Rohan Kurse - Internship

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InternshipMeggitt Control Systems San Diego

Rohan KurseMechanical Engineering and Environmental

Health and Safety InternManager: Dennis Marx

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About Me• From San Jose, CA• University of California

San Diego– 4th year Environmental

Engineering Major• Prospective Engineer• Interested in Design,

Ocean Sciences, Future of Energy

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Internship Goals• Develop professional connections• Explore potential career opportunities and find

out what fields I am interested in• Apply my technical engineering knowledge to

practical real life industry issues• Learn more applicable skills

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Projects

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Redesign and Manage Updating of EagleNet

• EagleNet was outdated and the old website had faulty links.

• Redesigned pages • Created links to important

information for easy employee access to company files

• STATUS: All links are working. New links to documents that employees wish to add can be added (Contact Dennis)

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Contractor Information• Contact, communicate, and coordinate with contractors• Created an Excel Workbook to track Active contractors and

approval status. (contact information, links to each approval document)

• Creates ease of access to contractor documents• Easy to check status of approval (all forms submitted)

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EHS Layer 3 DLA Board Environmental Section

• Created to inform and track environmental concerns related to MCS-SD. Beginning of a Proposal to retrofit lighting

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Improve Data Acquisition for Monthly Reporting• All EHS data can now

be viewed in one location.

• Connected spreadsheet directly to database so no need for tedious manual inputting of numbers

• More efficient!!

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Digitize EHS Safety DLA Board for all Departments

• Using VBA and Excel, created a digitized version of the Safety Boards for each DLA Board

• Matches directly with the Help Request system

• Beneficial because old closed items no longer clutter the board and only open items are shown. Open items aren't hidden in pages of material.

• Status: Live and updated weekly at the least

MCS San DiegoCreation of the new Help Request System

• Created new forms, reports, and queries.

• Designed the system so that users can view their open tasks and they can sign off tasks that were assigned to them.

• Learned VBA coding, and Microsoft Access.

• Status: System Operational and in use.

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Help Request System User Manual

• Created a Training Document where users can learn how to use the Help Request System

Status: Guide emailed out and posted online.

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Redesign Actuator Resolver Sleeve• Troubleshooted and

redesigned resolver sleeve for the HFG Actuator assembly

• Created larger opening for wire path for ease of assembly and wire protection

• Contacted PR Precision and discussed design change and any potential cost changes with a representative

Status: At “CRB” in approval Process

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Redesign Actuator Housing

• Troubleshooted and redesigned housing for the HFG Actuator assembly

• Created larger opening for wire path for ease of assembly and wire protection

• Contacted PR Precision and discussed design change and any potential cost changes with a representative

• Status: Pulled back due to another design change on housing

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HFG Actuator Housing Change #2 • New issue arose where motor wire passage was too tight.• Contacted/Worked with PR Precision to find the best way

to draw a larger opening that was easy to millStatus: Drafting Request submitted

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HFG Assembly

Current Design Shallbe

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HFG AssemblyShallbe

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Design cover for RAX 1.0 Housing (CPU side)

• Designed a cover to protect the flame path on the CPU side of the housing

• Status: Drafting Request Submitted and in Benoy’s Queue

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Design cover for RAX 1.0 Housing (driver side)

• For the same product, similarly designed a cover to protect the flame path on the CPU side of the housing.

Status: Drafting Request Submitted and in Benoy’s Queue

MCS San DiegoRedesign Lifting Fixture in Stockroom• Modified Parts in

assembly so the lift head can fit into the boxes to lift the stainless steal housings

• Wrote up simple force analysis for why stress test is not needed for this change

• Status: In Agile “Incorporation” Stage

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New Universal Hypot Station• Started Working on a

design for a new vertical, universal hypot station for all hypot tests.

• Corrects safety concerns

• Speeds up manufacturing

Status: In Design stage

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Designed New “All-in-one” Holder for ATP PREP

• Created a new Holder as needed by manufacturing technicians and EHS concerns.

• Will be used to hold actuators during assembly, and slide them into new vertical hypot stations

• Status: Prototype is currently being machined onsite

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DR’s Submitted• DR02659 (Holding fixture for ATP Prep)• DR02642 (RAX Housing cover 1)• DR02641 (RAX Housing cover 2)• DR02626 (Stockroom Lifting Fixture)• DR02635 (HFG Housing) • DR02636 (Resolver Sleeve)

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Small Miscellaneous Work• 6S Program

– Preformed introductory audits• Vibration Test

– Worked with Jason Bench to test an EA for loose connections in the wires on the shake table. Hypertronics connector.

• Facilities Kaizen• Completed the Water Board Annual Report• Spent a lot of time going back and adding new

updates to better the help request system and fix bugs

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Takeaways/ Things Learned• Design for manufacturability• Microsoft Access• Microsoft Excel• VBA Code• Solidworks• EHS Regulations and processes• How to Identity unsafe conditions• Manufacturing Processes• Product Familiarity • Improve tooling knowledge• Importance of communication between Engineering team and cross-functional

teams• Importance of communicating with your “customer” so designer and customer are

on the same page• Importance of looking at an issue first hand as an Engineer

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Thank You all for the Opportunity and learning experiences!