Sam DeRose

Education
Harvey Mudd College - Claremont, CA

Instructables Username: Sam DeRose 415-250-1749 | samderose@gmail.com | sam-derose.webs.com

428 Riviera Dr., San Rafael, CA, 94901

Bachelor of Science, Engineering (mechanical focus)

Expected May 2016 June 2012

Branson High School - Ross, CA

GPA: 3.7 (senior year GPA: 4.0)

Project Experience
Maker Faire Projects, San Mateo, CA The Viper - a 2-axis, 360, immersive flight simulator experience. September 2011-May 2012 Designed & Built: custom jet-themed interior; custom instrument panel with integrated LEDs, buttons, and touch-screens; mounts & couplings for two 1 horsepower motors. Collaborated with two mechanical engineers to design 700 lb. motion platform. Helped manage our team of 15 people to complete project by deadline. Project Varia -Samus Arans suit from the video game Metroid. January-May 2011 Designed & Built: vacuum forming table, a dozen custom vacuum-formed suit pieces, custom polyurethane resin suit armor. Integrated 100 arduino-controlled LEDs, sound effects, and an interactive control panel. Personal Projects, (some of which are on Instructables) San Rafael, CA Kitchen Knife - a heavyweight cleaver I made out of tool steel and bubinga. August 2012 Shaped steel with a cutoff wheel on an angle grinder. Sanded blade to an edge with a belt sander. Formed handle out of bubinga and weighted it with lead cavities. Polished the blade with 2500 grit sandpaper and 3 levels of polishing wheels. 1965 Mustang Restoration September 2009- current Re-built the engine bay and completely replaced the interior. Planning on repainting this summer. Futon Frame - built a bed frame for my room out of lacewood and bubinga. Summer 2008

Work Experience
Exhibit Design/Fabrication Internship, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA June - July 2011 Fresnel absorption-line exhibit - displayed the suns atmospheres absorption spectrum. Helped design & build parabolic mirrors using CNC router, mirrored acrylic, and polished stainless. Re-built display screen for the projected spectral lines. Provided insight for a more efficient method of collimating light rays onto the diffraction grating. Refurbishing AM radio exhibit - demonstrated the circuitry of a simple AM radio. Redesigned the layout of the radio components to better aid understanding of the exhibit. Refurbished the inductor and capacitor in the exhibit, laser cut a new display platform for each element of the exhibit.

Relevant Skills
Woodworking: Proficient in a range from rough construction to fine furniture making. Experience with all woodworking tools / saws. Metalworking: Experience with MIG welding, oxy-cutting/welding, machining on mills and lathes. Plastics: Experience with acrylic, silicon molds, urethane resin, fiberglass, vacuum forming. General Crafts: Fabrics, sewing, foam-core & glue-gun prototyping, laser cutting, cooking, baking. Electronics / Software: Basic components (resistors, LEDs, etc), most of the basic ICs (latches, timers), EL-wire, Arduino, Python.