About Me

Nathaniel S. Mills

contact information: nmills6@uncc.edu

Welcome to my UNCC webpage/portfolio! My name is Nathaniel Mills, I'm from Smithfield, North Carolina, and I am an aspiring mechanical engineer with a focus in motorsports. I'm extremely passionate about cars based on the AE86 chasis, I would hazard to say I'm a borderline expert in that department. I was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was raised in North Carolina. Over my liftime I have developed many passions and strengths, which include but are not limited to: restoring japanese cars, building/gaming on computers, realistic fictional literature, fabrication, and an innate preference towards problem solving. I plan to graduate UNCC with my bachelors, and pursue in the automotive field as a quality control engineer for a major production company, or private racing team. If you have any more questions, or would like any more information, feel free to contact me at the address above.

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In case that was too wordy for you, or you are grading this page, here are questions answered in numbered format:

1: What is your name?

- Nathaniel Sharpe Mills (Which means Gift of God).

2: Where are you from?

- Harrisburg Pennsylvania

3: Why are you studying mechanical engineering?

- So that I can design, build, and one day maintain quality in the Motorsports or Automotive professional world.

4: What are you thrilled about learning in mechanical engineering?

I'm extremely excited to work in the CNC shop this semester, as well as learn how to design in the manufacturing world.

5: What do you consider your strengths?

I feel extremely confident about 3-dimensional advanced geometry, and I can tell you when a car was wrecked, to what degree, and usually what happened. My biggest strength is my work ethic.

6: What are five things from your bucket list?

I HAVE to meet Keichii Tsuchiya, the pioneer of drifting. Futbol on the Camp Nou (Barcelona), drive the Nurburgring (with an AE86, altezza, or frs), climb a mountain, and restore my AE86 (specifically an imported 1983 Toyota Trueno GT-V from Japan) to showroom condition.

7: What do you consider your weakness?

Ohhh man, electrical engineering / dealing with electrical components. I have a slow yet consistent plan to fix this in myself, EEGR-2161 is a very good start to conquering this.

8: What would you love to design in 2156, include loose specifications and requirements?

I would absolutely love to design my own 90's style 3-piece (automotive) performance wheel, close to a 0 offset of a 14" diameter, 4 lug nuts. Max load: minimum 2500lbs. Cost: less than $1000. Weight: 0.875 max (single wheel). Included below is an image of a few examples, primarily the bottom row is are some of my absolute favorites (I own two of these sets).

9: How much time did you actually spend on the assignment?

Well at this point, at least 4 hours, to accurately answer each question and meet my own standards. Probably way more than was needed for the assignment, but I've honestly enjoyed relearning html a little, and put more time into this in my free time.

10: What three engineering designs created in the past 150 years have made the greatest impact on mankind’s prosperity and quality of life?

There are probably better examples than this, but these have had the biggest impact on my life and passions:
(1) The revolution of the manufacturing process
(2) electricity as well as computerization (almost hand in hand these days)
(3) The strides taken in power generation and recent ventures in alternative fuel/power sources.