Maximillian Christiansen
Manassas,VA
Summary
Graduate ME student (George Mason, B.S. May 2026) with active equipment maintenance experience and a sponsored senior capstone — EMPACT — that took a climate-controlled EMS medication cabinet from concept through fabricated, bench-validated prototype in partnership with two county fire and rescue departments. Proficient in ANSYS, Inventor, MATLAB, and CFD; versed in FEA, fatigue analysis, closed-loop control, and manufacturing process evaluation. Willing to learn and ready to contribute day one in a maintenance, reliability, or other engineering role.
Overview
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Work History
Equipment Technician
Mason Recreation
Fairfax, VA
10.2025 - Current
- Awards: 2024-2025 Employee of the Year, The Fitness Technician Award
- Perform root-cause diagnosis and repair of mechanical malfunctions across a high-use equipment fleet, applying systematic troubleshooting to restore function and prevent recurrence.
- Execute preventative maintenance schedules and regulatory safety inspections for all equipment, ensuring compliance and proactively resolving hazards before escalation.
- Maintain detailed repair logs and maintenance records to support compliance tracking, trend identification, and continuous improvement of facility operations.
Senior Capstone Engineer – EMPACT
George Mason Univ.
Fairfax, VA
08.2025 - 05.2026
- Awards: Best in Show Award
- Streamlined design, fabrication, and bench validation of EMPACT, a climate-conditioned vacuum-insulated medication storage cabinet engineered to USP Controlled Room Temperature (20–25C) compliance for EMS vehicles under Virginia 12VAC5-31-520 and 2026 DEA Final Rule requirements.
- Designed closed-loop thermal control system using a Peltier cooler, PTC ceramic heater, Arduino Mega 2560, and a custom MOSFET-switched PCB with six output channels; validated 24-hour battery-backed operation at ambient extremes of 100F and 24F.
- Executed 97-test electrical validation protocol across 13 sections (96 passed), verifying control architecture, sensor chain, state machine, UI, and Wi-Fi remote-alert path end-to-end at bench level.
- Managed 107-line BOM ($3,689 total); identified hand-formed sheet-metal bending as a critical manufacturability failure after three MIG-weld recoveries, driving a V2 architectural pivot to CNC or molded-shell construction.
- Sponsored by Stafford & Loudoun County Fire & Rescue
Education
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
George Mason University
Fairfax, VASkills
- Software: ANSYS (FEA/Structural)
- Autodesk Inventor (CAD/NASTRAN)
- MATLAB
- Arduino C/C
- Microsoft Office
- Engineering: Mechanical Systems Repair & Diagnostics
- Preventative Maintenance
- Failure & Fatigue Analysis
- CFD
- FEA
- Prototype Fabrication
- Closed-Loop Control
- Electrical Validation
- BOM Management
Certification
- Commercial Equipment Technician, Matrix Fitness, 2023-02-23 to 2029-02-23
Timeline
Equipment Technician
Mason Recreation
10.2025 - Current
Senior Capstone Engineer – EMPACT
George Mason Univ.
08.2025 - 05.2026
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering
George Mason University