Projects
Below are the relevant projects that I have completed over the course of my time at the University of Central Florida and independently. They were sponsored by various clubs including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Collegiate Space Foundation (CSF) and others.
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SumoBot Competition
The challenge for this competition was to build a robot that could push other robots out of a circular arena while resisting being pushed out as well. The robots also had to have a smaller length-width cross section than a piece of printer paper and remain under 5 pounds. I was put in charge of design and manufacturing of the robot for this 3 month long project.
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Robotic Arm (Stage 2)
During this section of the Robotic Arm Project I design and fabricated the three sets of actuators and two limbs of my robotic arm. I chose to use a cycloidal drive with a 15:1 gear ratio for the base motor. This both increases the torque output of the base motor and makes the steps of the nema 17 motor shorter for finer motion control. I then used solid mechanics principles to design the other two limbs which maximizes the weight of the load that the robot can carry.
06
Robotic Arm (Stage 1)
During Stage 1 of this project I researched robot arm designs, generated a list of parts I would need for my own design, took courses on Arduino and electrical systems, designed the electrical system housing for my project, printed the custom parts, and successfully wired the system together proved by a test with preliminary Arduino code.
05
Using AutoCAD to Simulate Room Layouts
Recently I moved into a house near campus. As I was moving in I quickly realized that I was running into the issue of how to organize my furniture so that everything would be able to fit in my bedroom. Instead of tirelessly hauling all of the furniture around to see different layouts, I quickly took measurements of the room and furniture and modelled them in AutoCAD. Using the 3D design software I was able to quickly model different layouts, finding the best fit for my room before moving the furniture. This process turned out to be so helpful that my roommate asked that I model his room as well.
04
ASME's Festival of Speed Competition
In this competition our team was tasked with building a remote controlled vehicle with a wooden frame using an $50 budget. I led our team in the assembly phase and aided in the research and testing phases of the project.
03
Great Minds in STEM Conference College Bowl
During this collegiate competition, I collaborated with 10 other students to brainstorm ways to fight climate change using NASA’s NISA Radar data. After research and deliberation, our team proposed a tree planting infrastructure.
02
Quadcopter Design
During this project my team and I were tasked with designing a wooden frame for our quadcopter parts that accounted for aerodynamic principles and the effects of vibrations to maximize flight stability.
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2022 Big Idea Challenge
This was a NASA competition in which our team was tasked to submit a proposal for a robot with new mobility solutions in operating scenarios that required access to extreme terrain categories. Over the course of 4 months I led the design team through designing and modelling our prototype rover.