Walter Covert IV
Fort Washington,MD
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Paid DOD Engineering Internship
Naval Surface Warfare Centers, Carderock
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP): Paid DOD Engineering internship at Naval Research lab: Naval Surface Warfare Centers, Carderock (Summer 2023 and 2024)
Research Internship
Virginia Tech ThinkaBit Lab/Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Conducted engineering research, design, and testing of hydrofoils to enhance RC boat speed, performance, and maneuvering (2024-2025)
Education
Bachelor of Science - General Engineering
Virginia Tech
05.2029
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Oxon Hill High School
05.2025
Skills
- Through research conducted with Virginia Tech at the Innovation Campus for a capstone study, designed, created, and tested functional hydrofoils that were able to lift an RC boat entirely out of the water, effectively creating a small-scale foiling boat (VT Innovation Campus 2025)
- Led a team in designing, building, and testing a 3D printed, submersible unmanned ROV (remotely operated vehicle), tested in Carderock towing tank (SEAP 2024)
- Proficient in CAD and the use of CFD software, used during internship to design and test the ROV Also taught CAD skills and techniques to group members Proficient in RHINO, Inventor, Onshape, AutoCAD, and Autodesk CFD Learned introductory programming/microelectronics skills with Matlab, Arduino, and Java (SEAP 2024)
- Created excel equation sheets that were used to simplify calculations regarding the design of the ROV (SEAP 2024)
- Helped perform mechanical/thermal tests and took measurements (density, hardness,etc) for materials with ship materials division (SEAP 2024)
- Used spectrophotometers and other optical devices to test absorbance, transmittance, reflectance, and dielectric properties of materials (SEAP 2024)
- Used CAD to design the hull, composite parts, and props of a 3D printed remote control boat, tested in David Taylor Model Basin at Carderock (SEAP 2023)
- Suspension design engineer (CAD, FEA) for NASA Rover team at Oxon Hill High (2024-2025)
Timeline
Research Internship
Virginia Tech ThinkaBit Lab/Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
01.2024 - 05.2025
Paid DOD Engineering Internship
Naval Surface Warfare Centers, Carderock
01.2023 - 01.2024
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Oxon Hill High School
Bachelor of Science - General Engineering
Virginia Tech