Parker Knopf

Mechanical Engineer

Organizations

Networking, Collaboration, Leadership

Every club and organization I have involved myself with has been for the purpose of improving my own character. In every organization I have been able to mature my technical, teamwork, communication, and leadership skills. Most organizations I participated in lead to leadership positions. A full list of all organizations over the years are here: ASB, Destination Imagination, Science Club, SkillsUSA, CSF, Water Polo, HPS, and Triton Robotics.

UCSD Student Org.

Triton Robotics

UCSD Student Org.

Triton Robotics at UCSD competes in an internal competition known as Robomaster. In this org I have developed a turret indexer design for one robot, and been an engineer lead for another.

Human Powered Submarine

HPS

Human Powered Submarine

An engineering student org project aimed to fabricate a Human Powered Submarine in an international competition. My contributions to the team include being an engineer on the drive-train sub-team, and R&D for a CVT.

Career & Tech Org.

SkillsUSA

Career & Tech Org.

SkillsUSA is a national organization aimed to provide and award opportunities of leadership and technical skills to students in STEM fields. Qualities of leadership and technical skills are built through this organization.

High School Org.

ASB

High School Org.

ASB is a leadership organization at high school. We put on assemblies, which I often was the technician for. I also was their visual art technician, a glorified handyman, as well as one of the student spirit leaders.