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- 1. Phillip Howard Daniel Home: (857)247-6890 2234 Clements Drive docphil@mit.edu Durham NC, 27704 Education:___________________________________________________________________________________________ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cambridge, MA Candidate for M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 2015 (Expected) GPA 4.8/5, Gates Millennium Scholar Relevant Coursework: Power Electronics, Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems, Mechatronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cambridge, MA B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Concentration in Religious Studies 2013 GPA 4.6/5, Gates Millennium Scholar Relevant Coursework: Product Engineering Processes, Design and Manufacturing I & II, Introduction to Robotics Fellowships and Awards: __________________________________________________________________________ Moore Foundation MURF Fellow Gates Millennium Scholarship Program (GMSP) Fellowship Recipient GMSP Scholarship Recipient Two time featured author on www.Instructables.com Awarded $1,862.08 grant from the Council of the Arts at MIT Featured in the MIT Technology Review Awarded $5,000 donation from Draper labs Raised $3,087 on Kickstarter.com Teaching Experience: ________________________________________________________________________________ MIT Course - Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems Cambridge, MA Teaching Assistant February 2015 June 2015 I co-led lab sessions three days per week, hosted office hours, proctored and graded examinations and reports, setup course demonstrations, lectured on the benefit of the L-minus Laplace transform for a special graduate lab session and coordinated with course graders. Precision Motion Control Laboratory Cambridge, MA Undergraduate Research Adviser November 2014 May 2015 I advised undergraduate mechanical engineering students in conducting research that is in line with the focus of my lab. MIT Momentum Cambridge, MA Teaching Assistant January 2012, January 2014, January 2015 Mentored MIT undergraduates in an abbreviated design course. I taught inverse kinematics, mechanical design, CAD modeling, advanced fabrication, team management skills, presentation skills, and microcontroller electronics. In 2014 I helped design, build and host the courses first final competition. Spokes Cambridge, MA Instructor June 2013 August 2013 Raised $3,087 in funding in an online fundraising campaign hosted by Kickstarter.com. Taught project based mechanical engineering concepts to four groups of high school and middle school students across the country, during a bike tour from San Francisco to Washington, DC. MIT Education Studies Program Cambridge, MA Instructor January 2013 Raised $5000 in funding from Draper labs and used part of the funds to develop a curriculum and project for teaching hands on learning to middle school students in the Cambridge area. MIT Interphase Cambridge, MA Physics TA and Resident Advisor June 2010 August 2010 Led recitation and office hours to teach Classical Mechanics to incoming freshman at MIT. I also served as a resident advisor to the students in their dormitory for both personal and academic matters.
- 2. Research Experience: ________________________________________________________________________________ Precision Motion Control Laboratory - Cambridge, MA Research Assistant September 2013- Current Designed and built a flexible hull undersea vehicle to study swimming efficiency. Submitted an M.S. thesis documenting the mechanical design and analysis of the system. Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory - Cambridge, MA Undergraduate Researcher October 2011-December 2012 Designed and fabricated a touch sensitive foot, using shape deposition manufacturing, which improved control by indicating contact with the ground. Designed and fabricated a mobile test stand for a quadruped robot's running tests. NASA JPL - Los Angeles, CA Moore Foundation MURF Fellow June 2012- September 2012 Designed and fabricated a mechanism capable of adhering to smooth, curved surfaces using a NASA designed nanostructure. MIT-SOS-Lab Cambridge, MA Undergraduate Researcher November 2011-September 2012 Designed and fabricated a miniature heliostat as a tool to aid in illustrating the labs research. Publications and Presentations:_______________________________________________________________________ Daniel, Phillip, Church, Joseph, Trumper, David, Actuation Schemes for Flexible Hull, Undersea Vehicles. 29th American Society for Precision Engineering Annual Meeting. MIT Precision Motion Control Lab. The Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston. 11 November 2014. Poster Presentation. Daniel, P., Church, J., Trumper, D. (2014). Series Elastic Actuation for Underwater Robot Locomotion. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting. Abstract accepted at 29th American Society for Precision Engineering Annual Meeting. The Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston. 11 November. Daniel, Phillip, Church, Joseph, Trumper, David, Actuation Schemes for Flexible Hull, Undersea Vehicles. NIWeek 2014. MIT Precision Motion Control Lab. Austin Convention Center, Austin. 20 July 2014. Poster Presentation. Daniel, P., Parness, A., "End Effector Design and Fabrication for Multi-Surface Adhesion," California Institute of Technology Undergraduate Research Journal, Winter 2013, vol. 13, number 1 Parness, A., Hilgendorf, T., Daniel, P., Frost, M., Kennedy, B., "Controllable ON-OFF Adhesion for Earth Orbit Grappling Applications," IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, 2-9 March 2013 Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research Presenter (SCCUR), End Effector Design and Fabrication for Multi-Surface Adhesion, November 2012 Daniel, P., Slocum, A., The Design and Fabrication of a Passive and Continuously Repositionable Joint, Thesis. MIT, 2013. Cambridge: MIT, 2013. Print. Related Professional Experience: _____________________________________________________________________ EcoMaps Cambridge, MA November 2014- Current Project Lead Leading an interdisciplinary team through the early stage growth of a consumer product company Awarded an $1,862.08 grant from the Council of the Arts at MIT Company accepted into MITs Venture Mentoring Service and featured in the MIT Technology Review. Product advertised in a local retail store and has nearly $1,000 in sales. Design That Matters (DtM) Salem, MA Intern February 2014-May 2014 Worked on an interdisciplinary team of engineers, MBA students, and designers from MIT and the Rhode Island Institute of Design. Prototyped the electronic system for the first iteration of a pulse oximeter. This was soon after user tested in Vietnam by DtM. Our prototype was used to raise $22,767 in an online fundraising campaign hosted by Indiegogo.com. Jacobs Vehicle Systems (Danaher) - Bloomfield, CT Design and Analysis Intern June 2011-August 2011 Produced and toleranced component drawings, verified vendor sketches, and designed tools and fixtures for material testing. Produced a 76% increase in efficiency for an automated, assembly machine. Conducted a finite element analysis of a production brake component and presented my results to the companys president and engineering team.
- 3. Skills:_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Proficient: SolidWorks (CAD), Machining and Fabrication, Labview Familiar: Pro Engineer (CAD), Mastercam (CAM), Math CAD, Arduino, Matlab, Spanish References:_______________________________________________________________________________________ Professor David L. Trumper (Professor of Mechanical Engineering) o Phone: (617) 253-3481 o Email: trumper@mit.edu Professor Wesley L. Harris (Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics) o Phone: (617) 253-0911 o Email: weslhar@mit.edu Tammy Stevens (Associate Dean of Academic and Professional Programs) o Phone: 617-253-5010 o Email: tamste@mit.edu