Technical Projects
NASA Robotic Mining Competition: Lunabotics
“LUNABOTICS is an Artemis Student Challenge designed to educate college students in the NASA Systems Engineering process. The competition allows NASA to gather and evaluate design and operational data for future robotic excavators and builders.”
The 2021 challenge is to develop a mining robot capable of navigating the surface of the moon. Additionally, the robot is tasked with collecting gravel from a 15 centimeter deep layer which is located below a 30 centimeter high layer of BP-1 (lunar regolith simulant).
Grand Piano CAD and Sheet Rack Extensions
One of my favorite things to do in my free time is play piano and I also really enjoy doing CAD. So I thought that it was would be a great exercise for me to try to model some sheet rack extensions for my keyboard, a full scale grand piano and even a concert hall to put the grand piano in. All models for this project were made with SOLIDWORKS xDesign.
Check out my article on this project on the official SOLIDWORKS website here!
Collaborative Ball Maze Toy for Children with Cerebral Palsy
I completed this project in a group of 5 to engineer a large ball maze made for children with cerebral palsy. Initially, our team found that in the toy industry, children with disabilities were incredibly underrepresented and children with cerebral palsy often felt excluded because they couldn’t play with the same toys as other children. This project was our team’s solution to encouraging interaction between the groups while also promoting the motor skills of children with cerebral palsy.
Dough Flattener and Cutter for High School Students in Afghanistan
I worked in a team of 4 to design and manufacture a device meant to help high school students in Afghanistan learn about mechanism synthesis and the concept of mechanical advantage. In essence, the device is designed to flatten dough and cut it into even squares. In a wartorn country such as Afghanistan, it can often be deadly to just travel to school, so a product to help learn about engineering at home provides the oppportunity to learn about STEM without much risk.
Dragon Crossbow
I worked in a team of 4 to design this crossbow with a dragon body. This prototype accepts a wide variety of objects as ammunition, including toothpicks and tightly folded pieces of paper. The mechanism relies on gears on either side of the crossbow that tighten the rubber band as the trigger is pulled back. The ammunition sits in the center slit that runs up and down the entire body. Once pulled back enough, the trigger piece will get held back by a stopper. At this point, the trigger will release all the tension in the rubber band and will shoot the projectile. All parts of this device are 3D printed (except for the rubber band).
Radial Engine
This is a radial engine assembly I created in SOLIDWORKS, along with relevant engineering drawings.
CAD Models
Here is a collection of assorted CAD models that I have made with either SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS xDesign/xShape.
*xDesign and xShape are cloud-based CAD programs on the Dassault Systèmes 3DExperience Platform.