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RESUME

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Natalia Perez Triana

Education

 

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

G.P.A: 3.425 (Cumulative 3.640)

2018 - 2020

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A.S.T Physics and Mathematics

City College of San Francisco

G.P.A: 3.78

2015 - 2018

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Relevant Coursework


Vehicle Dynamics & Controls
 

Mechatronics Design
 

Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials

Heat transfer and Thermodynamics
 

Engineering Drawing, Manufacturing, and Tolerance (GD&T)
 

Dynamic Systems and Control Design
 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems
 

Engineering Mechanics – Statics & Dynamics (Intermidiate)

 

Circuit Analysis

Skills

 

Manufacturing

Milling  

Drilling  

Laser-cutting  

Water-jet cutting  

3-D printing  
 

Hardware 

Electric circuit analysis  

Mechatronics design  
 

Software

Python  

MATLAB/Simulink  

C/C++  

ROS  

SolidWorks  

Fusion360  

Ansys  

LaTeX  

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Linguistics

English (fluent)  

Spanish (native)  

German (elementary)  

French (elementary)  

Relevant Experience

Research Assistant

High Performance Robotics Lab (HiPerLab), UC Berkeley

A​ugust 2020 – Present

  • Design and manufacture a new mounting bracket for a larger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tensegrity design to reduce the vibration and have a better controllability of the vehicle. 

  • Research and analyze a new string tensioning mechanism to account for energy dissipation during collision.

  • Conduct materials and stress analysis to find larger rods that could survive high speed collisions.

See more information about this project here.

A​ugust 2019 – Spring 2020

  • Conducted research for secure and energy efficient design of an icosahedron tensegrity structure for collision resistance in UAVs.

  • Performed stress analysis to design end cap holders for the rods in the collision resistance structure, resulting in an overall

    improved structure demonstrated by experimental data.

  • Analyzed materials and achieved to cut the weight by half compared to the previous iteration and to make the structure survive with speed up to 6.5 m/s.

Grader

Introduction to control of unmanned aerial vehicles, UC Berkeley

A​ugust 2020 -December 2020

  • ​Course reader in introductory to control of unmanned aerial vehicles where I was responsible for evaluating and recording labs, assignments, and exams.

DeCal Facilitator

Competitive Robotics: Iterative Design & Mechanical Prototyping, UC Berkeley

A​ugust 2020 – December 2020

  • Taught the fundamentals of ​designing, building, and adding micro-controller strategies for a combat robot from novice to advanced level.

  • Guided students on computer-aided design using SolidWorks to create and design components of the robot.

  • Explained design procedures including materials, machining, assembly limitations and cost for better decision making.

Research Assistant

Embodied Dexterity Group (EDG), UC Berkeley

See more information about this project here.

Summer 2020

  • Implemented a simplified data collection of the various materials and their properties to protect a firefighting robot.

  • Applied heat transfer methodology and used Ansys to verify material selection.

  • Configured a thermocouple type-K using an Arduino to read and save the temperature readings during experiments.

  • Constructed and tested a homemade layer combination of materials that successfully survived experiments.

Latest Projects

Leggy, The Legged Robot

The first iteration of this robot had only two legs and used IoT to be controlled from the phone. Currently working on designing a second iteration of this project by making it a quadruped for easier exploration.

See more information about this project here.

Fall 2020 – Present

  • ​Worked on the construction of a legged robot using linkages analysis.

  • Applied control knowledge using Arduino programming to change the desired angular speed at which the legs needed to move.

  • Implemented a servo motor that could be controlled via WiFi module to change the direction of the robot.

Katzy, The Beetleweight Combat Robot

UC Berkeley Premier Robotics Organization

See more information about this project here.

Spring 2020 – Present

  • Designed and manufactured a combat robot for the National 3-lb Combat Robotics competition.

  • Manufactured and assembled parts for the robot body using the water-jet cutter, drill press, 3D printer, and laser cutter.

  • Searched and analyzed for the most secure, efficient, and light weight design and materials for the robot.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Worked with an UAV to apply general commands and to prepare vehicle for final competition.

See more information about this project here.

Fall 2019

  • Programmed and designed a proportional-integral feedback controller in C++ to make the vehicle fly at a required height and managed to land in a desired position.

  • Applied 3D modeling of vehicle dynamics, rotations, estimators, and sensors to implement the necessary controller.

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