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Lead engineer tasked with simulating swimmer design to analyze a microscopic swimmer in a macroscopic environment to find the optimal parameters. I modeled the swimmer using COMSOL. First I created a cylindrical filament and cylindrical domain and set all of the boundary conditions to simulate the swimmer prototype in a tank of viscous fluid. Then I created the mesh and did a mesh convergence to find the mesh that would best fit what I was analyzing. After conducting many simulations, I was able to produce data that I plotted in MatLab proving what the optimal parameters would be for our swimmer. My simulations proved to be extremely successful and very helpful when our team eventually conducted physical testing. From this project, I not only learned how to use the COMSOL software, but I also learned how critical conducting initial simulations can be when working on a project.
During quarantine, I created a Smart Bartender Machine. Through some self-study, I learned Python, which allowed me to code the user interface precisely to customer drink requirements. The hardware contains of a Raspberry Pi that eventually connects to eight motors. The structure consists of wood and PVC board.
Interning at Boeing, I helped re-design a part that connected a squib valve to the propulsion subsystem. This part was then later sent out for manufacturing. Though small compared to the rest of the subsystem, I learned that every part, big or small, is extremely important when you are sending it into space.
PISTON!.movFully machined an air piston with a flywheel. This was machined using a lathe, mill, vertical band saw, and 3D printer.
Air Farmer Video.movFor an Innovation Design Competition, my team designed a drone that would be able to detect diseased crops in a vineyard. To do this we came up with a model that would be able to detect color and texture in the leaves. We also created a database that would be able to keep track of data. This would be useful for farmers in the future so they knew which areas of their vineyards had been contaminated before. It also lets the drone's detecting capabilities improve over time based on the different variations of color and texture it sees in the crops. Our group won third place!
For my junior design project, we were tasked with creating a hand-powered machine that can core, cut, and juice an apple. Our group designed this juicer to be small, cost-effective, user-friendly, safe, aesthetically pleasing, and efficient in the juicing process. During this project, I was able to go through an entire design process of creating a new product. Our team brainstormed ideas, decided on a design, created engineering drawings, made changes, created a CAD design in SolidWorks, and created a final presentation pitching our design. This helped me to learn and experience what it’s like to work on all of the different steps in the design process when creating an initial design to pitch to a company and/or funders.
During a design competition for only SCU students, our team's task was to come up with a product that would show off the Maker Lab on campus and would be sold in the campus book store. My team designed a wooden Bronco Statue puzzle. It is a 3D puzzle that made a statue of our school's mascot.
Deigned and built responsive robot with a team of engineers. We programed the robot so that it would be able to react to a human. When you put your hand in front of it, the robot would "be happy" causing it to spin in a circle while green lights flashed and music played. When you put your hand on top of it, it would "be scared" causing it to back up and red lights to flash. In this project I also helped with the design and circuit portion.
Wrote and presented a TEDx Talk on satellites in Geostationary Orbit, inspiring listeners to understand problems in outer space and to act to improve these interdisciplinary issues to create a better future for space.
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Relevant Courses:
Machine Design, Advanced Design, Intro to Aerospace, Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Control Systems, Finite Element Theory/Application, Heat Transfer, Mechanical Drafting (GD&T), Dynamics, Graphical Communication in Design, Vibrational Mechanics, Materials & Manufacturing, MATLAB, and Electric Circuits
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