These are projects that I worked on during my Master’s in Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
T-Based Lathe
I designed, built, and tested a miniature lathe with sub-100 micron accuracy. I defined functional requirements and deterministically selected concepts, modeled performance using appropriate analysis, fabricated and iterated each module to match my requirements, and verified the final machine performance when turning aluminum.
Neonatal exothermic mat heater
Our team collaborated with medical professionals to define, design, build, and test prototypes for integrating phase change infant warming mats into a clinical setting in low-resource areas. I modeled system performance to select strategies and concepts, designed and fabricated a novel dry heat exchanger, and tested performance to validate feasibility.
RC Car Manufacturing
Our team designed and manufactured a small number of identical RC cars, incorporating design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), and hands-on fabrication to better understand various manufacturing processes. I was responsible for most of the CAD and prototype fabrication.
Design explorations
I use appropriate analysis to explore the real and theoretical performance of various subjects of interest to me.
Escape room experience
Our team imagined and prototyped an escape room concept for a corporate client, focusing on creating an engaging, joyful, and immersive user experience. We narrowed concepts using storyboards, sketch modeling, and other design tools before creating a looks and works like prototype using Arduino. We successfully presented this to the client.
Line-following robot
My partner and I coded and built an Arduino-based competitive line-following tracked robot.