UNDER THIRTY - Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Aubrey Kelley-CogdellAge: 24Sandvik CoromantFair Lawn, NJ"I can’t wait to be a partof what happens next."UNDER THIRTYAubrey Kelley-Cogdell is an engineer by professionand a leader in the making. She wasalways math and science minded in school,participating in summer programs for mathand engineering at Michigan Technological Universityand Johns Hopkins University. She earned a Bachelor’sdegree in Mechanical Engineering at Lafayette College.“I considered several engineering disciplines, butdecided on mechanical engineering because it was funand hands-on” Aubrey said.While at Lafayette, Aubrey was Chapter Presidentof Engineers Without Borders (EWB). She managedthe successful fundraising, designand implementation of a water andsanitation system serving over 300people in rural Honduras. For theirefforts, she and her team received $10,000 in theEPA’s People, Prosperity, Planet Competition as wellas a Premier Project Award from EWB-USA. Also,while at Lafayette, Aubrey and her team manufactureda mini-dragster with motor and braking system,winning first place in competition against 11teams in her school. For her senior project, she andher team created a remote-controlled aircraft thatreceived second place for presentation in the SAEAero design competition.While working as an athletic trainer at Lafayette College,Aubrey took an interest in medical equipment, andbegan learning about hip and knee replacement androbotic surgery. To further deepen her knowledge in thefield of medical technology, she earned a Master of Sciencedegree in Biomedical Engineering from the NewJersey Institute of Technology. While there, she workedunder a grant from the National Institutes of Health todevelop a biological microelectromechanical system(Bio-MEMS). The system was an innovative capacitortypeimmunosensor for blood type detection to be usedin emergency and rural applications.By her own admission, her first taste of real manufacturingwas when she interned at Penn Engineeringwhere she developed manufacturing drawings forfasteners used in a wide range of applications rangingfrom Apple iPads to automobile steering wheels. “Ilearned about manufacturing resource planning andcreated tool designs,” Aubrey said.Today, Aubrey is a CAM programmer at the AerospaceApplication Center in Sandvik Coromant’s FairLawn, NJ, headquarters. She uses Siemens NX toprogram tool paths on CNC machinesfor the aerospace and powergeneration industry, tests Sandvik’scarbide cutting tools to determinethe optimal cutting parameters for specific applicationsand generates advanced programming techniquesthat save manufacturers thousands of dollarseach year.In her first year at Sandvik Coromant, Aubrey learnedto create five-axis turn-milling programs and appliedthis technique to titanium power generation blades. Sheis currently collaborating with a large aerospace enginebuilder and a globally recognized research center todevelop advanced methods for machining engine componentsfrom hard materials.Aubrey enjoys working with cutting edge manufacturingtechnology, including a structured-light 3D scannerto analyze manufactured part geometries. Her newestproject is a high precision 15" diameter steel gear millingprogram. Aubrey said she hopes to soon patent solutionsthat not only meet industry standards but driveindustry innovation. “It’s incredible what we can do nowwith manufacturing technology; I can’t wait to be a partof what happens next.” METHIRTY UNDER THIRTY PROFILES14 ManufacturingEngineeringMedia.com | July 2013