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Hardware Projects
I completed these projects on my own time or for an academic class. These are any projects with a physical, experimental, or hardware aspect.
Senior Machine Design Button Pressing Robot
Senior Machine Design Button Pressing Robot
One of two senior design projects I completed during fall semester 2022. The aim of the course was for teams to design a four-bar linkage that could press arcade buttons in a random order as quickly as possible while adhering to strict constraints, including a budget of less than $100. The work was largely divided equally among group members. My responsibilities included the design of the ground plate, the design of the coupler link, and the coding and tuning of a PID controller on an Arduino.
Mechatronics Stepper Motor Project
Mechatronics Stepper Motor Project
A stepper motor assignment for the mechatronics class I took fall semester 2022. On the left is a bipolar stepper motor driven by a L298N dual H-bridge, and on the right is a unipolar stepper motor driven by a manually built H-bridge comprised of high-power MOSFETs. Both motors were controlled by an Arduino UNO using embedded C.
Mechatronics Magnetic Levitation Project
Mechatronics Magnetic Levitation Project
A magnetic levitation assignment for the mechatronics class I took fall semester 2022. We built a system that could levitate a permanent magnet using an electromagnet and a hall effect sensor. The system was controlled by a closed-loop analog lead compensator control system, which used feedback from the sensor to adjust the strength of the electromagnet and maintain the magnet in a stable levitation position.
UMN Aerosol Science Research Project
UMN Aerosol Science Research Project
In the summer of 2022, as part of the Mechanical Engineering Energy and Environment Research Experience for Undergraduates (ME3 REU) at the University of Minnesota, I worked in the aerosol and particle technology lab under Dr. Chris Hogan. My research was on how to approach air filtration in an energy efficient manner; specifically, how we may effectively measure the efficiency of electrostatic precipitators in the design phase of such devices.
ME^3 Poster_48_36_final_draft.pdf
University of Puget Sound Fusion Reactor
University of Puget Sound Fusion Reactor
The 2020-2021 non-school year created unforeseen opportunities for me. I connected with a UPS physics post-doctoral scholar. With his mentorship and the support of the UPS Physics Department, I helped organize and manage an inter-departmental group of UPS students to design and build a nuclear fusion reactor which we were able to continue working on while meeting our COVID-19 lockdown orders.
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