Projects

Description:

• Designed and manufactured a portable, heat-resistant camping chair featuring a removable canopy to provide shade for users and an adjustable back piece for improved lumbar support
• Verified experimental results from FEA with hand calculations cross-checked in MATLAB to ensure safety for users
• Tools Used: SolidWorks, Ansys Discovery, Band Saw, Manual Knee Mill, MATLAB

Description:

• Created an acrylic bicycle pedal crank with restricted dimensions designed to fail at a predictable load with a low mass to improve cost, easy of manufacturing, and safety
• Iterated through multiple different designs, arriving at a crank that failed within 0.5kg of the target load while weighing less than 6g
• Tools Used: SolidWorks, Ansys Discovery, Laser Cutter, MATLAB

Description:

• Designed, built, and tested a laser-cut acrylic clip able to hold a 40lb weight with a mass under 10g to simulate holding an astronaut’s space suit
• Performed an additional thermal stress analysis to account for changes in temperature, ensuring safety in non-standard conditions
• Tools Used: SolidWorks, Ansys Discovery, Ansys Mechanical, Laser Cutter, MATLAB

Description:

• Designed a custom mechanism to automatically dispense pills from a box individually at a fixed time-interval, designing around a given motor and rpm
• Tools Used: SolidWorks, Power Drill, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Reciprocating Saw