Engineering in practice
The requirements, decisions, prototypes, and lessons behind the things I build.
2025–2026 / Rocketry / Team captain
Leading Rowan Rocketry from design and analysis through manufacturing, integration, and a 9,416-foot competition flight. My most extensive engineering and leadership project.
IREC podium presentation · Top-10 technical report
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2025 / Feedback control / Group project
A two-axis ball-balancing platform combining a printed mechanism, touchscreen position feedback, Arduino control, and a tuned PID model in Simulink.
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Summer 2025 / Manufacturing / Project management
Supporting solar-cell manufacturing facility upgrades through containment design, simulation, construction packages, project scheduling, and cross-functional coordination.
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2025 / Robotics / Rocket payload
An autonomous flag-planting rover built inside a 3U payload envelope. Mechanical design, custom electronics, and software developed as one integrated system.
Honorable Mention · Outstanding Craftsmanship
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Spring 2025 / Propulsion / Computational fluid dynamics
Modeling the AeroTech J350W nozzle in ANSYS Fluent: axisymmetric geometry, iterative meshing, solver development, and a supersonic exhaust plume with shock diamonds.
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February 2025 / Heat transfer / Individual study
A layered heat-shield model connecting an annotated tile design, thermal resistance network, lumped-capacitance calculations, and a transient Simscape simulation.
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2021–2025 / Construction / Digital fabrication
CNC-routed formwork, Tekla concrete models, and an in-house rebar detailing and fabrication process—connecting the drawing, the shop, and the field.
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2024 / Aerodynamics / Team design project
A SolidWorks car designed to maximize downforce relative to drag within class constraints, with integrated aerodynamic features and a four-speed flow-simulation study.
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October 2024 / Fluid mechanics / Individual study
Two applications of fluid mechanics: comparing rocket-fin designs with flow simulation, and estimating concrete-pump power and pressure through control-volume analysis.
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2023 / Mechanisms / Group project
A bench-top pick-and-place arm developed through four design phases: payload, gripper, lifting linkage, and a geared rotating base.
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