MKS INSTRUMENTS MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP.

Nathan Lau
I was born in California, however, I've lived in Florida, Massachusetts, and Hong Kong. I'm recently graduated in Mechanical Engineering and am studying Systems Engineering at Boston University. As of recent, I've been working as an Mechanical/Electrical intern at MKS Instruments as well as a teaching assistant for an Electromechanical Design course operating a 3D print farm along with working with students on their projects. Within engineering, I'm interested in 3D CAD modelling, manufacturing processes, R&D consultant work, working with machine learning models, as well as coding procedurally generated movement/animations.
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In my personal time, I sketch portraits, web/logo/poster design for clientele friends, animate using Blender , practice my clarinet, and fix/modify cars. I enjoy taking on new skills and challenges such as when I competed in volleyball in high school earning a third place with my team!
INFORMATION
Experience
May – September 2025
BU ENG Research | Wind Turbine Mechanical Engineering Researcher
July – December 2024
MKS Instruments | Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Intern
January – May 2024
BURPG (Icarus) | Avionics Bay Fuselage Machinist
September 2023 – Present
Electromechanical Design ME360 | Teaching Assistant
Education
January – December 2025
September 2021 – May 2024
Boston University | MEng in Systems Engineering
Operations Research Concentration
Boston University | BA in Mechanical Engineering
Software
Solidworks (CAM, Motion Simulation, CFD Flow Simulation)
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Creo 8.0
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Onshape
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MATLAB (Simulink)
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COMSOL Multiphysics
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HTML
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CSS
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JavaScript
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Visual Studio Code
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Python
LabVIEW
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C Programming
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GibbsCAM
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SimFlow CFD
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Arduino IDE​
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Adobe (Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop)
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Blender
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Microsoft (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
Machinery
CNC Machine (Tormach 770MX, HASS VF-5/40)
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Manual Mill (Series-1 Bridgeport)
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Wire EDM​
​3D Printing (Flashforge 3m, Prusa MK4s, Ultimaker 5S, Ender 3)
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Soldering
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Drill Press
