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Grant Kadokura

gkadokura@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Stanford University Stanford, CA
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering March 2013
Depth in Mechatronics, GPA: 3.9/4.0

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA


B.S. in Engineering as recommended by the Department of Mechanical Engineering June 2011
Concentration in Control, Instrumentation & Robotics, GPA: 4.9/5.0

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Mechanical: Product Design, Machining and Manufacturing, Mechanics and Materials, Dynamics, Controls,
Thermal-Fluids, FEA
Electrical: Mechatronics , Measurement and Instrumentation, Circuits and Electronics
Software: Programming, Robotics Science and Systems

EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineer, Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA March 2014 - Present
R&D Contractor January 2013 March 2014
Developed novel sensors for surgical tools using Solidworks.
Designed backend assembly of the surgical tool and worked with manufacturers to cost optimize in high
volumes (100k/year).
Implemented test procedures and developed fixturing to mitigate risks from FMEA.

Manufacturing Intern, Tesla Motors, Fremont, CA Summer 2012


Designed compliant test fixture to semi-automate drive unit testers.
Worked with local and overseas machine shops to get parts fabricated.
Assembled, tested and redesigned fixture to get to a working prototype.

Undergraduate Researcher, DArbeloff Laboratory, Cambridge, MA January 2011


Designed mechanism to separate neodymium magnets, to be used in robotic aircraft manufacturing
system.
Implemented design in robot prototype incorporating tested separation methods
Rapid prototyped an electronic pressure sensitive skin demo for use on manufacturing robots

COURSE PROJECTS
Mechatronics Industrial Project Fall 2012
Partnered with Volkswagen to develop a solution for aligning inductive coils for wireless charging of
electric vehicles.
Programmed microcontroller in C++ to read range data from ultrasonic sensors and calculate the
positioning of a vehicle in a parking spot.

Spice Vending Machine, Electronics and Software Leader Fall 2011


Supervised the planning and fabricating of all electrical and programmatic components of capstone
senior design project.
Maintained communication with other project task groups.

Autonomous Block Stacking Robot Spring 2010


Programmed machine vision and motion planning algorithms in Java.
Fabricated a CNC mechanism to allow a mobile robot to pick up and stack blocks.

LEADERSHIP
Team Captain, MIT Wrestling Team 2009-2011
Eagle Scout, San Jose Troop 611 2007
Grant Kadokura
gkadokura@gmail.com

SKILLS
CAD/Software SolidWorks, GibbsCam, Protel DXP, Eagle
Fabrication CNC, mill, lathe, rapid prototyping, working with machine shops
Programming Java, Python, C/C++, MATLAB, Arduino

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