Projects ⚙️

Entering university, I would need to be prepared for the new challenges and projects I would encounter. So, I thought it would be a fun venture to learn how to make a website to track and document the projects I want to do. I was also inspired to start this after seeing how amazing my friend Miguel VF's website looked!

Summer Projects ☀️

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Topics covered: KiCad, Python, C++, Electronics

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IrishSat - Goatlab 🍀

IrishSat's Helmholtz Cage project has been a defining experience in my journey, providing hands-on opportunities to integrate hardware and software in real-world applications. Collaborating with a dedicated team, I developed a Python program to process serial data from a magnetometer and Arduino, enabling seamless conversion of magnetic vector readings into MATLAB-readable files. Under expert mentorship, I honed my skills in KiCad, MATLAB, and Raspberry Pi, contributing to iterative improvements in our Helmholtz Cage design. Taking ownership of circuit optimization, I designed a custom Arduino R3 hat PCB to compact circuits, carefully selecting components and managing footprints. Pair programming allowed me to support the final magnetometer driver programming, while I also designed a Python GUI to interface with a Raspberry Pi, enabling manual and PID-controlled magnetic field adjustments and visualizing dynamic field-time graphs.

This project has reinforced my passion for interdisciplinary problem-solving and has inspired future goals, such as implementing PySol for coordinate-based field simulation and enhancing our PCB and GUI designs.

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Robotic Football Club 🏈

Work in Progress ...

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VEX Robotics 🤖

VEX Robotics has been the most significant influence in my decision to pursue engineering. As a member of Team 687B Nerd Herd, I gained my first exposure to a STEM curriculum. Starting on the mechanical team, I learned the engineering design process, used CAD software like Fusion 360, and honed my skills in mechanical assembly.

Over time, I was promoted to team captain, where I co-led a group of 12 members. Together with my co-captain, I organized team meetings, tracked participation, and drove continuous improvements in our designs and code to compete at a high level.

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MIT InvenTeam 🦞

Although it was a smaller commitment, the MIT InvenTeam revolutionized how I viewed engineering. We identified a problem within the community, isolated possible solutions, and received real feedback from our customer base. Working with a team of 15, we drafted a winning proposal and secured a $7,500 grant as one of ten selected teams, focusing on design solutions for larger urban and tourist areas in my hometown. Furthermore, I practiced my Fusion 360 skills for the design and stress testing of critical Smart Walker components, including the frame, seat, and handles. I experienced firsthand the iterative prototyping of a product to refine the Smart Walker for presentation at the 2023 Lemelson-MIT EurekaFest.

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Engineering Design & Development 🔧

For my engineering design project class, we were tasked with designing and building a semi-autonomous suite of robotic mechanisms for use in exploring hazardous environments. To approach this, we broke the problem down into multiple components, and I joined the module group. In this group, I worked on the electrical aspects of the modules, where I learned soldering. For the actual modules, we decided to use an ESP-32 microcontroller with high-torque micro gear motors. We also included other components, such as a magnetic encoder, MOSFETs, and a TB6612FNG dual motor driver carrier.

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CARPA Racing Team 🏎️

The CARPA Racing Team is a branch of the Engineering Design Class, where we had the opportunity to work on a race car designed for energy efficiency. However, safety was our highest priority, so we avoided making drastic measures to reduce weight.

In this project, we replaced and maintained the race cars from previous years. I had the opportunity to learn about the car's circuitry and connect various components. We also utilized LiFe batteries. By physically replacing the disk brakes and motors, we were able to reduce the heat generated during prolonged use, ultimately increasing electric efficiency.

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Portfolio Website 💻

This is my most recent project (at the time of writing this). Regardless, it is my first actual software project, and in all honesty, it's been pretty fun learning HTML and CSS with bits of JavaScript. I'm still a novice when it comes to frameworks, but I'd say utilized Astro and Tailwind CSS to a successful degree. The source code is linked here and below, and I do recommend people try making their own websites. It gives you a better idea of how other websites are structured and provides a platform to constantly iterate on and watch develop. As of writing this, I know it's a bit simplistic, but I am excited to explore other avenues of website development and see how I can update this site!