Cooper Wahl
Mechanical Engineer
Orlando,FL
Summary
Innovative Mechanical Engineer offering passion for leading product design projects with proven robotics experience. Excellent communicator with ability to explain complex design ideas and concepts effectively. Skilled in troubleshooting, analysis and developing testing specifications and methods within production facility.. Quick-learning and resourceful with proficiency in Autodesk Inventor 2021.
Overview
5
5
Certifications
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Captain, Lead Mechanical Engineer & Drive Operator
BATTLEBOTS (Season 6)
San Fransisco, CA
10.2020 - Current
- Manage a team of engineers to design, prototype, test, and build one of the world’s top performing, creative, and technology driven robots under a tight timeline while keeping safety of utmost importance.
- Developed and coordinated effective predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance approaches.
- Calculate speeds, optimal gear ratios, energy output, MOI, and stress fractures of the weapon and drive systems.
- Manage the flow of money upwards of 40k between sponsors and Under-Tensioned Robotics.
Weapons Operator, Machinist & Electrical Engineer
BATTLEBOTS (Season 5)
San Fransisco, CA
09.2020 - 10.2020
- Collaborate and communicate with other team members in a highly stressful environment to successfully create a functioning, quality robot on a very tight timeline while working with production to meet their needs.
- Served as the team spokesman to communicate the design process to the audience.
- Studied daily work instruction, sketches, drawings, blueprints and manuals to determine dimensions and tolerances accurately.
- Ran lathes, boring machines, planers and grinders to craft products.
Front Service Clerk
Publix
Orlando, FL
05.2020 - Current
Work with a team of associates to bag and provide premier, selfless customer service to customers, restock shelves, gather and clean carts from the parking lot, and upkeep the store floor and registers.
Education
High School Diploma -
Timber Creek High School
Orlando, FL 08.2016 - 05.2020
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Valencia College
Orlando, FL 08.2017 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Mechanical Engineering
University Of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 05.2020 - Current
Skills
AutoDesk Inventor
Certification
Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD
Awards
Life Scout- Finishing Eagle by April 2021
Vex Robotics World Championship Qualification
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Heavy Weight BATTLEBOTS Competition (Discovery Channel)
- Season 5
- Season 6
States Vex Robotics Competition EDR
- Design Award 2019, 2020
Regional Vex Robotics Competition EDR
- Design Award 2018, 2019
- Tournament Champion 2018
- Judges Award 2019
- Think Award 2019
- Excellence Award 2019, 2020
Science Olympiad DIY Drone Challenge 4th Place State
Leadership
• Senior Patrol Leader Troop 617 2017-2018
• Science Olympiad Build Captain 2018
• VEX Robotics High School Team Captain 2018-2020
• UCF’s Knightmare Engineering Robotics Team - Lead Mechanical Design & Fabrication Engineer 2020-Present
• Heavy Weight Battlebots (Discovery Channel) – Lead Machinist & Backup Electrical Engineer 2020
• Heavy Weight Battlebots (Discovery Channel) – Captain and Lead Mechanical Engineer 2021
Timeline
Florida Engineering Core Certification
01-2021
REC Robotics Certification
01-2021
Microsoft Excel
12-2020
Captain, Lead Mechanical Engineer & Drive Operator
BATTLEBOTS (Season 6)
10.2020 - Current
Weapons Operator, Machinist & Electrical Engineer
BATTLEBOTS (Season 5)
09.2020 - 10.2020
Front Service Clerk
Publix
05.2020 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Mechanical Engineering
University Of Central Florida
05.2020 - Current
REC Engineering Certification
01-2020
Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD
05-2018
Associate of Arts - General Studies
Valencia College
08.2017 - 03.2020
High School Diploma -
Timber Creek High School
08.2016 - 05.2020
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