Project Portfolio
Welcome to my portfolio! My Portfolio is a collection of projects that span my undergraduate years through to today.
Each of the listed projects has a short description below its image. For those projects with more details, you can check out the project’s page by clicking on its image.
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Mechanical Design
Mechanical Arterial Phantom - Blood Pressure Measurement for Ultrasound
2011 - 2012
B.Sc. Thesis (DSPace link)
Design and Construction of Artery and Muscle Ultrasound Phantom Assembly to test viability of using ultrasound to measure blood pressure.
Acoustic Focusing to Increase Conduction in Compositesfor improved Conduction
2016-2018
Acoustic Trapping to organize carbon nanofibers into parallel bands in a non-conductive monomer. Bands form conductive pathway, completing circuit.
Solar Car Hub and Spindle
2012
Hub and Spindle Design for Solar Car Front Wheels
Desktop Lathe - Machine Design
2012
Design and Build Desktop Lathe
Class Project for Precision Machine Design Class (2.72), taught by Professor Culpepper, MIT.
Alignment Jig v2 - Quick (Dis)Assembly, Symmetry
2016 - 2019
Jig to hold and located cuvette to translation stage. Jig designed such that cuvette removal and replacement is under 5 seconds. Jig is constructed in three parts - the base that screws onto the stage (not shown), a cuvette holder that ‘snaps’ onto that base, and a top that similarly ‘snaps’ on top. Exact constraint design methods ensure that the parts ‘snap’ together with repeatable precision.
Design of Lumboperitoneal Shunt
Final Project - Design of Medical Devices and Implants, MIT, taught by Professor Yannis and Professor Spector
Instrumentation/Control
Vibration Isolation of Speaker
2021 - Design/Construction of Feedback Controller to isolate vibrations at speaker base from speaker cone. Controller written in LabVIEW, and uses a MyRIO to interface with speaker system and controller circuit.
Measurement and Instrumentation
2020-2023
I was a teaching assistant and occasional research mentor (‘Lab Prof’) with the Measurement and Instrumentation Class in my department during the tail-end of my PhD.
Working on the student projects in this class exposed me to a broader range of instrumentation work beyond that found in my PhD thesis.
Microelectronics Controller for Desktop Lathe
2012 - Design/Construction of Microelectronics Circuit to drive 2d bed and motor of Desktop Lathe. Open Loop Control.
Non-Linear Friction Modeling of Linear Stage
2018 - Dynamic Model of Static and Kinetic Friction in Linear Stage
Force Pad Construction - Sensor Repair/Construction
Force pads are a popular sensor in the Measurement and Instrumentation Class. One of my responsibilities as a TA was wiring the Force-sensitive resistors to Vernier Analog BTA, creating force pads.
During my tenure with the class, I converted them all (~50) to device-powered (no more batteries) and AutoID to reduce sensor setup time for the students.
Maker Skills, Design for Manufacturing
Design for Injection Molding, Thermoforming
2011 - Design/Construction molds for injection molding and thermoforming.
Semester Project for Class in Design for Manufacturing (2.008)
Solar Car Chassis - TIG Welding
2010 - TIG Welded the steel tubing for Car Chassis
Car Chassis was designed by Mike Roberts.
Aluminum Flashlight - Mill, Lathe
2008 - Constructed as part of shop training in Lathe and Mill, MIT Edgerton Student Shop, 2008
Miscellaneous
Briggs Field Fence - MIT Archery Team Practice
2024 - Designed and built as a condition for permission to practice on Briggs Field at MIT, 2024. Fence is 400 foot long and designed to be assembled and disassembled for each practice.
Arrow Building
I build my arrows myself - point installation, fletching, and arrow shaft cutting to length. The activity was a way to justify buying more tools, and the practice is meditative.