Damian Islas
Summary
- Personal Projects
- Nose cone study and design: Simple modeling practice to help hone my skills in Solidworks.
- Single/ multi-element wing design study and flow simulations: Simple modeling practice to help hone my skills in Solidworks while also gaining an understanding in motorsport design.
- Cut/Surface Plots: Simple modeling practice/ studying to help hone my skills in Solidworks.
- Replicating Images of Parts into Solidworks: Simple modeling practice to help hone my skills in Solidworks
- Diffuser/ floor flow / Cut/ Surface Study: Simple modeling practice to help hone my skills in Solidworks while also gaining a better understanding of motorsport concepts of diffusers/ designs.
- 3d scanning personal car: A fun activity of learning how to 3D Scan my car/ implement my model into Solidworks.
- Successfully conducted aero study/ modification on my personal car (with light aero mods): A fun activity of learning how to improve the fuel efficiency of a road car, while also using Solidworks to optimize modifications.
- Carbon Fiber Roll Stand (ONGOING): Studying how to properly design a Carbon Fiber Roll Stand, while appropriately implementing engineering concepts to make my designs stronger/ efficient, but also have a higher safety factor. Previous Work Experience 2022-Present McDonald's, Phelan/ Cajon Junction 2022-2023
- Specialized in Service: Have gained plenty of experience on how to perform well in service
- Great Communication Skills with Colleagues: Not only am I very open to discussions, communications, and listening, but I am able to adapt to everyone’s unique needs in order to be as effective as possible.
- Appreciable Chemistry: I have developed the skill to be able to work with any co-worker, this is especially helped with my mindset (make everyone a friend).
- Gritty Under Pressure: I now have experience in how to always complete a job correctly under pressure. Hoy Construction, Redlands/ Orange County 2019/2020 Summers Project 1: Worked on a very large house down in Redlands. We worked on a 50-acre property installing 100's of patches of grass, 50+ flowers, 20+ young palm trees, and 8 truckloads of wood chips. Along with transporting about 1000 lbs of dirt and about 250 lbs of pebbles in wheel barrels. Once completed, we cleaned our space and left the house in better condition compared to when we first arrived. Project 2: Worked on the company property which was 70 acres of land. We cleaned up the land by removing leads of tumbleweeds, weeds, and debris. While also removing the manure from 2 large corrals. Project 3: Worked on a small property installing 90+ patches of grass. Then we cleaned up the property in pristine condition. Education Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona 2022 - Present
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Hanger
Engineering
07.2022 - Current
- Team Projects
- Fire Extinguisher, : Successfully CAD modeled an indoor hanger on Solidworks for our fire extinguisher, while also receiving feedback to improve my design/ skills
- Decision Matrix for new Brake Pads, Rotors, and Calipers: Gained knowledge on how to appropriately gather data, how to appropriately consider info, how to prioritize the goals/ “focuses” of the team, while also receiving feedback on how to improve with time- management and how to format data
- Coolant flow simulation: Successfully conducted a flow simulation on Solidworks while also learning new skills and knowledge relating on how to accurately/ properly conduct a flow simulation
- Carbon Fiber Monocoque Tech Memo: Gathered preliminary data for the expected cost of designing, developing, materials, and manufacturing of a carbon fiber monocoque for our
- FSAE car
- While also providing solutions to reduce cost, with resources/ examples
- Anti-Roll Bar Data Validation (ONGOING): Studied/ gathered data on how to appropriately validate data of anti-roll bars for our FSAE car
- While also designing a system in Solidworks that would test our anti-roll bars (thus validating our simulated data)
- High Carbon Vs
- Low Carbon Steel in Welding: Conducted a study for a team member to figure out which steels would be more appropriate to use in welding where high precision in measurements and high levels of tolerance are to be expected
- Testing- Cable Airport and Parking Lot
- Experience as Track Marshall: Setting up the track (marking/ laying cones, monitoring knocked cones while safely replacing them, flag-waver)
- Mechanic Duties: Carry the car on and off the trailer, replace front wing, replace wheels, replace panels, replace suspension shims, assemble A-arm suspension, support with the disassembly of the water pump
- Studying/ Learning Testing Setups and Procedures: Setting up car’s suspension (camber, toe, caster, spring rates, dampers), support in setting up Setup Equipment (the “Setup
- Equipment” utilizes digital scales, along with team manufactured machines which help us gather more accurate data, following designer’s instructions/ procedures is critical to gather good data).
Education
College course in VVC: (English 101/104, Philosophy 101, Communications, Psychology 101, Sociology 101, History 118, Art 101 - undefined
Serrano High School
2022
AP English 2 and 3, Physics - undefined
Skills
- Personal Skills
- Ability to work on cars in various ways, great communication, Knowledgeable, Disciplined
- Responsible, work experience in the landscaping/ construction industry, Spanish Speaker
- Collaborative, Experience with service, Open-Minded, Eager/ Ready to learn
- Valuable School-Learned Skills 2023-Present
- MFE2010L: Heat Treatment, Green Sand Casting, Lost Foam Casting, Plastics Injection
- Molding, Sheet Metal (bending, shearing, cutting, welding, and braking), Machining (lathe
- Mill, drilling, and tapping), Welding (Tig, Mig, Oxy-fuel, and Stick), Soldering, and Brazing
Additional Information
- Courses (specific to engineering): IME4020: Team taught by engineering and philosophy instructors. Explores ethics of engineers, scientists, and others involved with technology related to values, philosophy, ethical theory and practice, moral reasoning, morality in law and codes, professional standards, and societies. Case studies. Calculus I 3 ME1001L: Engineering graphics & visualization for product design & manufacturing. Drafting methods & techniques including multiview orthographic projection, isometrics and pictorials, sections & auxiliary views, dimensioning and tolerancing. Drafting and sketching using instruments and CAD. For us, we specifically work with Soldiworks. CHM1150: Provides engineering students with a background in pertinent concepts and principles of chemistry. Topics include atomic theory of structure and bonding, stoichiometry, gasses, equilibrium, oxidation-reduction, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics, and their applications to engineering. IME4030: Economic theory of capital allocation decisions. Current and relevant views of managerial economics used to present a unified theory of capital allocation appropriate to private, public and governmental entities. Integrated application of economic and operations analysis to managerial problem-solving and decision-making processes. Study of inflation and tax consequences on economic decisions. Calculus II MFE2010L: Study of basic manufacturing processes with emphasis on terminology, technology, process principles and capabilities, material selection and comparative advantages and disadvantages. Processes discussed include material removal, joining, assembly, 3D printing and casting. Other topics include NC, measurement and gaging, and statistical methods. ME2141: Two and three dimensional equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies including frames, machines and trusses employing vector algebra. Principles of friction, centroids and centers of gravity, mass and area moments of inertia. Shear and moment diagrams for beams; definitions of stress and strain, Hooke's law and the stress strain diagram. Normal and shearing stresses and strains developed in axial, torsional and flexural loadings; stresses and strains in axial, torsional and flexural loading of composite members.
Timeline
Hanger
Engineering
07.2022 - Current
College course in VVC: (English 101/104, Philosophy 101, Communications, Psychology 101, Sociology 101, History 118, Art 101 - undefined
Serrano High School