Max Immenschuh
Mechanical
Engineer
Join me in my pursuit of knowledge as I work to achieve my goal of acting as a liaison between the technicality of engineering and the world of business.
My Top 5 clifton strengths
Input.
Learner.
Achiever.
Futuristic.
Relator.
About Me
Welcome to my engineering portfolio! My name is Max Immenschuh and on this site you’ll have the opportunity to get to know me as an engineer and professional through a description of my personal engineering design process, samples of my past experiences, and my values conveyed by the following statement.
I am currently a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics and I will graduate from Kansas State University in May of 2023. From my earliest memories, I have always been enthralled by how things work and I continually took apart my toys to discover what made them function. This was heavily encouraged by my father, also an engineer, who saw this quirk not as something that made me different than others, but as something that I could learn and benefit from. When I was introduced to calculus in high school, this quirk, along with a budding devotion to human service, developed into a strong passion for engineering and the pursuit of life’s truths. As I further my career I hope to have a growth mindset and maintain these values as I preserve my child-like curiosity and work to discover these truths for the betterment of society.
Following graduation, I hope to be employed by a company that values altruism, integrity, and loyalty while supporting me in my journey of life-long learning. I aspire to work toward a Masters of Business Administration to bridge the gap between the technicality of engineering and the world of business and I plan to obtain a professional engineering license after passing the fundamentals of engineering exam. In the end, I will view myself as successful if I can say my work has made a lasting impact on others’ lives.
I have already made great strides in reaching this success as shown in my involvement on campus. In organizations such as Acacia Fraternity, StuFo, Tau Beta Pi, and Quest I learned the importance of human service as I directly saw the impact of my work, and gained valuable skills relating to communication, project management, leadership, and problem solving. I am a very driven individual who strives to build meaningful relationships and I have lots of experience in leading both small and large groups. I firmly believe these skills are transferable to the workforce and know they will help me be a better employee as I pursue my goals.
In my internship experience and classwork, I have procured a substantial amount of engineering and business knowledge which I wish to apply and share with others. At Maya America I learned the importance of efficiency in inventory management, shipping, and equipment delivery. This was cemented during my time at I-Con Solutions, Inc. where I saw the implementation of effective systems and their impact on the company’s profitability. I then furthered my engineering scope with Accent Controls, Inc. as an Automation Controls Intern, where I learned the basics of relay logic and PLCs, and produced Ethernet network and wiring schematics, LOTO safety placards, and as built drawings based on automotive industry standards. I even created a full drawing set for an in-house conveyor system used for testing new programs and products, and got to provide technical support during the commissioning of a conveyor system at Tesla! In the future, I aim to continue to develop my wealth of knowledge for the pursuit of light, truth, and the promotion of humanitarianism.
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My projects
Design Process
Before coming to college, everything I knew about engineering came down to what my dad had taught me. My engineering process consisted of realizing there was a problem and immediately trying to solve it by creating whatever I needed. I occasionally measured the existing systems to see if my solutions had the potential to work, but I often found myself working to implement solutions before defining what parameters they needed to meet. I was intrigued mostly by what I had the ability to dream and build and less by the optimization of my solutions and their potential for long-term success. Unlike my dad, I hadn’t spent the time required to understand why it would be beneficial to follow a set process and define the problem’s givens and unknowns. Now, as I complete my mechanical engineering degree and accumulate more experience, I see the value of this, and I have found my engineering process follows closely to that of the Six Sigma engineering design process.
The Six Sigma design process is described on their website as a “disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects in any process – from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service” [1]. Statistically, it is a representation of how a process is performing and it relates to working toward six standard deviations between the mean and the process’ nearest specification limit. Processes are only said to achieve Six Sigma if they don’t produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities [2]. I identify with this design process as it fills in the gaps I was missing with my initial approach toward engineering; it works toward the optimization and long-term feasibility of solutions and aligns with my realization of the importance of studying the existing system. Consequently, utilizing this process gives me the opportunity to follow a set structure to eliminate defects, wasted time and money, and streamline a process while pushing for innovation. In my initial use of this process, I have seen great improvement of not only the end result but also the overall productivity of the teams using it. As I look forward to applications in my future career, and work to achieve my goal of bridging the gap between business and engineering, I am intrigued by this process as it can be used not only for the creation of superior products, but also for the creation of superior teams. The DMAIC method is unique in this way as it is broad enough to allow teams to evaluate their success as well as the product’s quality, and I believe it will be a valuable asset to my specific career goals. The associated process and its defining key components are thus outlined below from my understanding of their descriptions from [1] and [2].
01. Define - critical to quality issues, core business processes involved, and customer requirements
- What are the customer’s expectations?
- What are the project boundaries?
- Where does the process start and stop?
- Who will lead or be team members for the project?
- How will success be measured?
02. Measure - the performance of the core business process
- Develop a data collection plan and collect data.
- From the data, determine what the defects of the process are?
- What is the current performance of the process?
- Compare customer survey results and determine the process’ shortfall
03. Analyze - root causes of defects and opportunities for improvement
- Identify gap between existing and ideal performance
- Determine the cause for the gap/ identify sources of variation
- Decide on how to improve the process
- Prioritize the opportunities for improvement
04. Improve - defects through the use of creativity and technology
- Identify viable solutions
- Conduct pilot studies and tests
- Deploy implementation plan
- Resolve and prevent problems
05. CONTROL - performance so improved process doesn’t degrade
- Create a standard operating procedure
- Institutionalize improvements through the use of training and incentives
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