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since 2021

I'm an Engineering Technology student who builds things. Right now that means a co-op at Dell's Franklin factory every other week, captaining a VEX team, restarting my school's FRC team, and a cashier job on the side. Here's all of it, with the details.

Now
Co-op, Dell Process Development
School
Tri-County RVTHS, class of 2027
Program
Engineering Technology
GPA
3.95 unweighted
Certifications
4 on file, 5 more listed
Robotics
6 years, VEX captain, FRC co-founder

I send my resume by email so it's always the current one. References on request.

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Work

Paid work, newest first.

  1. Co-op, Process Development

    Oct 2026 to now

    Dell Technologies, Franklin, MA. Hired through Manpower

    Alternating weeks: one week at Dell, one week at school

    I joined the Process Development team at Dell’s Franklin factory in October 2026 as a co-op, hired through Manpower. I’m only a few weeks in, so the details of what I work on are still coming.

    • Work on the alternating-week schedule with my Engineering Technology program: one week at Dell, one week at school.
    • What you actually work on day to day (2 or 3 bullets)
    • One specific thing you improved, measured or documented
    • Tools or software you use there (only what you are allowed to share)

  2. Cashier and customer service

    Jul 2025 to now

    Shaw’s, Medway, MA

    My first job. Fast, repetitive, and very public, which turned out to be good practice for staying calm and accurate when there’s a line.

    • Ring up transactions quickly without letting accuracy slip, then balance my drawer at the end of every shift.
    • Answer whatever customers ask, from where something is to why a price rang up wrong, and find the person who can fix it when I can’t.
    • Got trained for more responsibility soon after I was hired.
    • What the extra responsibility was (e.g. service desk, opening/closing, training others)

Leadership and teams

Robotics is where I learned to lead: six years of building, coding and running teams, plus a payload that NASA dropped.

  1. Competitor since 2021, captain of 3236A

    2021 to now

    VEX Robotics, team 3236A

    Six years of robotics, VEX since 2021. I captain high school team 3236A (2025-26), a team of 8.

    • Lead our design process, the robot code (C++ with EZ-Template), and competition strategy for the Push Back season.
    • Led my middle school team to the VEX World Championship twice.
    • Worlds years and how you placed
    • One award or ranking from this season

    The VEX 3236A project

  2. Co-founder, student leader

    2026 to now

    Tri-County FRC

    Relaunching our school’s FIRST Robotics Competition team from nothing with two other student leaders, aiming at the 2027 season (BIOCORE). We started with no robot and no budget, and we register as a rookie team.

    • Cold-emailed local companies to find sponsors.
    • Ran a warm-up build, the "LeBron bot": a basketball shooter on a tank chassis, so the team learned to build before the real season.
    • Set two team rules: ideas go on the board with no names, and anything we can test in under 10 minutes gets tested instead of argued about.
    • Built the team website by hand in HTML and CSS.

    How we started the team

  3. Web development lead

    Sep 2025 to now

    HexaFlow, NASA HUNCH

    HexaFlow is a NASA HUNCH finalist payload: a hexagonal grooved dome that uses capillary action to move water to a plant in microgravity.

    • Built the project site in Astro and Three.js, including an interactive 3D assembly viewer of the payload.
    • Our payload went through a NASA drop test on August 6, 2026: 2.21 seconds of free fall.
    • Presenting at the ASGSR conference in December 2026.

    The HexaFlow project

  4. Volunteer

    2024 to now

    FreeKicks Special Olympics, Franklin MA

    Teaching and playing soccer with kids of all abilities. I’ve played soccer for four years in high school, so this is the same game with a very different goal: everyone gets touches and everyone has fun.

Certifications

Industry certifications in CAD, mechatronics and precision measurement. The PDFs are the real certificates, and the AutoCAD one can be checked directly with Certiport.

  • Feb 29, 2024

    Autodesk Certified User: AutoCAD

    Autodesk, exam delivered by Certiport

    • Drawing and editing 2D geometry accurately with object snaps and coordinates
    • Layers, dimensions, annotation and blocks
    • Setting up layouts and plotting drawings

    Verification code BSAU-s27Y

    View certificateVerify
  • Apr 11, 2025

    Introduction to Mechatronics

    NC3, curriculum by Festo

    • Electro-pneumatic systems
    • Stacking, conveying and handling systems
    • PLC elements, logic circuits and sequence programs
    • Automated systems design
    View certificate
  • Oct 8, 2025

    Precision Measurement Instruments 1: Tape and Rule

    NC3, curriculum by Starrett

    • Safety when working with precision tools
    • Calibration versus a field check
    • Reading tapes and steel rules accurately
    • Tool care and maintenance
    View certificate
  • Mar 4, 2026

    Precision Measurement Instruments 2: Slide Caliper

    NC3, curriculum by Starrett

    • Safety when working with precision tools
    • Calibration versus a field check
    • Reading slide calipers accurately
    • Tool care and maintenance
    View certificate

Also earned

These are listed on my resume. Their certificates aren't on the site yet.

