Academic Projects

— PROJECT NAME

RoboPuppet Mechanical Arm


— Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

3D Printing

CAD (SolidWorks)

Rapid Prototyping

Load Calculations



-Worked alongside robotic, electrical, and software engineers to develop a scaled-down version of a robotic telenursing arm. The full-scale down arms connected to the scaled-down arms and mimicked their movement.


-Personally designed entire arm in Solidworks and 3D printed all parts.


-Assembled arm using servo motors, D-shafts, bearings, couplers, and various fasteners.


-Incorporated various encoders to measure joint movement.


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— PROJECT NAME

OPOC Engine CAD Model and FEA Analysis


— Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

CAD (Creo)

FEA Analysis

Part/Assembly File Management


Modeled entire engine in Creo Parametric 6.0

-21 different parts

-5 sub-assemblies

-One main assembly


Conducted FEA analysis on crankshaft


Measured reaction forces, loads, degrees of freedom, redundancies

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— PROJECT NAME

Automated Medical PPE Cleaner


— Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

CAD (SolidWorks)

Thermal, Flow, and Fatigue Simulations



Utilized CAD to design and analyze a medical PPE cleaner that met various requirements such as:

-Able to receive used PPE, clean autonomously, and dispense

-Only requires attachment to plumbing and electrical power once installed

-Operates in a short period of time


Ran the following simulations in Solidworks

-Fatigue analysis

-Flow simulation

-Thermal Simulation


Final design would use custom and off-the-shelf parts



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— PROJECT NAME

Vehicle Suspension Design Project


— Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

3D Printing

CAD (SolidWorks)

Rapid Prototyping



Using Solidworks and 3D printers, designed a model of an independent rear suspension found in a car


Design needed to fit multiple requirements and pass multiple tests


Requirements included sizing and mounting methods


Tests included:

-Supporting 10 lb weight

-Supporting 5 lb weight dropped from 2 feet

-Supporting 20lb-in torque force

-Ability to flex at least half an inch

-Ability for one axle to shift up by 1 inch while the other axle remains stationary


Design needed to be easy to assemble by anyone and included instruction sheet


Weight and cost were minimized

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— PROJECT NAME

Heat Sink Project


— Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

CAD (SolidWorks)

Thermal Simulations



Ran Solidworks simulations for varying heat sink designs and analyzed results


Determined heat distributions throughout models at varying points


Determined most ideal design using collected data



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— PROJECT NAME

Miniature Sterling Engine


— Skills Utilized

Mechanical Design

CNC Machining

CAM



Configured all machining paths in CNC software (Esprit)


Machined all parts using various machines such as lathes and mills


Assembled all parts by hand