Category: CAE
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Senior Design – Lidar Cart
My senior design project, sponsored by the DOT Volpe Center, was to design and fabricate a pedestrian activity data collection unit used to train self-driving car algorithms. My two other team members and I ended up settling on a push cart concept, with room for…
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TSVP Chassis
As co-mechanical lead of the Tufts Solar Vehicle Project, I co-designed and built a 3.3’x1.7’x11′ negative mold for our carbon fiber chassis. The process from start to finish consists of: Background Our chassis is a carbon-fiber monocoque design, wherein most of the tensile and compressive…
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Intrepid Robot
This was the final project in my electromechanical systems class. For phase one of the project, my partner and I were tasked with making an “intrepid” robot that could drive up a steep ramp. For phase two, the task was to have the robot work…
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Spindle Analysis
In this project I analyzed static and dynamic failure of a drill press spindle undergoing worst-case loading. I used analytical and finite-element analyses to determine factors of safety corresponding to each failure mode. For static failure I considered the Rankine and Distortion-Energy theories. For fatigue…
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TSVP Battery Pack Analysis
This was an open-ended project I worked on for my Thermal Fluid Systems II class. We were tasked to use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to analyze the fluid and heat transfer properties relevant to a flow of our choice. Do to our involvement in the…
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Claw Game
This was the fourth project in my electromechanical systems class. We were tasked with making a complex game utilizing at least one motor and a microcontroller. I set out to make a miniature claw game using primarily laser-cut parts. I designed the entire machine in…
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Motor Hub
This was the first project in my Electromechanical Systems class. We were tasked with making a hub/spool that attaches to the shaft of a 12 V DC motor and supports a radial load from a weighted bucket while spinning. A simple 3D print job would’ve…
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Scooptula
This project was the final project in my engineering design I class. We were tasked with making an assistive device that would help a specific person with Cerebral Palsy bake cake, specifically addressing the part of the process that involves mixing the batter and transferring…
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Hand Mixer Teardown
This project was part of my Engineering Design I class. The task was to disassemble a motorized hand mixer, identify its components and how it works, and design a CAD model of the device from scratch, and without guidance. I greatly solidified my SolidWorks skills…
