BLAKE BISKNER Email: b4drake@stanford.

edu
Phone: (719)357-2573

EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE

Stanford University (2021-2023) Stanford ME218 Mechatronics Course Assistant (2022-2023)
Degrees • Guided 30+ graduate students through mechanical/electrical/software
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering coursework
• Focus in Mechatronics • Troubleshot student circuits and embedded code related to inter-processor
• Cumulative GPA: 3.814 communications, motors, signal processing, and event driven programming
CU Boulder (2014-2018) • Organized an introduction to embedded C review session
Degrees • Graded midterms, labs, and projects related to software and hardware design
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering Lead Software Developer Bank of America/Accenture (2020-2021)
• Minor Computer Science
• Promoted to Lead Software Developer responsible for agile team of 7
• Minor Leadership Studies onshore/ offshore developers
• Certificate Engineering Leadership • Coded Pega programs and SQL scripts while reviewing Pega scripts from
• Cumulative GPA: 3.915 other developers
• Summa Cum Laude • Communicated team progress with Scrum Master, Project Lead, Tech Lead,
Honors and QA Lead weekly and assisted with large quarterly integrations
• Outstanding Undergraduate • Presented work of team across multiple levels of organization
Mechanical Engineering • Developed reusable Java code to be leveraged across multiple Bonk of
Awarded to 1 of the 205 undergraduates for America workflow applications
excellence in academics, research, service
• Colorado Engineering Council Silver
Medal Award Finalist PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Awarded to 3 of the 750 undergraduates for
academic achievement, co-curricular involvement, Honey I Shrunk the Bot! Search and Rescue Robot Sim (2022)
service, and department recommendation
• Programmed software stack using ROS for a turtlebot capable of navigation,
mapping, and object recognition within Gazebo
RESEARCH
Level Designer Summer Game Jam(2022)
Stanford Biomechatronics Lab • Created level artwork and layout for the raccoon stealth game “Sneaky
Master’s Assistant(2022) Snackin” in Unity (https://hexagonsgalore.itch.io/sneaky-snackin)
Projects
Stanford Mechatronics Team Projects (2021-2022)
• Exoskeleton Gait Study
Assisted with human trials of exoskeleton study • Created electromechanical arcade game(https://me218spihunter.weebly.com/)
conducted in the Stanford Biomechatronics
Laboratory • Designed an autonomous “skee-ball” robot (https://me218skiiball.weebly.com/)
• Fabricated a remote-controlled boat (https://me218mariokuart.weebly.com/)
Advanced Medical Technologies
Lab Assistant (2017-2018) CU Mechatronics Autonomous Mini Taxi (2018)
Projects • Collaborated in team to design robot capable of computer vision, radio
• Robotic Capsule Endoscope (RCE) communication, locomotion, grasping
Turning Mechanism
Created novel turning mechanism for robotic Computer Animation Final Project (2018)
capsule endoscope (RCE) allowing it to better
inspect colon polyps and tumors in-vivo using • Rendered 90 second walkthrough of spiral staircase parlor in Maya
matlab, solidworks, eagle, particle ide, and basic
shop equipment throughout prototyping
CU Engineering Senior Capstone Project Manager (2017- 2018)
• MicroPatterned • Lead team of four other mechanical engineers in design of hands free
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) alternative to crutches for rural environments and communities
Timing Belt
Created manufacturing process for PDMS timing Disney Imaginations Semifinalist(2016)
belts with flexible micropillars & rigid teeth to
bolster RCE traction in-vivo • Told story of an enchanted outdoor space seen via AR app by rendering
custom CAD/ Illustrator presentation

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Microcontrollers: PIC32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, PIC10, Particle Photon
Programming Languages: Embedded C, Python, Java (OCA Certification), Assembly, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, SQL
Software: MPLAB, SOLIDWORKS (Associates Certification), KiCad, Qt, ROS, MATLAB, EAGLE, Pega, Illustrator
Machining: Mill, Lathe, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Basic PCB Design and Fabrication, Soldering, Hand Tools