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Manufacturing

2025

• Wrote short review article on additive manufacturing in titanium-alloy hip implants (Manuf. & Production Tech).

2023

• Determined the effect of PLA plastic specimens 3D printed in 3 different orientations (horizontal, vertical, tilted at 45° angle) on shear strength (Mechanics Lab).

Figure 1. Specimens after torsion testing.

Mechatronics

2025

• Researched and applied reinforcement learning to an EEG-controlled robotic hand with 3 others. Was able to obtain an 88% success rate in controlling hand by tensing and relaxing (ME Design I & II).

2024

• Designed SOLIDWORKS assembly and simulated circuit for automatic Febreze sprayer (Mechatronics).
• Designed automated desk debris sweeper; mechanism converts linear motion to be orthogonal to its original direction. Mechanism controlled by stepper motors to control motor direction and PWM controls to control distance traveled (Mechatronics).
• Utilized Propeller 2 chip and voltage divider circuits to create a physically interactive video game, learning embedded microcontroller programming (Mechatronics).
• Designed and simulated automated greenhouse responsible for providing water and oxygen to plants and alerting farmers when to harvest. Created throughTinkerCAD (Mechatronics).

• Developed circuits to create electro-mechanical systems such as a simulated Geneva drive mechanism system (Mechatronics).
• Designed and proposed brain-computer interface EEG with filtering to ease movement post-stroke (Physiology II).

CAD + Drawings

2024

Designed and CAD-ed hair claw that opens with 2 lbs on it and lasts for 5,000+ cycles. Created drawing for assembly (Machine Elements).

2023

Sketched and produced four-part Autodesk Inventor assembly and drawing of pencil sharpener (Intro CAD). CAD-ed using Autodesk Inventor dollhouse with furniture. Created drawing and assignment for part (Intro CAD).

Heat/Thermodynamics

2024

• Created Python program simulating thermal response of iron after laser removal (Heat & Mass Transfer).

2023

• Used Python to study simple Rankine cycle and Rankine cycle with reheat and regeneration (Thermodynamics).

Systems Engineering

2022

• With 3 students, created a project management plan to develop sports mobile app with objectives tree, indices of performance, technical dependencies & design requirements, and project roadmap (Intro to Sys. Eng.).
• Worked with 3 students to recommend the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) solutions that address connected vehicle applications and that improve safety and efficiency of Virginia’s work zones (Intro to Sys. Eng.).