Nathan Cabezut Resume

NATHAN CABEZUT Mechanical Engineer [ [email protected]

Ó (559)321-6807

½ Irvine, CA

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EDUCATION

COURSES

University of California, Irvine

• Mechanical Engineering Design • Mechanics of Materials

Major in Mechanical Engineering  Bachelors of Science to be Conferred June 16, 2019

• Mechanics of Structures

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Mechanical Systems

Engineering Sales Intern

• Viscous & Compressible Flows

• Fluid Mechanics • Theory of Machines

Vertical Systems, LLC.

• Solidworks, Computer Aided Design

 Summer 2018 • Inside sales engineer for commercial HVAC heating and cooling systems. • Communicated with customers and engineers to select equipment meeting design specifications. Meeting industry standards for NEMA & UL enclosures. • VBA programming - Excel Macro-Enabled workbook that served as a visual tool for sales engineers. Used Henry’s law to calculate the amount of entrained air in the system, provided an appropriate range of air separators to remove entrained air, and calculated the ROI.

• Finite Element Analysis • Heat and Mass Transfer • Vibrations • Introduction to Control Systems • Flight Dynamics and Control

PROJECTS Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle  Spring 2018 - Spring 2019

SKILLS Technical Writing Communication/Presentation Critical Thinking Drawing and Design Engineering Versatility Solidworks/Computer Automated Design Team Management Graphic Design MATLAB Welding Visual Basic for Applications

• Electric Circuits

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HONORS & AWARDS • First place in the 2018 Beall Student Design Competition Competed against 16 other finalist teams for a cash prize of $10,000. • Finalist in the 2019 Cornell Cup Systems Engineering Competition - Finals to be held May 2 - May 4 at NASA Kennedy Space Center. • UC Irvine’s Ingenuity 2018 Technology Showcase - One of six student projects at UC Irvine chosen to present to industry professionals and alumni. • AIAA SciTech 2019 Conference Paper – Paper Citation: M. Kiani, B. Davis, F. Pablo Quevedo, N. Cabezut, S. Hince, M. Balta, and H. E. Taha. "A New Bio-inspired Flying Concept: The Quad-Flapper", AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2019-1048) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-1048 • UC Irvine Multidisciplinary Design Program Research Grant. Awarded funds to design and build a small stationary steam engine prototype for use in remote and developing regions.

• Team Lead/Project Manager Ongoing research project exploring insect flight dynamics and stability. Combining biomechanics, flight dynamics and control to advance the capabilities of drones and micro air vehicles.

Greensteam  Spring 2018 - Spring 2019 • Design and manufacturing of a prototype uniflow steam engine; small scale steam generators to bring power to remote areas. Involved calculating cam geometries and valve timing.

Orthogonal Sailboat  Summer 2018 • Modeled a 30’ Micronesian vessel; designed a rudder system to withstand shunting maneuvers. Researched sailing maneuvers and terminology.

P-51 Mustang Finite Element Analysis  Winter 2019 • FEA analysis on landing gear of a P-51 mustang. Solidworks CFD simulation of wings at multiple angles of attack. Modal, Buckling, and Fatigue simulations were conducted on landing gear.

Pneumatic Robot  Spring 2017 • Design and construction of an air-powered robot that can navigate an obstacle course.