Lauren Fujishima

RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS, NEWELL BRANDS • JUL 2022 – JAN 2023

Designed and prototyped plastic parts for manufacturing and assembly based on functional, usability, and cost requirements; created and updated CAD models, assemblies, and drawings in Creo and Solidworks.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY • SEP 2021 – JUN 2022

Created a new lighting product from a team-identified white space; conducted and analyzed benchmark and user tests; identified unmet needs; prototyped and refined designs; created a manufacturing plan.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY • JUN 2019 – MAY 2022

Explored moon formation using a numerical simulator (SyMBA); wrote programs in Fortran, Bash, and MATLAB to increase simulation complexity; ran and analyzed simulations; identified conditions that produce multi-moon systems; presented findings at the annual Division for Planetary Sciences conference.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ROCKETRY SOCIETY • SEP 2021 – MAY 2022

Managed the design, construction, testing, and documentation of five rockets for the 2022 Midwest High-Power Rocketry Competition; organized transportation, test launches, and competition attendance.

NEWELL BRANDS • JUN 2021 – AUG 2021

Designed, conducted, and analyzed carbonation retention tests on reusable bottles and travel mugs; conducted drop tests and thermal insulation tests; created a design guide to shorten the development process.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY • APR 2021 – JUN 2021

Designed and fabricated a steel fixture for the assembly of a wrench; designed and tested different assembly line configurations to optimize wrench assembly; this project was part of DSGN 386: Manufacturing Engineering Design.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ROCKETRY SOCIETY • SEP 2020 – MAY 2021

Mechanical team lead for the design, testing, and fabrication of a robotic lander for NASA’s Student Launch rocketry competition; created CAD; conducted static structural stress analysis using Ansys; 3D-printed prototypes; spent up to 20 hours per week in the shop using a CNC mill, conversational mill, and other machine tools.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ROCKETRY SOCIETY • JUN 2020 – AUG 2020

Modeled a quadcopter drone in Siemens NX, simulated its behavior using a Python controller code in a software called Webots; evaluated the software’s feasibility for rocketry competition design testing.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ROCKETRY SOCIETY • SEP 2019 – JAN 2020

Guided undergraduates through the Level 1 high-power rocketry certification process of building and launching a rocket.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY • APR 2019 – JUN 2019

Researched, conceptualized, and compression- and heat-tested soil mixtures to design one suitable for sintering bricks for rocket launch pads on Mars; collaborated with group members and an employee at SpaceX.