You get to work with experts in this field in specific processes. “I feel like this is a one-in-a-million opportunity,” she said. Solutions to a variety of engineering challenges. Rivera’s days are spent working with pilots, engineers, and others to devise and refine Team and we work together to make sure what we do and what we have as a final product “We have pilots’ lives in our hands, depending on what we’re working on,” said Rivera,Ī graduate of Avon Park High School in Avon Park, Florida. The importance of the work they do is not lost on Rivera and Archer. True innovative spirit of the University.” “It’s an impressive effort by two of our Florida Poly students and represents the “This entailsĪ full CAD design with a drawing package necessary for fabrication, followed by theĭevelopment of a prototype that goes through detailed structural analysis conductedīy another set of interns from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. The new part or modification can be flown on any aircraft,” Polumbo said. “These mods include structural changes requiring company validation and approval before Teams for modifications to its fleet of aircraft. Jake Polumbo, who assists with strategy and industry partnershipsĪt Florida Poly, said Archer and Rivera are working as one of Draken’s engineering “We get to do everything from start to finish, from the initial problem to design Projects on anything they need,” said Archer, who is pursuing a concentration in aerospace. “We’re bringing legacy international aircraft into the modern century by doing engineering Known as Red Air forces, in training exercises for multiple branches of the U.S.
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