CHRISTOPHER TUNSTALL
Grand Rapids,MI
Summary
I am a motivated environmental engineering student with extensive experience in team management and collaboration, allowing me to effectively integrate software with hardware and mechanical aspects of projects. I'm excited and ready to drive innovative engineering and environmental initiatives that advance progress across water resources, soil management, hazardous waste, and air quality.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Electrical Team Consultant
Laker Racing Solar Team
08.2024 - 07.2025
- Researched materials to design, orient, and construct battery modules for what will become GVSU's first fully-constructed solar car.
Founder, Programming and Electrical Captain, Robot Driver
FIRST Robotics Team 9206: Grand River Prep Titans
12.2022 - 04.2024
- Programmed, documented vast majority of autonomous and teleop functions in Java of Grand River Prep’s first robot in a decade (rookie year: 2023); wired SparkMAX motor controllers onto robot for team’s first 2 years.
- Grew the Grand River Prep robotics team from 8 to about 20 people over the span of 4 months between our 1st year and 2nd year.
- Taught about 20 other students the basics of Java programming for robotics in the absence of a software development industry mentor between the first two years of the robotics team.
Summer Research Intern, Research Assistant
Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), Hope College Department of Engineering and Department of Computer Science
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Conducted undergraduate level research at Hope College under Dr. Brooke Odle and Dr. Omofolakunmi Olagbemi to train machine learning models in time series classification to categorize the terrain (smooth, rugged) that a wheelchair is pushed across.
- Built a Stanford Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab OpenSenseRT system, calibrated an Xsens IMU system for backup.
- Performed experiments, collected, extracted, and resampled data using Python and Google Collab for joint segmentation, joint acceleration in the upper and lower body of 3 human subjects.
- Attended and presented research during Hope College Engineering Department summer research seminars in front of 15-25 engineering students and several engineering professors; wrote and submitted an abstract to AEOP stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Engineering- Environmental Engineering Emphasis
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI08.2028
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite
- Experienced in SolidWorks design
- 3D modeling and printing
- Precision laser cutting
- Experienced in C language development
- Basic Python proficiency
- Basic Java proficiency
- Experienced in programming with Arduino IDE
- Raspberry Pi development
- Design Thinking
- Collaborative team management
- Analytical problem-solving
Timeline
Electrical Team Consultant
Laker Racing Solar Team
08.2024 - 07.2025
Founder, Programming and Electrical Captain, Robot Driver
FIRST Robotics Team 9206: Grand River Prep Titans
12.2022 - 04.2024
Summer Research Intern, Research Assistant
Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), Hope College Department of Engineering and Department of Computer Science
06.2022 - 12.2022
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Engineering- Environmental Engineering Emphasis
Grand Valley State University
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