Alice Tang

Associate Engineer @ National Grid

About

I am a senior at Vanderbilt University majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Environmental and Sustainability Studies. I am passionate about advancing sustainability with my engineering skills. My areas of interest include clean energy, utilities, green buildings, and building energy efficiency. I am a board member of the Vanderbilt University Green Fund, a $150,000 annual budget dedicated by Vanderbilt to funding student proposals that make the university more sustainable.

Country

City

United States

Industry

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

Skill

Youth Mentoring, Microsoft Excel, Interpersonal Skills, Communication, Sourcing, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Linux, Robot Operating System (ROS), Python, Research, Teamwork, Project Planning, Arduino IDE, C++, Leadership, Organization Skills, Team Leadership, NI LabVIEW, Java, Apache Cordova

Experience

Associate Engineer

National Grid

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Transmission Asset Management

Mechanical Engineering Intern

I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc., a Salas O'Brien Company

2023-6 - 2023-8 · 3 mos

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Assisted senior engineers with three projects: an electric vehicle battery plant, an electric vehicle factory central utility plant, and a tire plant • Researched and suggested an electric 5-ton hoist and trolley after finding that a client’s request for a manual hoist and trolley would be impractical for lifting pump equipment 40 ft from a truck bed • Participated in internal process design meetings for the battery plant’s electrolyte piping systems • Sourced corrosion-resistant control valves; compiled a valve detail list for a submittal • Revised Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Research Assistant

Dong Miniature Robotics Lab

2023-1 - 2023-5 · 5 mos

Vanderbilt University

• Created a fabrication process for silicon rubber models of microdiameter vessels. These models were used to test the lab's miniature robots. • Designed and 3D printed a laser pointer holder, endoscope holder, and trachea model stand for the lab's experimental setups.

Engineer

Vanderbilt Motorsports

2022-3 - 2022-12 · 10 mos

• Learned about the different subsystems of a racecar as part of a 10-person Formula SAE team • Designed and fabricated a footrest; gathered design criteria from the driver and created a simple, cost-effective design • Researched ways to increase car speed by reducing drag caused by the radiator; learned and applied aerodynamic theory

Robotics Research Intern

Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University

2022-6 - 2022-8 · 3 mos

Collaborated with two other interns to create a pipeline for the lightweight generation and testing of walking trajectories on a four-legged robot.

Programming Department Lead

Army Ants FIRST FRC Robotics

2017-8 - 2021-8 · 4 yrs 1 mo

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a program where students work as a team to design, build, and program a 120-lb robot each year for competition. As the leader of the 10-member programming section, I managed task coordination, strategy, and logistics for the programming section, as well as training new members to program the robot in LabVIEW and Java. I additionally led three outreach camps to teach girls and underrepresented minorities robotics and programming principles.

Outreach Lead

Army Ants FIRST FRC Robotics

2017-8 - 2021-8 · 4 yrs 1 mo

I designed curriculums for and led 3 camps designed to teach robotics to underprivileged minorities in STEM. I also mentored 24 other educational robotics camps, totaling 270+ hours of robotics-related community service.