Aidan Frey
Senior Materials and Metallurgical Engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines with a passion for energy and electronic materials. Has hands-on experience in team leadership, data-driven analysis, and the design, fabrication, and coding of engineering solutions.
SKILLS
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Coding: VBA(Excel), MATLAB, Arduino, VEX, Python, EES(Engineering Equation Solver), Polling APIs
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Manufacturing: GD&T, Solidworks CSWA, CNC, Laser Engraver, Bridgeport Mill, Lathe, Belt Grinder, etc
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Other: Customer Service, IT/Building Computers, Data Modeling & Analysis, Blender 3D, Revit, AutoCAD
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EDUCATION
Materials and Metallurgy Engineering Undergraduate - Senior
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO August 2022 - May 2026
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Senior Design Research Project August 2025 - May 2026
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Team Project focused on Electric Endurance Testing of Wurtzite Ferroelectrics in a Humid Environment
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This semester, we built a humidity and temperature-controlled test fixture using an Arduino, a self-fabricated NiCr Heater, and a furnace
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Next semester, we will test the Wurtzite’s high-cycle polarization properties and do analysis to see how water saturated Nitrogen at humidities up to 85% at 80°C will impact the material.
RELEVANT CLASSWORK
- Fuel Cell Science and Technology
- Powder Processing and Forming
- Electrical Properties of Materials
- Mechanical Properties of Materials
- Computational (Modeling of) Materials
- Foundry Metallurgy
WORK EXPERIENCE
Colorado School of Mines - UnderGrad Research Assistant - Brennecka Research Group June 2025 - Present
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Working to finish coding and fabricating a closed-loop optical furnace
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Will need heat sources and sinter completion to be calibrated for different geometry ceramic samples
THG Energy - Data Analytics Intern November 2022 - Present
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Modeled ERCOT Electricity usage patterns using MATLAB and did an analysis using Excel/MATLAB
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Analyzed temperature data from APIs(Application Programming Interface) using VBA and Python
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Coded a tool in Excel VBA to poll electricity generation and price data from the ERCOT API
Modern Aviation - Line Technician June 2022 - August 2022
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Marshaled, fueled, and towed airplanes
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Customer Centered Services
C Squared Computer Consulting Inc. - Intern July 2021 - May 2022
MicroCenter - A+ Technician July 2021 - November 2021