Tristan Heartt
tristan.heartt@rose-hulman.edu
(707) 917-0773
Napa, CA 94559
Seeking summer mechanical engineering internship focused on design, manufacturing, or materials that allows me to use my creativity and forces a change to the way I approach problems.
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, expected May 2025
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
Related courses: Control Systems, Heat Transfer, Applications of Thermodynamics, Materials Engineering, Design for Manufacturing, Machine Component Design, Measurement Systems, Analysis and Design of Engineering Systems, Numerical Methods.
Napa Valley College, Napa, CA
Related Courses: Fusion 360 Certification, Public Speaking
Skills:
Technical: Solidworks Professional Certification (Mechanical Design, Surfacing), HSM Works, Lab Practices, Manual Machining, AutoCAD, Ansys, Inventor, Fusion, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Python
Language: 8 years of Spanish education, conversational proficiency
Personal: Team management, Art in engineering, FIRST Robotics, Piano, 15 seconds on Rubik’s Cube
Projects and Leadership:
Combat Robotics Team, Design Lead (Teams “Whiskit” and “Winks”)
  • Led a team of 5 members to design and build a 3-pound combat robot
  • Competed at sponsored tournaments in a battle to the knockout
  • Battle in the Backwoods 6, Nashville, TN – Placed 5th with Whiskit
  • NHRL January 2024, Norwalk, CT – Placed 5th with Winks
  • Designed, machined, and balanced asymmetrical multi-material weapon spinners, considering static and dynamic balancing.
  • Engineered multiple hub-motors for weapon spinners from budget model airplane motors for increased durability and performance
  • Worked within a tight team budget while making few sacrifices to design choices
Ultralight Computer Mouse
  • Modeled and prototyped frame and shell for 40-gram wireless carbon fiber mouse
  • Designed and successfully used compression molds for carbon fiber composite forming
  • Optimized the design to be 270% cheaper than comparable leaders in the computer mouse industry
  • Learned and used advanced surface modeling tools in Solidworks.
RHIT Robotics club President
  • Led the executive board of 4 competitive robotics teams each with thousands of dollars of yearly budgets, over 300 members, and national prestige
  • Collaborated with driven students to acquire sponsorships and build company relations
Work Experience:
Regan and Sons, INC – Finish Carpenter Jun -Aug 2023
· Built and installed high-end cabinets
· Held very tight tolerances and paid close attention to detail
· Worked at a pace fast enough to meet contractor’s demands