Projects

2025Formula SAESOLIDWORKS · FEA · CFRP

Rear Wing Swan Mounts

Aero structures for Western Formula Racing's rear wing package.

• Validated via FEA with a 2.0 safety factor under a 10g load case (5g bump at 120 km/h).
• Corrected a prior-year CFRP failure mode — now supports 600 N of downforce, a 50% increase with only a 5% drag penalty.
• Vacuum-assisted resin infusion across 5+ CFRP layups; in-house endplate machining saved ~$800.

2025Formula SAEElectrical · Safety systems

TSSI — Tractive System Status Indicator

Rules-critical EV safety indicator built to FSAE EV.5.11 compliance.

• Manages 15+ LED connections with persistent BMS/IMD fault latching.
• Provides 360° visibility at 1.3 m height per FSAE safety rules.

2026PrototypePeltier · UV-C · RFID · Arduino

Campus Delivery Robot

Temperature-controlled, sterilized, access-controlled delivery payload.

• 5 L compartment held below 5 °C with a 12 V Peltier module, plus UV-C sterilization.
• 13.56 MHz RFID scanner achieving 99% access-control accuracy.
• Shared 12 V electromechanical power distribution with thermal subsystem isolation.

2025Personal buildC++ · Arduino · 3D printing

Sphere Droid

A functional ball-drive droid with a magnetically coupled head.

• Stable spherical motion at 0.5 m/s inside a 20 cm acrylic shell; 5 lb neodymium head coupling.
• Iterated 4 cardboard prototypes before a PLA chassis cut weight 15%.
• C++ motor control with synchronized light and sound; 20+ hours of soldering and testing.

2025AutonomousArduino · IR sensors

Line Following Robot

• Compact 15×15 cm robot (3 IR sensors, L293D driver) completing a 5 m track in <12 s.
• Regulated 6 V power with organized wiring — 100% uptime across all test phases.

2025ResearchMQ-3 · Fuel cell · C++

Breathalyzer Research Project

• Portable Arduino + MQ-3 breathalyzer calibrated to within ±0.02 BAC.
• 10-page technical report; presented fuel-cell redox data and calibration curves to 30+ peers.