Summer 2023

NASA's OSAM-1 (On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing)

Spring 2023

FrostByte - Mars Rover

Fall 2022

Brew-Bot: The bar cart that makes your drinks for you

Spring 2022

Semi-Autonomous Submarine

Throughout this project, I learned lessons that ranged from how to best go about the design process and how to work with a team that does not contribute. We found that, from the beginning, much more research could have been done and more design iterations should have been completed before moving on. If given more time, we would have designed the body to contain much less air in the center so it would have a better ability to dive. Additionally, we would have added a ballast system and employed an arduino and a single propeller instead of two in order to have better autonomous control/adjustments of the submarine after initializing it. I also learned how best to work with/accomodate for a team that does not contribute. While this was unfortunate and contributed to the quality of the device, it did give me the opportunity to learn more skills I would not have had the chance to learn if not for needing to pick up more responsibilities. I acted as co-project manager with another group member and we headed the design, electronic, assembly, and testing aspects of the project. 

Fall 2021

SOLIDWORKS Computer Mouse Surface Model

As part of the Engineering I Design course, our final project was to create a detailed surface model of an object. For my project, I chose to model my computer mouse. Throughout the course, we learned the basics of SOLIDWORKS working with solid bodies and self-learned surface modeling. From the model we had to create the product sheet for our designs. Since completing this course, I have utilized both solid and surface modeling for all of my projects to 3D print and bring our designs to life. 

Spring 2019

Research Project on the Prevention of Bacterial Growth on Reeds

During the last semester of my senior year of high school, we conducted group research projects as part of my Honors Nanoscience course. My partner and I created an antibacterial spray to prevent the growth of bacteria on the reeds of musical instruments. Given that we were both musicians, we had a lot of background knowledge that allowed us to have a greater understanding of how to best approach the problem. Reeds are stored in instrument cases after use, which tend to be warm and damp, giving an ideal environment for bacterial growth. Many musicians can get sick from the bacteria if their reeds or mouthpieces are not properly cleaned or replaced, and can re-infect themselves by continuing to play on the same parts. Our solution was to use a combination of antibacterial essential oils and colloidal silver as a spray to be applied before storing the reed to prevent bacterial growth. We went through many iterations of testing different oils and combinations of oils to see which would prevent the most growth on an agar plate, which contained samples swabbed from the mouth of a woodwind musician. We recorded samples of the musician playing on a reed with and without the spray and were able to ensure the solution did not affect the quality of sound of the instrument. 

At the end of this project, the class had a poster session where we presented our research and product to scientists, teachers, parents, students, and faculty. The scientists we presented to voted our project the most likely to be implemented immediately. Shown above is the poster we presented with a summary of our research and processes.