Portfolio
From embedded programming to casting and large format machine design, these are all projects that I've personally worked on over the years. I've attempted to document as well as possible, but if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email.
Featured Projects
Study on the Venus Flower Basket
Fall 2017
Conducted research, modeling, FEA, printing, and mechanical testing (Instron) on this natural glass sponge
Injection Molded Yo-Yo
Spring 2017
Built a custom designed injection molded yo-yo (sugar cookie design) for the final project in a manufacturing class. Extensive design and manufacturing involved
New Casting Sand Formulation
Spring 2017
Designed and testing a new formulation of casting sand based on some old patents that works well and hardens fast for metals casting
Voronoi Cell Night Stand
Fall 2016
Designed and printed a custom vornoi cell based night stand
Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Fall 2016
Designed, built, and tested a microscope from scratch with the capability to 'see' atoms...
Ongoing Projects
Custom Designed Carbon Fiber Bike
Modeling, simulating, building, and testing a full carbon fiber bike frame from scratch. Modeled in NX, and simulated using NX Structure and Laminates FEA
DIY Raman Spectrometer
Designing and building a low cost Raman Spectrometer. Work in progress
Ultrasonic Additive Metal Printer
Designing a low cost, low temperature, desktop sized 3D metal printer that uses an ultrasonic direct write process with Prof. Hart at MIT
Prusa i3 FDM Printer Build
Designing and building a variant of the Prusa i3 FDM printer model
Other Projects
MIT Brass Rat Custom Castings
Fall 2016
Cast my MIT Brass Rat in bronze, bismuth, and several other metals
8x8x8 LED Cube
Fall 2016
Built a large led cube and fabricated custom pcb for it
Composite (burlap) Bike Seat Test
Fall 2016
Built a custom burlap bike seat as part of a How to Make Almost Anything project.
Laser Cut Cherry Floral Pattern
Fall 2016
Designed, laser cut, and stained a cherry board with a floral pattern cut into it for a mother's day present
Shopbot Cut Small Bench Design
Fall 2016
Built a small press fit bench for How to Make Almost Anything Class
BMS PCB Design
Summer 2016
Designed and built a custom battery management system pcb for up to 192 Li-Ion or LIPO cells in series
Lounge Speakers
Spring 2016
Built several large multi-driver speakers for the Burton Conner C3 lounge
Solar Cell Build
Spring 2015
Designed, simulated, and built a custom solar cell over the course of the semester in one of MIT's clean room labs as part of a class project
Crystal Growing Fun
High School
Pictures of some crystals I grew in high school (potassium ferricyanide, copper sulphate, chrome alum, ammonium alum, etc.). Above is a chrome alum crystal - the single unit cell is easily visible.