Problem Statement After returning home from my internship at Formula D Interactive in Cape Town, South Africa, I decided to make a bookshelf for myself. I wanted to independently practice a skill I learned there: drawing inspiration for consumer products from existing architecture. Action I aspired to build the bookshelf with recycled materials, cheap hardware…
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Light Source Tracking Arduino Robot
In the Fall of 2015, 4 of my classmates and I were tasked with making an Arduino robot that could find a light source in a room and then go to its location and actuate an indicator. The robot had 5 photoresistors covering a window of 180 degrees. As an additional challenge, the team…
Molasses Tank Modelling
In 1919 a huge tank full of molasses exploded in the North End neighborhood in Boston, killing 21 people. For my Mechanics of Materials class, I modeled a thin wall pressure vessel that was capable of safely holding the 2.3M gallons of molasses that flooded the North End. Using Matlab, I ran numerous simulations…
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