Blake Rucinski currently serves as a Manufacturing Process Engineer at Atlas Copco since October 2024. Prior to this role, Blake worked at QIAGEN as a Manufacturing Equipment Engineer from November 2020 to October 2024, where responsibilities included maintaining production efficiency within an audited Quality Management System and proactively addressing potential production issues. Earlier experience includes a position as a Nuclear Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Michigan, focusing on urban-environment dangerous material detection and neutron transport solutions. Additionally, Blake held roles as an Undergraduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the University of Michigan from 2014 to 2017. Blake holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Mathematics, both from the University of Michigan.