Kate Bennett

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About Kate Bennett

Portfolio: https://kabenn146.wixsite.com/katebennettcvI am a final year undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Alberta. In addition to my commitment to academics, I have developed my practical skills through extracurricular involvement throughout my degree. I am on the mechanical team for the Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Project where I built two versions of a torpedo launcher system. This involved rapid prototyping using 3D printing and metal laser cutting. For a current project working on a hull enclosure, I am learning to operate a CNC mill. I worked as a research assistant in the Carey research lab where I studied material properties of tubular composite braids. I developed novel research methodologies, manufactured samples, carried out testing and completed a conference paper on composite braid abrasion resistance. Before this job, I spent eight months doing cost estimates for industrial manufacturing projects with Melloy Industrial Services. Before moving to Alberta, I grew up in British Columbia with ambitions for exploring the unknown and using my career to work on pressing global issues. I have done these things by taking on several projects in addition to schooling. I worked with a grassroots operation called Pa-Moja that assists Ol-Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya in their mission to make education more widely accessible to high school students. My passion for access to education was then built upon in my work with Future Creators providing free engineering workshops to high school students and in JIVAM where I developed a mathematics curriculum to be used in an academic support program in rural India.I am currently seeking job opportunities and am willing to relocate. I can be reached at kabenn146@gmail.com.