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SproutsIO Inc.Building the Personal Produce Experience
I’ve worked with SproutsIO Inc. developing an intelligent hydro-culture device to grow fruits and vegetables year round indoors. I’ve performed user testing with chefs as well as designed, proto-typed and tested product components. I constructed and main-tained a plant laboratory, and researched numerous aspects of plant health for future developments.
Early SproutsIO prototypes
user testing - product testing - design - hydroculture research
Chef Ben harvesting from a SproutsIO
Harvesting the tomatoes
Wheatgrass grown in SproutsIO
Affordable Design and EntrepreneurshipDesigning Food Processing Machines
for Rural Ghanaian WomenMy senior capstone project was designing, prototyping, test-ing, and deploying cassava presses for rural gari producing Ghanaian women. The machines were designed to be easily usable by a single woman, empowering her to grow her own business. The machines will be manufactured in the future by a company to be established in Ghana.
Auntie Akosua operating the rotating double lead screw press
Hayley and I testing a new lead screw constrainer
Testing the Ratchet Strap Press in Ghana
Testing the Ratchet Strap Press in Massachusetts
distance - documentation - speed - design limitations - testing - expectations
Original ratcheting design
Previous semester design
Press in open position
The details of size selection
distance - documentation - speed - design limitations - testing - expectations
Human Powered Vehicles TeamBuilding Recumbent Vehicles and Team Leadership
Through my membership and time as captain on the Olin HPV Team I assisted in building 4 recumbent bikes and trikes, machined aluminum and steel vehicle components, constructed aerodynam-ic fairings from carbon fiber through differing techniques, created and followed team schedules, organized activities, lead design re-views, and taught and engaged new members.
education - documentation - organization - leadership
2015 Competition team
Working on prototypes
Learning from failure
education - documentation - organization - leadership
Composite fairing construction prototype
2014 Vehicle interior
Adjustable pedal system
Investigating NormalDesigning for Children with Sensory Processing Difficulties
Working with occupational therapists from a nearby school for chil-dren with varying developmental and social disabilities, my team designed an easily reproducible and safe addition to the classroom chairs. The Nestly is designed to create a comfortable environment for children at their desk. It blocks visual distractions and unwant-ed gazes, defines a space, and empowers kids to self regulate their emotions and behavior.
creativity - documentation - cost - empathy - detail
The beginning of the idea
Final product closes in front
The final design
creativity - documentation - cost - empathy - detail
A secondary final design
Initial explorations in texture
Initial explorations in weight, texture, fidget toys
Final collapsed projects
Loci Controls: Mechanical Engineering InternOptimizing Landfill Gas
Collection for Energy Use
I worked to test and evaluate sensor performance under dif-ferent environmental conditions. I designed a testing platform for quick and repeatable sensor tests. I compiled and ana-lyzed data for trends and accuracy, troubleshooting problems and discrepancies along the way.
documentation - accuracy - reproducibility - experimental design - data analysis
Describing the system to visitors with David
System deployed in field
Online well monitoring system
Auris Surgical RoboticsMechanical Engineering Intern in New
Project Research and Development
I designed, prototyped, and machined parts and systems for in-lab use. I explored some concept designs and famil-iarized myself with new engineering principles and tools. The environment was professional and I often communi-cated with vendors and machinists to build my own parts.
pneumatics - communication - patent - speed
A RTV mold of porcine lungsPart drawings for manufacture
Redesigned components for in lab experimentation
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