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Honor Society® member

Brandon Gurrell

Summer Analyst at Goldman Sachs

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Class of 2021
  • flint, USA

Member since August 2020

About

Brandon Gurrell is a Senior Mechanical Engineering major at one of the top automotive cooperative education institutions Kettering University (GMI). Some qualities used to describe Brandon include; self-motivated, driven, problem solver and quickly adaptable.

With a love for personal development/self education Brandon has actualized him passion in areas such as; alternative energy, artificial intelligence/autonomous technology, investing/the stock market, programming and entrepreneurship. Another passion of his lies in philanthropy/volunteering/mentorship where he holds multiple leadership positions in organizations such as Alpha Phi Omega, Kagle Leadership Initiative and NSBE.

Through Kettering’s Co-op Program Brandon has had the opportunity to work with key automotive suppliers; Harman International as a R&D Mechanical Engineering Co-op in their Lifestyle Audio Department and Cummins Inc. as a Product Design & Technical Writing Co-op on the Engineering Knowledge Management Team. Through these opportunities he has garnered skills in CAD/CAE and has become proficient with softwares such as: NX, CATIA, Autodesk, Creo, ANSYS.

With an unrecognized passion for Finance and Technology Brandon is currently pursuing a minor in Business and Applied Computational Mathematics to explore possible careers in Business/Finance and Technology. As a determined and proactive student he has completed numerous online courses to break his way into a completely new industry.

Education

  • Kettering University

    Mechanical Engineering/Business

    2016 – 2021

Honors and awards

  • Pi Tau Sigma Honors Society

    Mechanical Engineering Honors Society

  • Tau Beta Pi Honors Society

    Engineering Honors Society

  • Dean's List

    All semesters

  • President's Medal Recipient

    Awarded for exemplary contribution inside and outside the classroom.

Goals and interests

Career goal

Consulting, Engineering Management, Finance, Mechanical Engineering

Graduate school interests

Harvard Business School, Wharton School, London School of Business

Outside the classroom

Reading, Sports, Watching Sports, following the Financial Markets

Experience

  • Summer Analyst

    Goldman Sachs

    Jul 2020 – Aug 2020

  • Product Design Engineering Co-op

    Cummins Inc

    Apr 2019

  • Product Design Engineering Co-op

    Cummins Inc.

    Sep 2018 – Dec 2018

  • Mechanical Engineering Co-op

    Harman International

    Apr 2017 – Jun 2018

Volunteering

  • Pre College Mentor

    Kettering University

    Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

  • Lego-Build Volunteer

    Cummins Inc.

    Sep 2018 – Dec 2018

  • Pre College Mentor

    Kettering University

    Jul 2018 – Aug 2018

  • Relationship Chair Person

    Alpha Phi Omega

    Jan 2018 – Dec 2019

  • Music Volunteer

    Harman International

    Apr 2017 – Jun 2018

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced

Additional information