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Xact Metal

• Developing printing parameters, calibrating and operating metal powder-bed fusion 3D printers

• Modeling, simulating, slicing, managing, monitoring and post-processing printed parts

• Working with sales and engineering teams in support of new products and applications

Rice Eclipse Rocketry Team

As a member of the Rice Eclipse Rocketry Team, I’ve participated in various activities such as
designing, prototyping, manufacturing, and analyzing data from different components of rockets.

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  • ​Sub-team activities: Launch Rail CAD/CAM, Payload Machining, Auto-Recovery Electronics and Programming

  • Participated on meetings to discuss overall progress and review engineering requirements

  • Collaborated with other sub-teams on drafting, designing, prototyping, simulating, manufacturing, testing, and analyzing data from different components of the rocket

  • Manufacturing experience: Laser and Plasma cutting, Soldering, Milling (CNC/Manual), 3D printing (FDM/SLA)

  • Software experience: SOLIDWORKS (drawing, modeling, assembly, simulation), Arduino and Raspberry Pi / Python

Research Work

I have multiple years of experience in computational science, data analysis, numerical simulations, remote sensing, and machine learning, as a research assistant and teaching assistant.

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• Researched and employed Machine Learning to classify large Astrophysics datasets
• Developed algorithms to analyze, process and manage high-dimensional spectral data and images
• Developed algorithms to simulate quantum tunneling in Bose-Einstein condensates
• Propose new interferometer models based on the analysis of quantum mechanical systems 
• Coded simulations for stochastic processes in cellular movement and analyzed the resulting data
• Reviewed and translated code from C to Python to update existing programs

• Explained numerical and computational techniques, graded, and supervised 4 classes

Coursework

Overview:

  • CAD/CAM/FEA/CFD, using SOLIDWORKS and COMSOL

  • Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Computer Vision and Image Synthesis, Using Python (Anaconda, Pytorch, Tensorflow) and MATLAB

  • Electronics and Algorithmic Robotics, using Python, C++ and Arduino

  • Orbital Mechanics and Aeronautics, using MATLAB,GMAT and Xfoil

  • Project and Product Management (focus on Aerospace and Industry 4.0 respectively)

  • Computational Physics, Astrophysics, Applied Physics and Quantum Physics, using C, Mathematica, Python and DS9

  • Probability, Classical/Statistical Mechanics and Data Structures, using C

  • ArcGIS extracurricular course
     

Recent projects:

  • CAD – Propeller Design and Flow Analysis - Utilized SOLIDWORKS and its Flow Simulation package to design different 3D models of propellers and analyze their aerodynamic properties

  • Engineering Product Management in Industry 4.0 - Simulated Development of a Smart Volumetric 3D Printer – Researched Additive Manufacturing and other I4.0 technologies and techniques to develop product vision, strategy, and roadmaps

  • Neural Image Synthesis – Coded and utilized UNETs/Encoder-Decoders for image denoising and inpainting, StyleGAN for image synthesis and Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) to generate novel views of 3D scenes based on 2D images

  • Orbital Dynamics – Designed a mission and created Matlab algorithms to simulate the trajectories orbital transfers between the Earth and the Moon

  • Algorithmic Robotics – Researched, designed and tested path-finding algorithms to control robots using C++ and Python

Auto Arte

  • Assisted on the management of my family's business, tabulated orders/sales and tracked progress

  • Repaired automobiles and performed auto detailing

©2024 by Erik Giordani.

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