Mary Anne Bitetto

Current

• Graduate Student at Rutgers University

Past

• Graduate Student at Drexel University
• Organizer/Team Member at MIT Vehicle Design Summit
• Math Tutor and Residence Life Staffer at College Bound

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Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
• Drexel University
• The College of New Jersey

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Connections

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Industry

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Websites

• Drexel Research
• MIT Vehicle Design Summit

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Summary

I have always had many interests, but I have a passion for design and the environment. I gained a lot of experience from designing the roll cages for two Mini Baja competitions at The College of New Jersey, and I was able to mesh this design work with an environmental cause: designing and building "green" cars in an intense two-month summit at MIT. During the course of those few months, I realized the limitations of current alternative energy systems available. Through my work at Rutgers University, I hope to improve current technology so that new types of energy can be more readily accessible.

I expect to graduate from Rutgers University in May 2009 with a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Specialties:

3D CAD modeling, "green" technology, structural mechanics, piezoelectric materials, machining, computer programming, finite element analysis, welding, composite materials, ATV frame design, fundraising, statics, dynamics

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Experience

• Graduate Student

  Rutgers University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

  I currently work in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Center for Advanced Energy Systems. My current research involves the optimization and design of piezoelectric composite structures for macro-scale energy harvesting applications. I have recently co-authored a paper that is pending submission entitled "Optimization of an all-electrical indentation shear and elastic modulus measurement device: A case study in energy harvesting".
  
  I am a Teaching Assistant for a Dynamics course during the 2008-2009 school year.

• Graduate Student

  Drexel University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  Hybrid Power Systems Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
  
  I co-authored “Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting - A Green and Clean Alternative for Sustained Power Production”, which was published in the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society in Decemeber 2008.
  
  I was a TA in Spring 2008 for Statics, which entailed teaching three recitation sections of forty students each in addition to exam/quiz/homework grading.

• Organizer/Team Member

  MIT Vehicle Design Summit

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Fifty students from over thirteen universities across the world convened at MIT to build, from scratch, four commuter vehicles that implemented "green" technology in a span of two months. A one-hour documentary was made by the Discovery Channel that aired on their HD station, and their satellite channel, Turbo, created a website documenting the project.
  
  I co-managed the team who built Pulse, an all-electric vehicle, and designed the complete frame and roll cage as well. I also contributed early on in the project, working with organizing team to raise $500,000 for the project by contacting large corporations and MIT alumni.
  
  Pulse was on display at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts through August 2007.
  
  Media coverage by the Green Car Congress, autoblog green, Christian Science Monitor, and the Boston Globe.

• Math Tutor and Residence Life Staffer

  College Bound

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  June 2005 — July 2005 (2 months)

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  MS , Mechanical Engineering , 2008 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  AAUP-AFT

• Drexel University

  toward an MS , Mechanical Engineering , 2007 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  ASME, SWE, Drexel GSA

• The College of New Jersey

  BS , Mechanical Engineering , 2002 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  All College Theater, Mini Baja Team, AI Robot Team

Additional Information

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Websites:

• Drexel Research
• MIT Vehicle Design Summit

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Interests:

art, design, engineering, green technology, environmental issues, management, problem solving, cars, transportation, alternative fuels, hybrid power systems, alternative energy

Mary Anne Bitetto’s Groups:

ASME, SWE, SAE

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