Projects
Engineering work from classes, research and the shop, plus things I build for fun.
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8020 Cookies - Engineering Party Favor for Holiday Potluck
My massive end grain cutting board
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Vinyl Record Cutting Machine
Led a team of 5 graduate students in calibration and control of the flexure x-stage of a record cutting machine, reaching 4 micron tool position resolution and cutting playable records. 2nd place at the ASPE Student Challenge.
Tools: Flexure design, Calibration, Controls, Precision engineering
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Tabletop Lathe
Led a team of 6 in the rapid design and fabrication of a tabletop lathe with sub 50 micron repeatability, on a $200 budget, in 3 months.
Tools: SolidWorks, FEA, Tolerance stacking, DFM, Waterjet, Stress analysis
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End Grain Cutting Board
Woodworking
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Select Stained Glass Projects
Stained glass projects.
Tools: Glass cutting, Soldering
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Custom Mass-Manufactured Yo-yos
Designed, produced, inspected and assembled 130 yo-yos at 4.5 min per yo-yo. Every measured part fit, with an interference of 0.0095 in.
Tools: CAD, CAM, CNC, Injection molding, Thermoforming, Tolerancing, Press fits
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Next-Gen Hydraulics Without Fluids
Designed high-force, long-stroke electromechanical linear actuators with Oshkosh that can fully replace hydraulics, as part of their effort to electrify their entire fleet.
Tools: CAD, CAM, CNC, DFM, Stress analysis, Market research, Customer value chain
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Automated Nerf Turret
A 2-DOF motorized turret that follows and hits a person walking around the room. Won 1st place (and a PS5) at a TDC hackathon.
Tools: CAD, 3D printing, FEA, Electronics, Motors
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Biomechanics and Human Movement Research
Developed and co-led $1M biomechanics data collection projects, and automated data processing and visualization for 100+ GB of data, cutting manual processing time by 90%.
Tools: Experiment design, Human subject research, Python, MATLAB, Motion capture, Delsys Trigno, DAQ, Blender
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E33 Lighting Design
Designed and ran live lighting for 15+ clients and audiences of up to 1000. Managed a group running 50+ shows per semester and $30k+ revenue.
Tools: Lighting design, Project management, Treasury, Client management
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DIY Climbing Gear - Nuts Edition WIP
I am working on making my own climbing gear that is fall-rated.