Mechanical Engineer, Submarine Veteran, Yale M.S. Mechanical Engineering (May 26)
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Computer-Controlled Carbon Fiber Tube Winder for Bike Manufacturing
Goal Create hollow carbon fiber tubes to make a bike frame that is lightweight and structurally sound. Design Carbon fiber tubes were made by wrapping continuous carbon fiber tow wetted with epoxy resin around a rotating mandrel. The two rotational…
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High Precision Flange Fixture Assembly
Goal Two end flanges must be aligned to within 250µm despite being almost 3 meters away before being epoxied onto a carbon fiber shell. Design Plates of aluminum MIC-6, a set of eight tooling balls to measure lengths, specific shim…
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Continuous Fiber Composites with a 3D printer
Goal The aim of this project was to be able to print continuous composite parts with a modified 3D printer. While this project started as an idea I had for my course on composites, a complete redesign in the following…
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Design of Tooling for Large Carbon Fiber Shells at Berkeley Lab
Goal Carbon fiber shells, measuring almost 3m long and 1m in diameter, were to be manufactured at LBNL for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, but the current equipment was inadequate. The shells were the largest to be produced at…
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Computer Vision Controlled Stewart Platform
Goal This project was to balance a ball on a platform while utilizing a microcontroller with real-time programming. Design Made as a group project for a class on microprocessor based mechanical design, this six degree of freedom Stewart platform uses…
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Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle
Goal Have a remotely operated submersible that could give a live video feed back. Design The first large project of the Laney Engineering Club, an underwater ROV that could relay live video to a user and moved with a set…