Andy Du

Mechanical Engineering student

About Andy Du

Andy is passionate about human-centered design and engineering from a systems perspective. He is seeking to expand his horizons through enriching hands-on experiences.

Education

Vanderbilt University

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Aug 2019 - May 2023

Magna Cum Laude

  • BE in Mechanical Engineering
  • Minors: Engineering Management, Digital Fabrication
  • Activities: Double Major A Cappella (President, Music Director), Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program, Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM)

Johns Hopkins University

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Beginning Fall 2023

  • MS in Space Systems Engineering
  • Engineering for Professionals program at the Whiting School of Engineering

Work Experience

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Co-Manifested Vehicle (CMV) Requirements and Interfaces Intern

HALO CMV

  • Developed requirements for CMV development from a systems engineering perspective
  • Managed and maintained the interface between Northrop Grumman’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) and the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE)
  • Together, these two modules will serve as the initial configuration of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
  • Worked with NG, NASA, and Maxar partners to coordinate development of CMV System Requirements Document (SRD) requirements and verifications
  • Reviewed and implemented comments from NASA regarding CMV SRD requirements and verifications
  • Used IBM Rational DOORS software to review and correct different revisions of the CMV SRD
  • Created Visio interface diagrams showing various physical CMV test configurations

Technical Skills

Andy has used various tools for prototyping, fabricating, and building devices. Andy has hands-on experience with the following technologies:

  • Digital Fabrication Tools
    • Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
    • Stereolithography (SLA)
    • Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
    • Large-Format 3D Printing (LF3DP)
    • Generative Design
    • Multi-Material 3D Printing
    • Laser Cutting
    • Electrical Prototyping
  • Cleanroom Fabrication Techniques
    • Photolithography
    • Spin Coating
    • Electron-beam Deposition
    • Nanosphere Grayscale Lithography
  • Computer Aided Design
    • SOLIDWORKS
    • Fusion 360
    • Creo Parametric
    • Onshape
  • Arduino
  • LabVIEW

Publications & Awards

  • Andy was awarded the Materials & Advanced Devices Award by the Vanderbilt Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty
    • This award was “presented to an Outstanding Senior showing the most promise in the study and pursuit of Materials and Advanced Devices Engineering”
  • Andy’s Mechanical Engineering Senior Design project “Primate Pantry: Primate Food Delivery and Enrichment Device for Nashville Zoo” was awarded the Senior Design Team Award by the Vanderbilt Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty
    • This award was presented to a senior design team that showed “the most creativity and originality in their designs”
  • Andy’s fourth-authored paper “Large-Scale Metasurfaces Based on Grayscale Nanosphere Lithography” was published in ACS Photonics in June 2021.
  • Andy’s work with the Del Fuego Project in the class “How To Make (Almost) Anything” was covered by Vanderbilt News.
  • One of Andy’s scanning electron microscope images was selected by the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering as a winner of the 2021 VINSE Image Competition.

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