Currently leading both the mechanical design and project management of an opto-mechanical isothermal material characterization tool, targeting 4x throughput over the existing prototype. Work spans gantry structural design, opto-mechanical system design, GD&T drawings, and managing a team of 4 across 3 de-risking sprints.

As a mechanical engineer at Teledyne DALSA, owned the full design process across multiple camera programs, with a focus on precision sensor alignment achieving ~10x better than previous capabilities. Work also included vacuum seal design, thermal simulation in ANSYS Icepak, and an automated end-effector for autonomous sensor array assembly.

Worked across two semiconductor metrology product lines at KLA, designing mounts, motion systems, and fixturing for x-ray tools, while also using ANSYS static-structural and modal analysis to optimize mirror mount designs for a thin films ellipsometer.

Conceptual design study for a piezo driven robotic hand. Focusing on 1-DOF for a finger. This was part of my ME 598 technical elective course on smart materials, and I wanted to use this as an opportunity to explore how practical piezoelectric motion is for one of my main interests, robotic manipulators. (Spoilers: It is not very practical)

Worked on precision mechanical and controls engineering at KLA, redesigning flexures for more flexibility, and tuning an air bearing motor system to double its speed while improving following error.

Continuing my passion for developing mechatronic systems, I joined the University of Waterloo Robotics Team (UWRT) where I got to work on a more challenging mars rover project and compete at the University Rover Challenge (URC).

Led the development of a KIOSK prototype at CleanSlateUV across project management, industrial design, and both electrical and mechanical engineering. It was also a first introduction to FEA, using SolidWorks simulations to validate structural designs to a 2x safety factor.

Optimization problem for a balsa wood truss. The purpose of this project was to maximize specific strength, given geometric constraint. I preformed stress failure analysis to make all members fail at the same load.

My first university engineering project. Where me and my team designed a curb assist for dogs in wheelchairs. I the mechanical member of the group, and this is the first time I used CAD to complete a project.

Highschool FRC robotics team (1482). I spent 500+ hours here making my first robots! Competed in 5 robotics competition over 3 FRC games (Aerial Assist, Recycle Rush & FIRST STRONGHOLD). I was a core member my first year on the team, and was a leader and teach the following two years.

Excluding the continual use of tools for projects and day-day fixes, I have over 5 years of shop and hands-on experience, including formal training in welding & fabrication, manual metal machining on a mills and lathes, various metal benders and shears (including hydraulic), and many power tools and hand tools.