Thrust Vectoring
Drone — Senior Design
Lead Mechanical Engineer
Led the design and development of a novel thrust-vectoring drone featuring a custom 3-DoF gear-actuated propulsion system that decouples vehicle orientation from direction of motion. Designed and integrated a complex electro-mechanical system consisting of 16+ motors, sensors, and control hardware, balancing packaging, structural integrity, and system performance. Applied FEA and CFD-driven optimization to improve aerodynamic efficiency and reduce structural mass, achieving a 30% increase in efficiency and 84% weight reduction. Validated system performance through simulation, experimental testing, and iterative prototyping, ensuring alignment between modeled and real-world behavior.
Jackscrew System
Development — OPEX
Mechanical Design Engineer
Owned the full lifecycle from concept through deployment of a custom, RoHS/REACH-compliant jackscrew system for a robot service stand, supporting deployment across 300+ units. Designed the system from first principles to meet load, motion, and compliance requirements when no suitable off-the-shelf solution existed. Developed detailed CAD models and GD&T-driven drawings, performing tolerance analysis to ensure proper alignment, fit, and long-term reliability. Balanced mechanical performance, manufacturability, and cost through careful material selection and design trade-offs. Validated performance analytically through FEA and kinematic simulations and custom test setups, ensuring durability and consistent operation in production environments.
Catheterization Simulation
Platform — Teleflex
New Product Development Engineer
Designed and developed a realistic catheterization simulation system to replicate in-patient vascular procedures and validate a medical device that tracks catheter tip position using internal and external ECG signals. Built a full-scale chest cavity model with integrated sensors that detect catheter advancement and simulate corresponding ECG signal changes near the heart. Integrated the system with a computing interface that processes sensor data and displays real-time ECG behavior for synchronized visualization. Owned the project end-to-end, collaborating with electrical, manufacturing, and marketing teams. Designed the system packaging for non-technical users, enabling quick setup, operation, and troubleshooting. The final system was deployed as both a validation platform and an interactive demonstration tool.
Dynamic Load Mitigation
System for Motor Test— OPEX
Mechanical Design Engineer
Designed and implemented a spring-damper mechanism to mitigate dynamic loading on press-fit bearing assemblies during high-speed motor validation testing. Identified that directly placing flywheel loads onto the robot shaft introduced transient forces that could displace bearings not rated for axial thrust. Performed both dynamic force and energy-based analysis, followed by experimental validation, to quantify the loading conditions. Developed a spring-loaded flywheel hub to absorb impact energy and reduce transmitted forces to the shaft and bearings. The system was intentionally designed to be foolproof for non-technical operators, preventing damage even if weights were applied improperly during testing. Prototyped and validated the solution, enabling safe, repeatable testing of full robot assemblies without compromising structural integrity.
Topology-Optimized
Structural Beam Design
Computational Design Engineer
Developed a MATLAB-based topology optimization tool for a simply supported beam, a structural model commonly used to represent bridges, machine frames, brackets, supports, and other load-bearing components. The model applies a center load to a beam supported by a pin on one end and a roller on the other, then uses finite element analysis to identify how material should be distributed to carry the load efficiently. The final model used a 120 × 45 element mesh and optimized the structure to a 50% material target, reaching a final volume fraction of 0.4996 with only 0.0803% error from the constraint. A 5 × 5 minimum-thickness filter was added to reduce unrealistic thin members and produce more manufacturable load paths. This workflow supports early-stage mechanical and structural design by reducing unnecessary material, improving stiffness placement, and identifying efficient structural forms before detailed CAD modeling or physical prototyping.
