I was accepted into NCSU in the biomedical engineering field, for which I was very excited. However, the first semester, I took the elective T101 and my mind was opened to an entirely different world, a new, revolutionary world of textiles. I was blown away, and I had to be part of it. In my undergraduate studies, I was able to hone my research and experimentation abilities.
During the summer of 2008, I had the opportunity to intern with Guilford Performance Textiles, who are leaders in automotive textile production (seat cloth, headliners, etc.). I was very fortunate to be able to work with such a strong company, I was able to see manufacturing first hand and actually be a part of something global. My project there was to investigate a new camera-based quality inspection system. I had to research the parts and present my final recommendation for what to use for the system and how to implement it. This was a great experience and I am very thankful to have been able to do that.
Very soon before my undergraduate graduation in December of 2008, Nancy Powell contacted me about a possible job opportunity with a very innovative company called the Advanced Vehicle Research Center (AVRC).
While I was with AVRC, I attended an open house at NCSU and missed it too much to stay away. So, I studied, took my GRE and came back to graduate school in the Fall of 2009. My experience in the automotive field has brought me through the manufacturing aspects of it as well as the customer-interaction and development stages. Over my time in "real-world" experience, I have been able to see what works, what doesn't, what people want and things that people would love but know about yet.
As for my research towards my thesis, I believe I will be locking myself in the library for quite awhile in order to do some literature research to see what is out there. As I have stated before, I am interested in this nonwoven preform process. Professor Powell thought it was a great idea and suggested that I somehow incorporate a way to create the molds quickly in order to create a rapid prototype of the nonwoven parts...
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