strong interests in Mechanical Engineering, prosthetics, and supply chain and plan to pursue a career in Supply Chain Management.

Industry Experience

• Supply Chain Intern (Summer 2020) at Tronex International, Inc.

Projects

• ARM Lab - Studying grasp characterization by creating a data glove possible of collecting pressure and position data simultaneously using MATLAB

• GT Theme Park and Engineering Club - Programmed the entire club website using html and css

• Georgia Tech ME 2110 - Collaborated with team members to design, prototype, and manufacture a competitive robot within 6 weeks using industry design tools (House of Quality, Specification Sheets, Morphological Charts, and Function Trees)

• Personal Project - Autonomous Arm Orthotic

• Personal Project - 3D Printed Foot Brace for a girl who was missing toes to assist in ambulation and avoid amputation

• Personal Project - 3D Printed EMG Controlled Hand Prosthetic

• Personal Project - Programmed several apps on the App Store using Swift, Objective-C, and Xcode

• Personal Project - External Automated Bluetooth Light Switch

• Science Olympiad - Mousestrap Vehicle (2018 Season)

• Science Olympiad - Master-Slave Robot Arm (2017 Season & 2016 Season)

• Science Olympiad - Autonomous Electric Vehicle (2017 Season & 2016 Season)

Presentations & Competitions

• NYU Engineering Presentation World Science Festival

• ME 2110: Creative Decisions & Design Competition (15^th in Overall Competition and 11^th in Design Review out of 48 teams)

Certificates

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt ( Certification Proof )

Organizations

• Prototyping Instructor | Director of Finance (2020-PRESENT) | CNC Apprentice (2018-2020) at the Invention Studio at Georgia Tech

• Member of the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Ambassadors

• Co-Chair of Industry of GT Theme Park Engineering & Design Club (2019-2020) (GT TPED)

• Former Head of Control Systems of the Townsend Harris HS FRC Robotics Team Steel Hawks 2601

• Former Vice President (2018) and Build Captain (2017) of the Townsend Harris HS Science Olympiad Team

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