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Silas Hu g h es

Recent Large Projects


2007 Electric Bicycle Electric Motorcycle Quadcopters Stair Climber Motorized School Desk Iron Man Repulsor Singularity Drive Hovercraft Ruby UAV 2012

Education
May 2014

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, G.P.A. 3.65

President of Olins Radio Control Club (ORCC) Coursework includes: User-Orientated Collaborative Design; Design Nature; Transport Phenomenon; Thermodynamics; Partial Differential Equations; Material Science June 2011

La Canada High School, La Canada Flintridge, CA National Merit Scholar, G.P.A. 4.33
La Canada Engineering Club Vice President

Experience
Sept 2011 Present Sept 2011 Present Summer 2011

Rapid Prototyping Intern, Olin College


One of three students who use, manage, and maintain Olins rapid prototyping equipment Machines include two Dimension 3D Printers, a Solido, and a Roldand MDX-40A

Autonomous Aircraft Research, Olin College

Working with the uThere Ruby autopilot and developing a control interface in LabVIEW Designing, constructing, and testing multiple small aircrafts using the Ruby Developing a custom quadrotor chassis using the Arducopter autopilot

Summer SCOPE Intern, Olin College Singularity Drive: Designed and fabricated a mechanism capable of driving in any direction on a
flat surface with variable speed, without changing RPM or direction of the drive motor Optical Flow: Collected field data for an optical flow object tracking algorithm by manually flying radio controlled airplanes along specific flight paths

Summer 2011

Radio Controlled Vehicle Pilot, Independent

Eight years of experience designing, building, and flying radio controlled aircrafts Designed, constructed, and flew a quadcopter equipped with a mini projector for a team of Harvard graduate students

Leadership and Activities


July 2004 Present Sept 2008 June 2011

Eagle Scout
Member of Troop 507, Boy Scouts of America. Built a new facility for the La Canada Engineering Club as part of my Eagle Scout Project.

FIRST Robotics
HS Team FRC President, Driver, Mechanical Captain, and Mentor 2008 Rookie All-Star Award; 2010 Engineering Inspiration Award

Skills
Proficient: SolidWorks, Python, MATLAB, COMSOL; Basic Machine Shop Tools, CNC Mill, MIG Welder; Controlling RC Vehicles Learning: Autodesk Inventor, LabVIEW, LaTeX; Advanced Machine Shop Tools, TIG Welder, CNC Router

(818) 395-0959

Silas.Hughes@students.olin.edu

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