Work Projects

During my time with Formlabs, I designed a 3-part alternative build platform fixture to assist part removal. I conceived the entire design, modeling all my iterations in Onshape and rapidly building prototypes in-house to bring my ideas through two prototyping stages. I was responsible for ensuring the design met both engineering and UX requirements, while maintaining a BOM comparable to similar already-released user products. I also hosted internal user testing to flesh out my design choices.

What I used/did/learned: UX, DFM, volume manufacturing methods, user testing, SLA 3D-printing, machining, Onshape.

I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in Formlabs' annual hackathon during my first week! For this event, I designed a desk-and-chair set that could be cut out of a single sheet of plywood and assembled with no adhesives or fasteners. Pieces were modeled in and exported from Onshape, and cut using a CNC ShopBot. (Fun fact: I broke 2 of its bits that weekend.)

What I used/did/learned: CNC ShopBot, machining, Onshape.

I am so grateful that Crane extended the opportunity to intern in-person over quarantine to me. For my main project, I used a combination of MATLAB and Excel to automize failure analysis of a line of their multi-channel capacitive tire pressure sensors. This had been a big issue, costing over 4000 engineering hours by the time I onboarded. The script I wrote looped through thousands of test files to determine the cause of failure (pressure/temperature calibration error, shorted circuit, etc.) as well as tracked failure trends in certain sensor channels or in the testing machines.

I also helped model some sensor housings and build testing jigs.

What I did/learned: MATLAB, Excel, Autodesk Inventor, GD&T, basic machining.