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For a mock Capstone project, I worked in a multi-disciplinary group to design a PID-controlled Inverted Pendulum. The project is as a lab demonstration tool to teach students about concepts in Mechanics and Control Systems. I used Fusion360 to model and render CAD design which used imported stock parts and hardware from McMaster-Carr. The main emphasis was on user experience and safety.

Summer UROP at MIT

As a Research Assistant in the Bioinstrumentation Lab within the MECHE department at MIT, I am constructing a sensory drone testing gyroscope environment to simulate aerial flight. Subsequent research is being conducted relating to morphing airfoils and 3D CFD analysis.

Custom Steel Plated CNC

Built in my college dorm room, this 3-axis 4' x 4' CNC machine features linear rails, NEMA 23 stepper motors, and custom steel laser cut parts. Prior to assembly, the machine was modeled and rendered using Fusion360. I strongly recommend SendCutSend for any laser cutting needs as a USA manufacturer.

3D printed Soft Robotic Molds

Following the creation of the flexible fish tail skin, I set up a soft robotics station in my dorm room to design numerous 3D printed molds. These silicon rubber actuators were in the form of 4-pronged grabbers, single rectangular actuators, and finger-shaped actuators (a soft prosthetic hand in the future).

Self-Balancing Robot MATLAB

For a physics research project, I used Lagrangian derivations paired with the Fourth-Order Runge-Kutta method to create a MATLAB simulation mimicking the Self-Balancing Robot I build previously. The goal of the project was to recreate the experimental results using a realistic virtual model with identical PID constants. The challenge of achieving competent results yielded impactful learning..

Self-Balancing Robot

Featuring a 3D printed frame and NEMA 17 motors as the driving force, this continual project focuses on stacking PID's to control both balance and position. I am in the process of adding an autonomous mode that combines crash detection with path documentation. I used the EasyEda PCB design platform for this project.

MATLAB Baseball Hitting Sim.

With my involvement in collegiate baseball at Bethel University, it was in my interest to create a life-like baseball projectile simulator. The program inputs an array including the ball’s initial loft angle, position angle, and initial velocity. Using this information, the script then calculates the projectile based on accurate metrics, air-resistance, and the Magnus Effect.

MATLAB Baseball Pitching Sim.

As a class project, the goal was to model a real-world phenomenon using MATLAB. Therefore, I wrote a script to model the paths of various baseball pitches. The code enables the user to choose between the following pitches: Fastball, Curveball, Slider, Sinker, and an Unhittable Curveball. Air-resistance and the Magnus Effect are included in the simulation.

Dynamics of Oscillating Fish Tail

In Fluid Mechanics, I built a 3D printed fish with servo-actuated oscillatory tail motion with the goal to visualize optimal vortex rings. The tail skin was formed using 3D printed molds and rubber silicon. The tail actuation is wire-driven using a MG90 micro servo. Tests in the water tunnel yielded a pattern of vortex rings in the tails wake.

Ball Balancing Platform

Constructed as a class project in Computer Methods, the system ran stacked PID's that were manually programed and tuned using LabVIEW. The assembly can balance a steel ball bearing atop the resistive touchscreen platform. The system was designed using OnShape and printed on my Artilary Sidewinder 3D printer.

Mostly 3D Printed CNC

Venturing into the CNC realm, this machine was largely 3D printed besides the aluminum profiles, the lead screws, and the electronics. The machine runs on an Arduino UNO with GRBL. The machine is controlled using CNCJS which is a free software. This project taught me a lot about how to and not to use v-wheels with extrusions.

TPU Flexible Duck Foot

A family friend reached out to me wondering if I could help her poor pet duck who lost its foot to a snapping turtle. I first began designing several spring-loaded rigid foot iterations. These versions featured biomimicry. However, after the initial visit for testing, I landed on the more simple option by printing a flexible TPU foot.

Intern at Bone Foam Inc.

I worked at Bone Foam as a summer engineering intern which is a small medical device company in MN. I specialized in designing 20+ specific custom orders relating to patient positioning. Additionally, I wrote manufacturing procedures for the 60+ class I devices, and logged the online design history and risk management files on Greenlight Guru.

Autonomous Baseball Tee

The machine is a prototype that automatically loads and positions a baseball tee along the ideal hitting plane. The design solves the problem's of manually replacing a ball on the tee which takes time and it forces one's foot positions to remain constant. The machine uses linear rails, dual opposite linear actuators, a belt-driven chassis, and a mechanism based on physics concepts.

Assembly Technican at Aagard

Hockey Stick Taping Machine

The machine is a working prototype that uses 3D printed parts, stepper motors, an Arduino UNO, and linear guide rails. The machine use a helical pattern with alternation stepper motor activations to wind tape around the blade of the stick.

Within my Senior CAPS project, I partnered with Brenton Engineering in Carlos, MN to solve an internal storage problem. Through conducting meetings to identify design criteria, I modeled the racking system in Inventor. The rack stores the box amount of the part and it allows part removal and rack re-positioning via a forklift. The parts were cut, welded, and assembled by me and my partner.

Ping-Pong Juggling Machine

Using an Arduino UNO, two solenoids, a MG90 micro servo, and relays, this machine autonomously juggles three ping-pong balls. If you think it looks like a never ending quest to get something working -- it was. Although juggling was achieved, the wow factor was debatably worth uselessness of the project.

Basketball Spinning Machine

This machine uses a brushless motor to accelerate a mini basketball to adequate spinning velocity before two MG90 micro servos actuate and drop the rotating cup. As the rotating cup falls down a slotted shafted due to gravity, a pen tip becomes exposed for the spinning ball to balance on.

Automatic Ice Fishing Machine

The machine features automatic-hook setting and simultaneous automatic reeling. As a fish bites the line, it shifts the line tension releasing it from the hook-setting mount. This release causes the rod to exert a restorative force. A chain reaction then occurs causing a flag to flip up and trip the ultrasonic sensor which starts the DC motor (attached to the reel shaft) via an Arduino signal.

My First Robot!

Pool Shooting Machine

The machine is a working prototype that uses 3D printed parts, a DC motor, an Arduino NANO, and slotted groove design. This highly impractical project uses human mimicry to emulate the pool shooting motion autonomously. Although the tensioned frictional driving method is unique, the machine as a whole is very much a concept build instead a practical one.