Hewlett-Packard

Systems Engineer Intern

I interned at HP’s Industrial, Commercial, and Enterprise (ICE) Printing Lab in San Diego, CA. As a writing systems engineer, I worked in a face-paced, self-directed R&D environment, supporting new product development. My project was focused on characterizing environmental influences on latex ink crusting in large format printers. I investigated how airflow and temperature conditions in the print zone affected ink performance. During this process, I designed, implemented, debugged, and documented new experiments and test methods to amplify environmental influences. This involved characterizing temperature and airflow gradients in the printer, modifying scripts to change the printing conditions, and data analysis. Throughout this process, I collaborated with colleagues across multiple disciples including ink and media formulation, mechanical design, electronics, micro-fluidics and thermal sciences.