Fred Zheng ’19

Major

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Project Title

Mechanical Engineering and Design for High-Rate Recharging Vehicles

Presentation Link

View Fred's Presentation

Certificate(s): Robotics and Intelligent Systems

I worked with Lightening Energy on thermal management in high-rate recharging batteries, which generate high amounts of heat when charging. I had the opportunity to design and manufacture a demonstration unit for a dedicated cooling system. This internship allowed me to practically apply the knowledge I learned in thermodynamics. I also learned multiple computational tools used in industry, such as Creo and Autodesk computational fluid dynamics software. Toward the end of the internship, I got the chance to manufacture parts using a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). This experience with CNC machining and computational modeling will help in my plans to enter the industry after graduation.



Internship Year

2018

Project Category

Alternative Energy

Organization(s)

Lightening Energy

Mentor(s)

Eric Materniak ’14, Program Manager and Engineer, Lightening Energy