Design it.
Build it.
Test it.
I’m a mechanical engineer focused on turning analytical models and CAD into working hardware—from precision mechanisms and manufacturing systems to robotics and experimental equipment.
Projects built from the hardware up
Detailed case studies showing the design decisions, manufacturing process, testing, iteration, and final results behind my work.
Axial Excellence Precision Lathe
A six-person precision machine design project taken from analytical modeling and detailed CAD through machining, integration, alignment, and measured cutting performance.
It's A Feature! Yo-Yos
A production-focused project culminating in more than 50 finished yo-yos. I owned the main body from concept through CAD, CAM, mold machining, injection molding, and iteration.
Scribbly Embroidery Accessory
A compact XY gantry developed for an embroidery accessory that draws washable guide patterns directly onto fabric. I worked on the mechanical design, CAD, assembly, alignment, and testing of the gantry system.
Compliant Mechanisms
Five rapid design-build-test projects exploring exact constraint, flexure kinematics, pseudo-rigid-body models, stiffness matrices, and bistable elastic energy storage.
3D-Printed Floor Design
Lightweight floor structures developed for an additively manufactured home through rapid CAD iteration, Fusion 360 FEA, 3D printing, and physical bending tests.
Three-Stage High-Powered Rocket
A three-stage rocket taken through mechanical redesign, composite manufacturing development, staging tests, full-scale integration, and flight to approximately 15 km altitude.
Engineering beyond the screen
I enjoy projects where mechanical analysis, detailed design, manufacturing, and experimental validation all matter.
Design + analysis
CAD, tolerance decisions, stiffness and thermal modeling, FEA, mechanism design, and translating functional requirements into hardware.
Build + validate
CNC/manual machining, prototyping, assembly, instrumentation, troubleshooting, measurement, and iterating until the physical system works.