Professional Projects
Collier Aerospace – Aerospace Structures Engineer
Towards the end of my collegiate career, I worked at Collier Aerospace for 3 months. Unfortunately, I cannot refer to the projects by name or post pictures of the projects, per a Non-Disclosure agreement between myself and Collier Aerospace.
During my time at Collier, I worked as an Aerospace Structures Engineer on a few contracts for Blue Origin. I even took lead on one major project. In this position, I gained experience working with Collier Aerospace’s software suite (HyperX, HyperSizer, and HyperMesh), which I used daily to test design changes and perform comparison trade studies. My efforts resulted in a 60% weight reduction of the craft’s structural components while adhering to strict frequency, buckling, and compression requirements. I really enjoyed working on real spacecraft and am eager to continue to develop these skills.
Academic Projects
StairBa – Robotics Project
For my capstone project at NC State University, I co-created StairBa. StairBa is a robotic vacuum cleaner that can also climb, and descend stairs. My contributions to this project were primarily on the design and assembly side. I handled all of the CAD work and 3D printing, as well as machining axles and helping with the electronics and coding. We presented this project to NCSU faculty and potential investors. This project was very challenging due to our time restrictions and I learned a lot about rapid prototyping. Our sixth iteration prototype successfully climbed, descended, and vacuumed stairs!
2021-2022 NASA Micro-g NExT Lunar Reusable Anchoring Device
– Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
I led NC State University’s academic club, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), in NASA’s Micro-g Neutral Bouyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) annual competition as the Project Manager. In this role, I organized and led a team of over 20 undergraduate students in the conceptualization, design, and eventual proposal of a micro-spine anchoring system.
In House Battle Bots Competetion – American Society Of Mechanical Engineers
The image and SOLIDWORKS drawing above are of the battle bot that I designed and built (in one week) for an in-house battle bots competition. I designed this robot with wheels larger than the chassis so it could function when flipped upside-down. The bot also featured a “flipper-plate” on the front as its primary offensive capability. These two features made the bot quite formidable in the tournament, in which it placed first! I had a lot of fun building this robot and cannot wait to work on more robots in the future.
Heat Recycling in Desktop Computers
The moment depicted above was the first success my team and I had in our desktop heat-recycling project. Depicted above is a multimeter reading 1.508V. This reading is of the voltage generated by our prototype at that instant. This image is significant because it clearly demonstrated that we had recycled heat as useful electrical current & voltage in the real world, and not just in our simulations.
The above image is captured from a current-density analysis that I ran in ANSYS of a single cell-cluster within a Thermoelectric generator. I also used this ANSYS model for thermal analyses. These analyses allowed the team to better understand the technology we were working with and make more informed design changes. The changes we made, as a result of this model, increased the effectiveness of our prototype by over 700%, culminating in the successful recycling and storage of 7% of the wasted heat from the CPU and 5% from the GPU.
CAD Modeled De-Walt Utility Knife
For a class project, I modeled a De-Walt utility knife. Using SOLIDWORKS I created 5 parts, combined them into an assembly, and created technical drawings for each part. This project culminated in a professional presentation of the work, I received an A for this project.
CAD Modeled & 3D Printed Glasses
This is an early-stage Solidworks mock-up of some blue-light glasses I designed for personal use and as a way to gain more SOLIDWORKS experience.
SAE BAJA at NC State University
This photo is from Midnight Mayhem in Lousiville Kentucky, after the NCSU BAJA team placed twenty-fifth in this national competition against hundreds of teams.
CAD Modeled Chainsaw Sprocket for WaterJet Manufacturing
Above is a chainsaw sprocket that I modeled utilizing SOLIDWORKS. I then manufactured two sprokets, via both waterjet and CNC mill for a class project.