concept to creation
Created for a mechanical engineering research poster session at University of Central Florida. The content of this poster became the content of my thesis.
this is a lung phantom
I built this lung phantom—it’s the topic of the poster above and my thesis. Developments in polymer material design, machine design and construction, print process, and concept application pertaining to fabrication of this lung phantom are contained in my published thesis.
Alternatively, you can view my defense PowerPoint slides. It’s less of a time commitment.
These are more sample prints. The machine I built excels at printing highly elastic materials and has the flexibility to print at high precision or large build volumes.
Liquid resin photopolymerization (SLA 3D printing) to produce a lung phantom
Squeezing a lung phantom. They're very soft.
A tiny octopus test print
the first RepRap style machine I built
Bigger printers, bigger possibilities, bigger challenges.
pure aluminum & plastic
Built with aluminum V-slot extrusions and PET plastic. Featuring direct drive extrusion with remote mounted motors and silent operation using stepper drivers tuned over SPI. Donated to UCF Composite Materials and Structures lab and still going strong.
SolidWorks
For work in research and the industry, SolidWorks has been my primary modeling and engineering analysis software. The bulk of my personal designs have been optimized for 3D printing. I also hold a SolidWorks professional certification (CSWP).
Siemens NX10
I modeled a pair of vice grips to learn how to use NX. The provided PDF covers the full process of finite element modeling, manual finite element analysis, and drafting the vice grips.
heat transfer
Finite element analysis of convection and conduction heat transfer through a concave parabolic fin. Analysis performed in Mathcad.
proposal writing
I drafted a sample proposal early in my graduate career. The proposal is compliant with NSF grant drafting standards. I met most of the goals outlined in this proposal by the end of my graduate career.
coding
A mechanical engineer that understands code is highly adaptable. I’m not an expert, but I can write in C and Python.
The given sample is not all of my own work. Some of the code was provided as part of an assignment.
more coming soon :)
Some content has been omitted. You can look around the Google Drive where all of my portfolio content is stored.