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I am a mechanical engineer who loves to build robots and toys carefully, and not wastefully. On the ThriftyBuilder blog, you will find the nitty gritty details on how I built my latest drone, control system, arduino project, and other robots!
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Gearbox Dynamometer
Built a custom marine gearbox dynamometer with torque sensors, motor control, CAN bus, and a Python dashboard for durability testing.
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Focusing on Energy to compare BEVs and ICEVs
Total energy consumption, throughout a 200k mile life of a car, is estimated to be 74 MWh for a battery electric vehicle (BEV)...
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Closed-loop Heater for Melting Wax
In this project, I built a simple closed loop resistive wire heater to melt wax, and hold molten wax at an optimal temperature....
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Yo-yo Manufacturing
Designed, and molded yo-yos at MIT for 2.008. Learned injection molding and manufacturing principle hands-on through team project.
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MG Electric Car Conversion
Converted a 1957 MG kit car to electric with my dad and brother, 9" DC motor, NiMH pack, and lots of backyard engineering.
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