  • Certificate coming

    OSHA 10-Hour

    OSHA Outreach Training Program

    Recognizing common workplace hazards. Worker rights and employer responsibilities.

    Lucas: send PDF or card scan of the OSHA 10 card and date earned

  • Certificate coming

    Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA)

    Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks

    Part modeling from drawings: sketches, features, design intent. Assemblies with mates. Mass properties and drawing basics.

    Lucas: send PDF of the CSWA certificate and date earned

  • Certificate coming

    Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)

    Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks

    Advanced part modeling and editing under time pressure. Configurations and design tables. Complex assemblies and interference checks.

    Lucas: send PDF of the CSWP certificate and date earned

  • Certificate coming

    Autodesk Revit

    Autodesk

    Building information modeling: walls, floors, roofs, openings. Views, sheets and annotation.

    Lucas: send PDF of the Revit certificate and date and level (Certified User?)

  • Certificate coming

    Six Sigma White Belt

    Six Sigma

    What Six Sigma is and the DMAIC cycle. Basic vocabulary for process improvement work.

    Lucas: send PDF of the White Belt certificate and date and issuing organization

Education

Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School

Franklin, MA

I'm in the Engineering Technology program, a hands-on vocational track: CAD, technical drawings, CNC, precision measurement and electronics, alongside regular academics.

One or two favorite ET projects or classes, with what you made

Program
Engineering Technology
Years
2023 to 2027
GPA
3.95 unweighted
Class of
2027
  • SkillsUSA member
  • VEX Robotics team captain
  • Tri-County FRC co-founder
  • Soccer, 4 years
  • Indoor and outdoor track, 3 years

Skills

Grouped by what kind of work they're for, with where I've actually used each group, so you can check.

  • CAD and drawings

    • SolidWorks
    • AutoCAD
    • Revit
    • Fusion
    • Tinkercad
    • CorelDRAW
    • Multisim
    • Reading technical drawings

    Engineering Technology coursework, robot parts, 3D-print models. AutoCAD is certified.

  • Shop and fabrication

    • 3D printing and slicing
    • CNC
    • Laser cutting
    • Precision measurement
    • OSHA 10

    Two Bambu printers (X2D and A1, both with AMS) at home, school shop work, NC3 tape, rule and caliper certifications.

  • Programming

    • Python
    • C++
    • JavaScript
    • TypeScript
    • HTML and CSS

    C++ on the VEX robot, Python for the card scanner and Jarvis, HTML/CSS for the FRC site, JavaScript and Astro for HexaFlow, TypeScript for the card scanner app.

  • Frameworks and tools

    • FastAPI
    • React
    • Svelte
    • Astro
    • Three.js
    • OpenCV
    • SQLite
    • Git

    The Pokémon card scanner (FastAPI, React, OpenCV), Jarvis (FastAPI, Svelte), the HexaFlow site (Astro, Three.js), and this site.

  • Hardware and systems

    • Raspberry Pi
    • Linux
    • PC building
    • Electronics
    • Electro-pneumatics and PLC basics

    Jarvis is built for six Raspberry Pi 5s; the kiosk Pi is live first. PLC and pneumatics through the NC3 Mechatronics certification.

  • Everyday software

    • Microsoft Office
    • Google Workspace

    School, team planning, and sponsor outreach for FRC.

Strengths

Anyone can list these, so here's the evidence for each one.

  • Communication

    Cold-emailing companies for FRC sponsorship, and customer questions all shift at Shaw’s.

  • Leadership

    Captain of an 8-person VEX team, co-founder of an FRC team.

  • Critical thinking

    I test before I believe. On my card scanner I caught a method that "found" every card but was really returning the image border.

  • Organized

    School, a co-op on alternating weeks, a job, and two robotics teams at once.

  • Dedicated

    Six years of robotics and counting.

Outside of all this: soccer, 4 years in high school; indoor and outdoor track, 3 years; weightlifting.

Want the one-page version?

I send my resume by email so it's always the current one. References are available on request.

Request my resumeLucasBian8282@gmail.com