PAST PROJECTS
Smart Maglev Bike
Throughout my year in Principle of Engineering, we have gone through many research and hands-on projects. One project that stood out the most was the Smart Maglev Bike. This project that my friends and I, in Principles of Engineering built, with many difficulties and losses of time and materials, with multiple fails to provide the perfect outcome of a conceptually working maglev bike design integrated with many alternative energy components. During this project, I was the design manager and was in charge of the 3D design of the final bike and conceptual research behind the regenerative braking energy loop in the bike. I ran into many problems, like if this was possible, which was pretty much confirmed by the rise of EVs and the proper design of the frame, allowing for the best user experience and lightweight design. Despite such challenges, due to the good friendship chemistry bond, our teamwork, and efficiency was at best and brought forth our results much quicker than anticipated, although we did this project during COVID, when online working wasn't second-nature yet.
Bridge Design
Throughout my year in Honors POE, we worked on many simple machines, involving pulleys, levers, inclined planes, etc. In this project, we learned how truss structures work and how it is implemented into civil architecture, in this case, a large-scale bridge. We used bridge simulation software and had a competition to create the cheapest bridge with the greatest bridge reliability. Our bridge both performed well and was at a low price point.
555 Timer Design
In my year in Honors Digital Electronics, we performed one project. this involved the use of breadboards, integrated circuits(ICs), and NI Multisim software emulator, to help stimulate the working of the breadboard circuit. The simple circuit's job was to perform a series of logic calculations, to light a series of probes in a specific order, with the missing clock circuit to time it. This clock circuit was continued on into the next project.
555 Timer Circuit
In my year in Honors Digital Electronics, we performed one project. this involved the use of breadboards, integrated circuits(ICs), and NI Multisim software emulator, to help simulate the working of the breadboard circuit. The simple circuit's job was to perform a series of logic calculations, to light a series of probes in a specific order, while it was hooked to a clock circuit.
555 timer circuit with integrated clock circuit
Airfoil Design
In my senior year, I was part of a Regional Operational Program, Honors Aerospace Engineering. One of the very first technical research and design applied assignments was the Airfoil Design Project. This project was conducted through many facets. Initially, in this project, I learned how to design an airfoil (a plane wing cross-section), where the task at hand was to create an efficient airfoil revision for the Boeing 787. However, this isn’t an easy task, as there are many limitations that we must follow at different altitudes for the airfoil, to find the best Coefficient of Drag and Lifts, through each test. This is one of the best projects that I had the opportunity to take part in and it was a great way to portray my engineering prowess.
Glider Design
In this group project, my teammates and I had a very fun experience learning how to build a small glider with balsa wood, learn the basics of flight aerodynamics and practice designing on Aery32. This software looks pretty minimalistic and easy to work with, allowing us to experiment with multiple variations of any aircraft. We were especially surprised with the canard design and further fascinated by the physics behind how it flew and its efficiency. Throughout our many revisions, we ended up settling with our current design as it had the most flexibility for prototyping errors and was a very straightforward design to reproduce with a balsa wood prototype. Here are some pictures of my work and the individual challenges that I engineered my out throughout this group project.