E-mail: zach(dot)evga at google mail(dot)com
(646)535-0447
Academics
Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio August 2012–Present
Electrical
Engineering Major, Computer Science Minor
Amity
High School, Amity,
Oregon September 2008–June 2012
GPA:
4.0 unweighted | Rank: 1 of 71 | Honor Roll every semester
Class
President—Three years: Leadership Class
OASC
Conference Delegate--
Test Scores, SAT: Math 800; Writing 680;
Reading 660; SAT Subject—Physics 690; Math 740; Chem. 670
National Merit Scholarship—Letter
of Commendation
Education Program for Gifted
Youth
Digital Electronics
College-level course through Project Lead the Way
and Chemeketa Community College: Fall 2010.
STRUT Class
Trained for and entrusted with maintaining the
school district’s servers and computers.
Interpretation and Argument, Chemistry: six-week
accelerated college courses through APEA Program.
Currently enrolled in Calculus
II, completed Calculus I in Fall 2011 semester.
Activities
FIRST Robotics
Founded a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team in 2006
and participated all six years in various capacities including team captain and
lead progammer. I have taught programming, allowing Amity to grow to two FTC
teams with three FLL teams and have started/mentored three neighboring
community teams. My team was part of the
Boy Scouts of
Eagle Scout, and have been
involved in Boy Scouts for nine years. I am an active role model and leader in
the troop, providing guidance to new scouts and helping the troop grow. I was
Senior Patrol Leader spring of 2011, in charge of Troop of 30 boys. Participated in seven High Adventure treks accumulating over 450
miles and over 100 nights camping. Inducted into the
Order of the Arrow, Scouting's National Honor Society.
Baseball
Played High School and Little
League Baseball.
Swung between varsity and JV freshman and sophomore years; played varsity and
received an athletic letter in my junior year. Team captain
sophomore and junior years.
National Honor Society
Inducted into Amity’s National
Honor Society at the end of my sophomore year. Participated
in service projects, including a $5,000.00 “Community 101” grant, which was
distributed to non-profits in our community. Currently
the chapter president.
Workshops
and Training
ID
Two-week intensive course in Java
on the Stanford University campus. Culmination was a presentation of project to NASA
Ames researchers.
BSA Youth Leader Training August 2010
Kodiak weeklong high-adventure
youth leadership training. Teaches five basic
leadership concepts: Effective Teams, Values/Vision, Communication, Decision
Making and Planning.
American Sailing Association
(ASA) May
2008
101 and 103 level certifications for sailing and
navigation.
Work,
Volunteer and Internship Experience
Garmin AT June 2012–August 2012
·
Process
engineering intern: worked alongside engineers to assist production and
maintain machinery
·
Worked
independently on projects with customers in both engineering and production
North West Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles August 2010–September 2010
·
Assisted
the electrical engineering team with circuit design and layout
·
Built and
tested numerous prototypes
·
Gained
experience with SolidWorks and Altium
Intel Engineering Challenge March
2010–June 2010
·
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Mylar
Lifting Envelope—Developed heat seal process
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Thrust—Created
ducted propeller with PWM controlled motors
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Buoyancy—Innovative
design that permitted18% payload
Hobbies
Hiking, backpacking, reading, robotics,
programming, computer gaming, paint ball, skiing, sailing, baseball,
photography and collecting key chains from places I visit
