Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Interests
Academic Projects
Timeline

Winston Lee

Mechanical Engineer
Roslyn Heights,NY

Summary

Collaborative undergraduate mechanical engineer at the University of Pennsylvania. Seeking to create, develop, and produce designs and ideas to clients. Keen to research and fabrication, I am comfortable with utilizing CAD and other software to craft my visions. Flexible in adapting my work style to fit different projects and partners, and juggling multiple assignments within tight deadlines with efficiency.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
25
25
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

President and Treasurer

The Giving Tree Family
09.2017 - 08.2022
  • Hosted many food drives, care package distributions for the homeless, fundraisers through social media outreach and benefit concerts, and visits to perform at senior homes during holidays, and much more.
  • Nurtured a sense of belonging and comfort within high school students to tackle challenges within the community while also fostering strong, lifetime bonds with one another.
  • Monitored finances and implemented fundraising plans to raise funds to continue assisting the community.

Teacher, Educator, Fundraiser, Advocate

TASSEL (Teaching and Sharing Skills to Enrich Lives)
08.2018 - Current
  • Website: https://www.tasselcambodia.org/
  • Taught the fundamentals of English by creating fun lesson plans and interactive curriculums.
  • Assisted with correcting written pieces and working as a TA.
  • Changed lives by introducing job skills, administering medical aid, and sponsoring families.
  • Visited Cambodia in-person to teach, meet with students, update the curriculum with local educators, and take note of community struggles.

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Intern

Orics Industries
02.2022 - 04.2022
  • Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings and schematics.
  • Organized engineering specifications and drawings and maintained traceability of documents.
  • Assisted in the assembly of parts on a customer’s machine
  • Demonstrated to a class the applications of CNC machining and laser cutting

Mechanical Engineering Research Intern

ModLab / GRASP Lab
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Prototyped different sizes of silicone valves to integrate into a bistable valve mechanism using CNC laser machines.
  • Created the initial designs of a hydroexcavating robot after a mole.
  • Presented weekly updates, reflections, and research to a board.
  • Allocated and managed laboratory space and resources.
  • Developed new protocols through making changes to already existing report procedures.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Penn Jet Propulsion (Penn Aerospace Club)
09.2023 - Current
  • Provided biweekly presentations to the Air Force to update on current challenges regarding build costs, designs, and overall practicality.
  • Met weekly to brainstorm advantages and drawbacks to new potential engine designs.
  • Utilized SOLIDWORKS extensively to help visualize engine options.
  • Fabricated parts via 3D printing and metal machining to prototype specific parts for the jet engine.
  • Tested already existing jet engines.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
05.2001 - 05.2026
  • Minor: Data Science, Mathematics
  • GPA: 3.21
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon Brotherhood.

High School Diploma -

The Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
05.2001 -
  • Graduated Valedictorian
  • Unweighted GPA: 3.97/4.00 Weighted GPA: 4.27/4.30
  • Extracurricular Activities: Robotics Club, Intercultural Unity Club, Mathletes, Science Olympiad.
  • Competed in FRC, winning multiple regional competitions and advancing to the 2022 FIRST Championship at Houston, Texas.

Skills

    Project Management

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Interests

Astronomy

Bodybuilding

Drawing

Drumming

Esports

Martial Arts

Modern Architecture

Skateboarding

Traveling

Academic Projects

  • Designed, prototyped, and constructed smaller-scale, functioning Roman ballista.
  • Designed organic forms in Solidworks, including a model dinosaur windup toy with a gearbox.
  • Designed in assembly a functioning model piston.
  • Designed, cut, and constructed a multi-part desk organizer from MDF and PMMA.
  • Wrote a program to decipher encoded messages based on the alphabetical frequency.
  • Simulated and animated the physics of our solar system based on user timeframe input.
  • Worked on an optimization program referencing the traveling salesman problem.
  • Rebuilt a simplified and playable version of Minesweeper

Timeline

Mechanical Design Engineer - Penn Jet Propulsion (Penn Aerospace Club)
09.2023 - Current
Mechanical Engineering Research Intern - ModLab / GRASP Lab
05.2023 - 08.2023
Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Intern - Orics Industries
02.2022 - 04.2022
Teacher, Educator, Fundraiser, Advocate - TASSEL (Teaching and Sharing Skills to Enrich Lives)
08.2018 - Current
President and Treasurer - The Giving Tree Family
09.2017 - 08.2022
University of Pennsylvania - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
05.2001 - 05.2026
The Wheatley School - High School Diploma,
05.2001 -

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