Welcome to My Portfolio
A collection of engineering projects completed by Rayne Milner.
A collection of engineering projects completed by Rayne Milner.
Over the past 6 years, my mission has brought me to work on many different projects. From designing a machine to "up-cycle" fabric scraps to a robot that helps pick strawberries, I have flexed my creative and technical muscles. And, as an involved member and treasurer for the Davis Solar Community Housing Association, I have realized the importance of community leadership and involvement.
In 2017 I completed my Bachelors in Physics at Cornell University concentrating in Spacecraft Engineering. During this time, I worked to design and assemble a machine that took used fabric scraps and produced re-usable fiber, featured in the Cornell Human Ecology Innovation Symposium. I also served as an Attitude Control Team Leader for a Aerospace Research Project currently green-lighted for a lunar mission in 2019. While at Cornell, I also gave back to the community through my role as House Steward for a cooperative community of over thirty members and as a Volunteer Bike Mechanic.
After Cornell, I began a Masters in Mechanical Engineering at U.C. Davis in order to fuel my passion for engineering. Here, I am studying agricultural automation: working on localization and control of robotic harvesters and harvest aids. Additionally, I joined The Princeton Review as a Test-Prep Teacher. During this time as a student and teacher, I am grounded by my underlying goal of developing skills for industry and to continue my mission for engineering innovation.
From my academic background as a physicist, my work on fashion waste and, most recently, my research in agricultural robotics--I have always been drawn to the complex and emerging technologies that may be able to face societies biggest issues.
Rapidly accumulating waste, loss of agricultural labor, and a changing climate are a few of the issues that drive my problem solving mind. These issues are only matched by the rapidly advancing technology in robotics industry.
My skill set is underpinned an Ivy-League education in physics and math. My graduate coursework and undergraduate research experience has broadened this toolkit to include Mechanical Design, Modeling and Computer Programming.
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Ad astra per aspera.