Curriculum Vitae / Professional Profile

Lance C. Lutts

Engineering Graduate Student • Target: Mechanical/Robotic Engineering Internship / Aeronautical Design

Professional Summary

Skilled and creative engineering graduate student with a diverse background spanning medicine, robotics, performance vehicles, aeronautics, and multicopters. Completed first year of medical school before pursuing the mechanical engineering track following continued personal focus on mechanical design and fabrication.

An exhaustive education in anatomy and physiology lends towards an intuitive ability to solve mechanical problems with organic form-and-function design. Researched, built, and experienced across diverse fabrication modalities: machining, welding, forging metal, fiberglass, resin, molded plastics, carpentry, and ceramics.

Brings lifelong aeronautical experience, logging flight hours since grade school, weekly kit-plane engineering at KFGX airport, high-performance vehicle ECU calibration, and embedded microcontroller programming for robotics and animatronics.

Technologies & Core Competencies

SolidWorks Autodesk Fusion 360 Autodesk Maya 3D Scanning Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing Metal Machining & Welding Composites (Fiberglass & Resin) Aeronautical Systems & Testing Drone / Multicopter Airframes Microcontroller Coding (Servo/Hydraulic) Python & SciPy Data Analytics Linux & Embedded Systems HP Tuners (ECU Logging & Calibration) Adobe Creative Suite

Experience

Assistant Airplane Design & Optimization
Rob Savard — KFGX Maintenance Hangar (Maysville, KY)
2020 – Present

Continued work at Savard’s KFGX maintenance hangar problem-solving for custom and experimental aircraft without standard solutions due to component availability. Design novel sensor arrays, diagnostic test equipment, telemetry data logging, and provide high-level data analysis and computer simulations for aircraft owners under the guidance of certified mechanics.

Multicopter Engineer & Drone Fabricator
Talon Air (Newport, KY)
2020 – Present

Full-cycle drone fabrication and additive manufacturing projects for a small aircraft group utilizing Piper aircraft for flight instruction, commercial advertising, cinematography, and competitive air-racing events.

Education

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
University of Cincinnati (Main Campus)
Expected Fall 2028

Matriculated directly from medical field by Dean of CEAS.

Pre-Engineering Coursework
University of Cincinnati (Main Campus)
2024
Special Master’s Degree, Physiology (SMP)
Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
2020
Arts Coursework: 3D Design, Filmmaking, Sculpture, Animation
UC College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP)
2017 – 2019
Bachelor of Science, Allied Health Sciences
University of Cincinnati (Main Campus)
2016

Cum Laude • Dean’s List • Alpha Tau Omega Leadership Conference