Annabel BuelterMechanical engineering student, FSU

Experience

Power Design, Inc.

Mechanical Engineering Intern

  • Carried out Carrier HAP thermal load simulations for 57 amenity spaces, defining envelope, ventilation and internal gain inputs.
  • Sized and selected VRF/VRV and split system equipment based on calculated loads and applicable codes.
  • Sized exhaust and intake louvers up to 44,000 CFM, verifying free area, face velocity and static pressure loss.
  • Reviewed vendor submittals against design calculations, identifying capacity and electrical discrepancies.
  • Modeled duct and equipment layouts in Revit and resolved spatial conflicts with the electrical and plumbing teams.

Described at the level on the resume and no further. The drawings, models and submittals from this work are the employer's and its client's, so no sheets, screenshots, building identifiers or client names appear here.

Aero-propulsion, Mechatronics, and Energy Center

Undergraduate Researcher

  • Redesigned a piezoelectric amplification mechanism to reduce amplifier breakage from off-axis loading in wind tunnel testing.
  • Tested the aluminum prototype, measuring 5.6× amplification and a blocking force 32% higher than the commercial unit it replaces.
  • Performed FEA to optimize geometry, predicting ~11.8× displacement amplification and ~1 kHz resonance, then compared those predictions against measured prototype performance.
  • Designed an aerodynamic housing under machining and integration constraints for wind tunnel experiments.
The work itself: High Bandwidth Piezoelectric Amplifier

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Makerspace

Makerspace Coordinator

  • Coordinate daily operations of the college Makerspace, covering equipment upkeep, shop safety and scheduling.
  • Run and maintain the 3D printers, and train students on printing, soldering and the drill press and band saw for safe independent use.
  • Helped open the facility, drafting operating policy, safety procedure and the equipment checkout process.

Leadership & activities

SAE BajaErgonomics team

Seat mount design. The chapter's vehicle was stolen in 2023, before I joined, and has not been replaced, so most of our work has been analysis and simulation rather than fabrication.

Women in Science, Math & Engineering (WIMSE)Service committee

Presented the piezoelectric amplifier research at the WIMSE symposium.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
SLANG — Secondary Language Acquisition Networking GroupFrench ambassador