Mechanical Engineer minoring in Computer Science
at Stevens Institute of Technology
Below are some personal and professional projects that exhibit my experience and interests
Mechanical Projects
Power Hacksaw
Company:
Stevens Institute of Technology
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
Power Hacksaw designed by me for a case study. The objective was to model the rotational motion of an arm driven by a crank. I created a fully mated tensioning mechanism as well as geometrically accurate blade and blade mounting system in SOLIDWORKS so that the hacksaw would be production ready. Utilized a wingnut and a tensioning bar. This was well beyond the scope of the school project but a fun exercise.
Cutting animation
Hex nut connecting two arms
Blade tensioning piece
Wing nut for tensioning
Blade Groove
Playground Structure
Company:
Stevens Institute of Technology
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
The objective of this design project was to create four playground elements and and analyze stresses on them under realistic loads. The playground was designed for children ages 3-6 and included a slide, [unsafe] climbing structure, monkey bars, and a tower. The chosen FOS was 2.5, and the SOLIDWORKS simulation add-on was used to run analysis and ensure the safety criteria were met. Sources were gathered for the safety criteria and common loads for each element.
Isometric View
Displacement graph of slide, obtained from SOLIDWORKS
Factor of Safety graph showing minimum FOS of 2.8. Obtained from SOLIDOWRKS
Custom Engraved Dice
Company:
Stevens Machine Shop
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
Shown are a pair of brass dice that were designed and manufactured by me. Engraved is my last name. FUSION360 CAM software was used to generate G-code for a Bridgeport mill.
Custom dice after sanding
1/4 inch bit tool path for sides and top fillet
First Robotics
Company:
FIRST SCIBORGS 1155
Location:
Bronx, NY
Description:
I had the time of my life with my high school robotics team. I was a part of the mechanical half where we designed the robot, machined the parts and assembled them. Our team made it to the world championship in St. Louis in my second year. We won the regional imagery and team spirit award in my first.
Little me (in grey) working on something
Robot on the way to regionals 2018
Carriage design 2017
Software and Electrical Projects
Autonomous Robot with Lidar and Ultrasonic Sensors
Company:
Stevens Institute of Technology
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
The objective of this design project was to create an autonomous robot that could navigate obstacles and reach targets. I created a body for a premade chassis, and then assembled and wired the body, chassis and the sensors. We used an Arduino Uno board for the brains of the robot, and utilized ultrasonic and lidar sensors so that the robot could get a sense of its location and its proximity to obstacles. Lidar data was uploaded to a server and then fetched by the Arduino. The code of the robot featured course correction, and location prediction (since the lidar only sent data every several seconds). The robot was programmed to reach any given coordinates, and did not have a preset path. There were four total targets that the robot reached.
Robot reaching the first target
MRI scan to VTK FEM with search function
Company:
Weickenmeier Neuromechanical Research Lab
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
Segmented MRI files (using Freesurfer), and then wrote MATLAB script to convert segmented files into an FEM which could be viewed in Paraview as a VTK file or converted into an .inp file for analysis in Abaqus. My MATLAB script also allowed for compression and search functionality.
Poster board of my contributions. Top right shows my search function that returned from the complete MRI just the left and right lateral ventricles in VTK form.
MRIs of patients of increasing age, converted to VTK and viewed in Paraview
Other Projects
The Palaver
Company:
The Stevens Palaver
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
Me and one of my favorite professors had a written dialogue about the relationship between passion and suffering. 3 other professor-student pairs had a dialogue regarding some other prompt relating to passion, and the complete discussions were published in the 3rd edition of the Stevens Palaver.
Untitled Song
Location:
Hoboken, NJ
Description:
First draft of untitled song. Made on Ableton live 11 trial version.
