In a team of two, I designed and built a randomized, motorized obstacle for a mouse to jump over while it runs on the KineMouse wheel I built earlier in the year with the Neuromechatronics Lab at CMU. The obstacle design is inspired by the obstacle described in the paper "A rapid whisker-based decision underlying skilled locomotion in mice."

Designing the obstacle involved choosing a system to drive the motorized platform, creating a CAD assembly of the main parts of the model, machining parts for the assembly, and creating the Arduino set up to drive the motors.

In a team of three, I designed a bike crank for a child's bike that would break at midway when a 12N is applied to the drive wheel. Through FEA analysis, hand calculations, and prototyping with acrylic and PLA, my team and I created a final product that prioritized torsional stress minimization and low mass. 

In a team of three,  I will write and implement a MATLAB algorithm that uses multidimensional linear regression to map the relationship between electric car sales in the United States and other factors such as price, range, government incentives, and changing infrastructure. The algorithm will be used to predict when the US automobile industry will go fully electric. This project is currently in progress. 

In a team of three, I constructed a lightweight mounting bracket capable of supporting 40lbf. The design process for the bracket involved hand calculations, SolidWorks, FEA analysis, and prototyping with laser-cut acrylic.