DSDavid Stout

Background & experience

Learning through
doing.

Laboratory work, industrial experience, and student leadership have shaped how I approach engineering problems.

January 2025 — Present

Aerospace Lab Assistant

Mississippi State Aerospace Department

I co-manage aerospace labs with one lab engineer and two student engineers, supporting 8+ research professors and three student teams.

  • Train students and researchers to choose equipment, operate machines, and fabricate parts independently.
  • Fabricate research parts using CAD/CAM, CNC and manual milling, lathe work, welding, and composites.
  • Machine graphite and PEEK research components, modify wind-tunnel mounts, and maintain hydraulic pumps for materials-testing machines.
  • Coordinate parts, specifications, shipping, and external sourcing for laboratory work.
Explore related lab projects →

May 2025 — May 2026

Formula SAE Leadership

Aerodynamics Section Lead · Mississippi State

I directed 10 core members, with participation reaching 30 early in the season. I owned weekly meetings, schedules, a $5,400 section budget, and sponsor coordination, and contributed to managing the team’s $100,000 budget.

Training teammates, documenting lessons, and mentoring a successor helped preserve engineering capability beyond one season.

Read the Formula SAE project →

Summer 2024 · Winter 2024–25

Kimberly-Clark

Intern · Global Nonwovens Mill, Corinth, MS

Two internships provided practical experience in industrial organization and exposure to engineering and operations coordination.

  • Audited 800+ records-retention boxes and reconciled titles, numbering, locations, and inventory discrepancies.
  • Created a physical key-control system with sectioned storage, an Excel inventory and checkout log, and a sign-out record.
  • Observed engineering reviews of equipment failures, repairs, utilization, and corrective actions.
  • Supported facility maintenance and improvements to operator-facing information.

Expected May 2027

Education

Mississippi State University
Bagley College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Major: Aerospace Engineering · Concentration: Aeronautics

My work draws on mechanical design and analysis, programming and laboratory systems, hands-on manufacturing, and test planning.