• Created heat transfer model of all company cabin wall designs and compared R-values to demonstrate improvements in updated wall design• Implemented Aerogel insulation in current LGSF model to tackle thermal bridging, improving R-value threefold and decreasing electricity costs in cabin by 68% • Optimized Fiber Cement Board wall cladding installation to limit material waste only 6% of material, reducing material waste and corresponding monetary loss by 67%• Selected thermal imaging camera and drafted procedural document to detect cabin air leakages• Catalgoued building flashing materials and conducted cost analysis on materials to identify low costing material that meets cabin lifetime rating• Educated team on advanatges of ridge vents in providing natural ventilation and conducted CFD analysis to determine appropriate ridge vent design• Assessed measurement system shortcomings during prototype assembly and devised improvement methodology to reduce measurement errors• Delegated fabrication of PUF Panel wall testing setup and tested walls to conclude horizontally joined PUF Panels withstand higher loads than vertically joined PUF Panels

Master's Thesis titled "Next Generation Heat Exchangers for Atmospheric Water Collection"• Researched methods to enhance heat transfer capabilities of heat exchangers and heat sinks• Created a thermodynamic and heat transfer model of atmospheric water collection system utilizing a novel micro bare rod heat exchanger in Engineering Equation Solver (EES)• Validated model observations in ANSYS Fluent by creating simplified model of heat exchanger system• Budgeted and purchased necessary sensors and equipment to build experimental setup• Fabricated novel micro bare rod heat exchanger via additive manufacturing• Conducted a field test for novel heat exchanger by constructing setup to operate under outdoor conditions• Formulated LabView and MATLAB codes to read and analyze sensor data• Experimented on heat exchanger and accomplished upwards of 500 Liters per meter cubed of daily water generation in Abu Dhabi climate conditions• Compared novel heat exchanger water generation with fin tube heat exchanger and identified increased water condensing and heat transferring qualities of novel 3D printed micro bare rod heat exchanger

• Mentored first-year engineering students in utilizing Excel/MATLAB as a problem-solving tool• Guided students to learn unique problem solving and teamwork techniques to solve real life engineering problems

• Researched methods to improve or maintain vented clothes dryer performance while reducing energy input• Generated thermodynamic model of vented clothes dryer utilizing fin-and-tube heat exchanger in waste stream using EES software• Coordinated with graduate mentor to construct experimental setup by attaching fin-and-tube heat exchanger along with thermocouples and relative humidity probes to the waste stream of the vented dryer• Conducted multiple test runs and analyzed data in EES to yield a heat exchanger effectiveness of 55% and 0.1 kWh of energy recovery

• Researched powder and particles dynamics to design screw feeding system for biomass pyrolysis• Analyzed present screw feeder and determined design parameters that lead to powder choking • Proposed alterations to screw design specifications that would prevent choking

• Shadowed the building maintenance to learn about the equipment (HVAC System, Fire Fighting System, Solar Lighting Panels) used to run the facility• Introduced to machinery used in Mechanical Testing laboratory to test fatigue, tensile strength, and bending.