Personal Projects
Overview
A short portfolio of projects I am working on to fill my time away from work. My projects range from keeping my engineering skills sharp through CAD and C++, learning new coding languages, and applying my engineering knowledge to real life applications.
RC Performance Code
During my student internship at Visser Precision, I had the invaluable opportunity to delve into a wide array of advanced machining systems and techniques, alongside gaining insight into the overall design process. A significant portion of my internship involved working with HAAS CNC mills of various sizes, used for fabricating parts ranging from plane components to medical equipment. Additionally, I was introduced to fundamental machining processes such as sawing, water-jet cutting, laser engraving, and
RC Airplane
To continue my passion in all things RC, I decided to design and build my own personal RC flying wing aircraft. I began this this project mid-summer hoping to get back the feeling of my senior project with the Design-Build-Fly team. While nothing could ever match this experience, designing this aircraft gave me a good outlet. My goal was to reinforce all of the lessons throughout my senior project while keeping the project stress free. After designing the airfoil and wing shape, the design was sent to be cut by a sponsor I had made during my senior project. The next step was determining the hardware that would be used on the aircraft and possible iterations. In hardware selection, the primary focuses were all-up weight, potential thrust, flight time, battery dimensions, and flight range. After final selection of hardware, design of all components began. The main goal during design was to reduce weight and wasted space, modularity, and seamless integration with the wing body and structural supports. In this design stage, cutout patterns were also made to increase the accuracy of foam cutting during manufacturing.