Ongoing Projects
- Smith Materials Lab R&D
- Various Smaller Projects
Previous Work
For non-research/internship projects, the number of asterisks corresponds to the time put into the project (more specifically, n asterisks = 10^(n/2) hours; 5 asterisks = 10^(5/2) ~ 300 hours).
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Most Relevant Experiences
- RESEARCH - Low Temperature Battery Chamber & Battery Materials Research - May 2024 to Current
- Manual & CNC Mill
- CAD & 3D Printer
- Electronic Tools
- Delrin
- Thermoelectric Modules
- Miniature Drone Camera
- PLA
- Much More
- Professor Hillary Smith & the rest of the Smith Materials Lab Team
- Steve Palmer, Paul Jacobs, & J. Johnson
- INTERN - Product Development Engineer Intern at Pression - May 2023 to Aug 2023
- Arduino, MPLab IDE, Github, 4DGL (a C-like language)
- Hand Tools
- Power Supply, Microcontrollers, other Electronics
- I primarily worked with Dzineon Gyaltsen '24, but also worked with many other members of the team including CEO Adam Salamon and Research Engineer Pablo Huang.
- *****Comma, a Startup - Feb 2023 to Sep 2023
- Anhad Singh '26
- Nana Asante '26
- RESEARCH - Flow-Induced Vibrational Energy Harvesting - Jan 2024 to May 2024
- CAD & 3D Printer
- Band Saw
- Drills and Taps
- Belt Sander
- PLA
- Aluminum
- Copper Tubing
- Epoxy
- "Aerodynamic" Tape
- Professor Emad Masroor
- J. Johnson, Swarthmore Engineering Machinist
- Vansh Garg '26
- Dylan Jacobs '27
- ***Custom Hybrid Drone Body - Nov 2023 to May 2024
- CAD & 3D Printer
- Hand Tools
- Laser Cutter
- Light Weight PLA & PLA
- Carbon Fiber Tubes
- Electronics
- Mark Lohatepanont '24
- ***Portable Ergonomic Mirroring for Injury Prevention - Dec 2023 to May 2024
- CAD & 3D Printer
- Table Saw
- Manual Mill
- PLA
- Mirrors
- Lens
- Spare Aluminum
- Threaded 10-32 Rods
- Professor Lynne Molter, Henry C. and J. Archer Turner Professor of Engineering
- J. Johnson, Swarthmore Engineering Machinist
- **Projector Mount - Jan 2024
- Jig Saw
- Palm Sander
- CAD & 3D Printer
- Various Handheld Saws and Tools
- Scrap Wood
- Wood Glue
- Water-based Stain
- Polyurethane
- **Solar-Powered USB Charger - Sep 2023 to Dec 2023
- CNC Mill & CAD/CAM
- Lathe
- Manual Mill
- Soldering Iron
- Circuit Design & PCB Mini Mill
- Various Stock
- Various Electronic Parts
- Paul Jacobs, Swarthmore Physics Electronics & Computers
- Steve Palmer, Swarthmore Physics Machine Shop Supervisor
- **Noise Maker - Dec 2023, Aug 2024
- Soldering Iron
- Wire Related Tools
- Various Electronic Parts
- Resin 3D Printer & CAD
- *A Welded Trash Can, A Storage Rack, & More - Dec 2023, Jun 2024
- MIG Welder
- Band Saw
- Sheet Metal Brake
- Belt Sander
- Angle Grinder
- Table Saw
- Metal from a scrapped Swarthmore Engineering department cart
- Plywood
- J. Johnson, Swarthmore Engineering Machinist
- Josh Jordan, Makerspace
- The Better Lab @ UCSF - Dec 2022 to Jan 2023
- Aesop Professional Development- Oct 2022 to Jan 2023
Led the design and creation of an airtight cooling chamber for 3 month long battery experiments for under $500. Commercial alternatives exceed $10000. The design was effective and a second module was requested. Authoring a methods paper that details the design so other research labs can replicate it.
Presented design and research on 4 occasions. 3 more presentations are planned including at the Material Research Society's Conference in Boston.
I also worked with the rest of the team to run various experiments and presented at various events.
(and I got to help with the new Radio Telescope)
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Pression, a biomedical early stage company, was a great place to work (learn more about Pression here). My main tasks revolved around the Wave PRO's embedded systems and software. Dzineon Gyaltsen '24 and I wrote the majority of the code for the main display and its interactions with the microcontrollers and the rest of the system. Our work is in use in clinical trials. I also completed many different tasks at Pression including designing a few peripheral components, authoring quality management documents, supporting the CEO with the pitch deck, and assembling some prototypes. Adam Salamon and the rest of the team created a great environment to get work done and have fun while doing it. Adam was also supportive of Comma, my startup at the time, and I learned a lot about startups and business at Pression. There are limited pictures due to a NDA.
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Comma was a project which started with myself, Anhad Singh, and Nana Asante. We wanted to create the Spotify for books. We received 2nd place at SwatTank 2023 (a startup pitch competition), established partnerships with 8 libraries, built a website, strategized with the holders of the second largest digital collection in the USA, the Hathi Trust, and created many other startup materials including a shared Notion, outreach trackers, customized marketing materials for different audiences, library agreement documents, mailing lists, a GitHub repository, time trackers to divide initial equity using the Slicing Pie method (learn more at slicingpie.com), and much more. We also developed a UI (click fit to scale in top right for best experience) that can be clicked through to get an initial feel for how our software would have worked. We stopped working on Comma due to potential legal challenges not dissimilar to Spotify's that we felt we were ill-positioned to take on.
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Professor Masroor's research in flow-induced vibrations explores the potential to harvest energy from vibrations that are induced by vortices shed from a body in fluid flow. I primarily worked on building the first iteration of an apparatus that could allow us to explore different bodies in Swarthmore's wind tunnel. I also designed more than 10 bodies for us to test and discussed how we might convert the vibrations to electrical energy. More information about what I did is provided here.
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Hobby Projects
I developed multiple iterations of a custom designed drone from scratch that uses two propellors as well as a rudder and an elevator. The main goals of the project were to learn more CAD skills, do some basic electronics, and make something relatively cool, so the logistics and control theory were not flushed out. The above picture on the right shows an attempt to fly a consumer kit drone. I may need to work on my drone piloting skills before testing my design in the air as well. Improvements could include developing a PID flight controller and adding wheels for take off and landing.
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This device is meant to provide an easy way for users to do various desk activities in a more ergonomic position, preventing future health problems such as neck and back pain. The above pictures show a working prototype. A concave mirror would have been used but high quality concave mirrors are too expensive for the device's price point. More information about a previous design and further improvements here.
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A mount for a small projector that supports projection vertically or horizontally and allows angle adjustments in both directions using additional pieces. Designed multiple 3D Printed models involving ratchets, scissor mechanisms, and (relatively) complex mechanical systems but decided a simple wooden solution could look more aethestic and function well. Stores compactly. A gift for a friend.
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Solar panel stores energy in a rechargeable battery which can then output the energy through a USB cable of choice when desired. Main project for Physics 63, a shop class.
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Makes annoying noise that is adjustable in volume and pitch. Created a similar circuit using a 555 & an Op-Amp on a breadboard. Originally soldering practice project for Physics 63, a shop class.
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Needed a trash can, a storage rack, bed spacers, and some decorations for my apartment. This was (not) the easiest way to obtain them, but it was generally fun and free.
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