Ryan Yerby
Mechanical Engineer
About Me
The purpose of this website is to showcase my skills as an engineer. Moreover, this website serves as an extended resume for my job search as I look to move from the academic to professional realm. I have completed my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute in 2021 and 2022 respectively, and am now working toward a certificate at the University of San Francisco while I participate on the NCAA Division 1 Baseball team. I have an expected graduation date of May, 2023 and will have finished baseball season by June of 2023.


My studies in Mechanical Engineering at Rensselear have prepared me for a multitude of engineering roles in the professional domain. My research contributions included designing and manufacturing elements to support hydroponic planting techniques for urban farming. I also contributed to various projects using my CAD and Finite Element Analysis knowledge to conduct various structural and thermal simulations. In addition to this academic experience, I have worked as an Intern as well as a Manufacturing Engineer at a small Additive Manufacturing startup company over two separate durations. During this time, I manufactured customer parts, designed and conducted verification and validation procedures for various processes and equipment, and created documentation to streamline workflow.
I have illustrated tremendous work ethic and leadership during my time as a student athlete both academically and athletically. I have achieved various academic honors and awards while significantly advancing my athletic career. I began my athletic career as an unrecruited walk-on freshman at Rensselaer, a Division 3 school. Four years later, I was team captain and won the Liberty League Pitcher of the Year award, and I am now a Division 1 scholarship athlete at the University of San Francisco. This journey has taught me the value of dedication and I am a true believer that a lack of work ethic is what traps individuals in mediocracy. I look to take this desire to continuously improve at everything I do into the professional engineering world to make meaningful contributions.
