Erek Croteau

B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude

A graduate of the class of 2016 from the Mechanical Engineering program and Honor's College at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. I'm a dreamer and imaginative wonderer of the unknown and unthinkable. The motive of my life driven through curiosity, dedication, and expanding my horizon, and my hope is to put my heart and skills into helping make any vision become reality! Topics of interests in R&D revolve on acoustics/vibrations and waveform design, signal processing, aerospace/aeronautical tech., automotive, structural health monitoring, smart materials, and robotics/electrical.

From my first steps in the door of my engineering career, I've experienced a blend between both academics and the real world of engineering industry and research with the school's three year Co-Op Program (two internships: one 6-month large industry, one 3-4 month smaller start-up company), Senior Capstone and Senior Honors Thesis. As my interests show, I have been a part of the Acoustic technology of Bose, learning about a variety of research and manufacturing tools and methods, and not only have taken a Structural Health Monitoring graduate class at UML, but also performed an Acoustic SHM capstone with a team of students under the company Aurora Flight Sciences. This helped me to personally understand the industry side of engineering. My honors thesis involved compound research in Finite Element Analysis of Embedded Microchannels used in Self-Healing Smart Composite Materials, a project currently being studied by NASA engineers.

Background and technical skills and knowledge includes those of...

Acoustics, Data Acquisition, Signal Processing, Structural FEA, Dynamic Systems, Thermal Analysis/Heat Transfer, Behavior & Applied Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics and Cycles (HVAC), C/C++, Logic & Microprocessors Syst. Design, Mobile Robotics, CAD Design/Assembly, Dimensioning/Tolerancing, and Six Sigma Application (Product Quality Design)