Eli Branstetter
Driven Robotics & Automation Engineer with proven technical & leadership experience


Work Experience


Tested life cycle of motorized drive rollers by producing test fixtures and creating PLC and Excel programs to collect and analyze data. Additionally performed competitor analysis for new product development through patent review
Regal Rexnord
Modsort Engineering Co-op
Designed custom automation station to upgrade customer's existing cell and performed Factory Acceptance Testing on three multi-station assembly machines


MiQ Partners
Mechanical Engineering Co-op
Regal Rexnord
Modsort Engineering Co-op
Designed new conveyor attachment and tested the compatibility of industry leading transfer strips with the Modsort catalog. Testing was aided through the use of sample conveyor lines programmed with ladder logic to reduce testing time by 50%
Prism Plastics - A Marmon Holdings Company
Development Engineering Intern
Marmon Holdings
Automation Engineering Intern
Led projects to increase or improve automation capabilities for post processing of injection molded plastic parts. Projects included managing automation integrators and designing, purchasing, and programming an in house implementation
Investigated new technologies for subsidiary companies including marking technologies for powder coated metal parts and 3D scanning and reverse engineering methods for after market automotive parts
May - Aug 2024
Chicago. IL
May 2025 - Present
Meadville, PA
Aug - Dec 2023
Florence, KY
Jan- April 2023
Florence, KY
May - Aug 2022
West Chester, OH


Projects


Led a group twenty students and mentors to work on a project to supply clean water to the community of Gikingo in Rwanda. Included project selection and assessment trip to the community
UC Innovation Challenge
Bye Bye Birdie
Team Lead and Mechanical Designer




Lead the Event Horizon Team to compete in robotics competitions for three years. I designed the robot and custom parts in Fusion 360 CAD and we won multiple mechanical design awards and advanced to tournament final matches


Lead fundraising, and construction of a Chimney Swift tower to aid habitat loss for the birds. Requiring over 270 hours from 30 volunteers


EWB USA UC Chapter
Gikingo Water Supply Project
Committee Co-Chair
Senior Capstone
Low Water Silicon Wafer Cleaning
Team Lead and Computer Vision Engineer
FIRST Tech Challenge
Event Horizon
Team Lead and Mechanical Lead
Scouting America
Eagle Scout
Developed a device to clean silicon wafers using a single water droplet to supporting research into novel chip-cleaning methods. Included mechanical and electrical design and computer vision programming. Awarded 1st place out of 50 Mechanical Engineering teams at Senior Expo
Created and presented a turret to use modulated ultrasonic waves to create sound beams. The device could be used to scare birds from undesired areas like airports or farms without harm. Won 2nd place of 20 teams for entrepreneurial opportunity