FluxWorks develops the safest, most effective and reliable gears.

Multi-physics modelling and optimization of advanced electric machinery and magnetic gear development.

Exploring new electric machines and motor drives topologies for various applications. Designing and researching new applications and best design practices in pursuit of global commercialization and industry adoption of next generation electric machines and novel magnetic gear technology. Have prototyped six magnetic gears of various topologies for NASA and Air Force Research Lab advanced precision actuator applications as well as commercial HVAC application. Currently focusing on developing magnetic gears technologies for aerospace actuation applications as part of an awarded Phase II STTR for which I wrote the proposal.

Inspired by what he saw, Praslicka reached out to Rodney Boehm, Texas A&M’s director of engineering entrepreneurship, to see if he could shadow a green engineer. Instead, Boehm introduced him to the Aggie Mini Power Station project. Started by fellow students a few years back but left uncompleted, the Aggie Mini Power Station was an isolated, solar-powered energy station designed to serve as a campus charging station for students’ electronic devices (such as phones) without drawing energy from other Texas A&M facilities. Repurposed, the Aggie Mini Power Station became the foundation for Praslicka’s self-led sustainable engineering endeavor: Smart Bus Stops.A reimagination of a classic idea, Smart Bus Stops are only one of the ways in which innovative technology is merging with and improving everyday life. If implemented across campus, these solar-powered devices will provide live updates on bus arrivals and delays as well as allow students to charge their phones while waiting. The technology works through a solar panel installed at the top of an existing bus pole, which absorbs energy that charges a battery pack (the Mini Power Station). The battery then charges the entire Smart Bus Stop, allowing the system to run even when the sun isn’t shining.

Analyzed grid edge smart meter data to create a usage forecast for an iOS app which incentivized demand response among homeowners during peak hours with lottery entry.

- Enhanced BorgWarner’s optimizer tool by adding a computationally efficient surrogate model based approach for predicting MTPA trajectory and calculating motor performance at multiple torque-speed operating points. - Benchmarked accuracy of the new surrogate modelling technique with experimentally calibrated peak motoring torque and efficiency map data from an HVH250 motor, demonstrating that my reduced order method was ±0.5% as accurate and 77% faster than the approaches in the literature. Authored a conference paper to be published in 2022 on benchmarking the new technique. -Developed debugger functions that visually demonstrate how the surrogate models are functioning on the backend to inform users of how well the tool is performing for the given DoE. - Produced documentation (LaTeX) and tutorial videos detailing the enhanced optimizer capabilities and implemented features requested by the EM motor design team. - Employed finite element analysis (FEA) and other machine design software/tools to model and determine electric machine performance characteristics in multiple physics domains.- Strengthened understanding of designing motors for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA), frequently visiting the prototyping facilities, and learning from engineers with decades of motor manufacturing experience. - Collaborated with machine design team to investigate advanced machine design concepts.

Managing the acquisition and maintenance of lab equipment, informing and enforcing lab safety protocol (including COVID-19 protocol).

Electrical Engineering Intern for Physical Design of Electrical Substation (40 hours/week)I would share a photo, but 100% of work I've done is confidential!!Modified basic and detailed one-line design as well as equipment specification for a price-competitive high-risk bid for a 500kV:230kV step-down electrical substation.Designed physical layout and communication topography for a WAN/LAN control panel with dual-multiplexor configuration for protection and control equipment communication.

I am adding Eaton Power Xpert Dashboard communicating devices to Motor Control Centers and High Resistance Ground power systems and delivering my hardware design specifications to the software/application team in order to expand Eaton's dashboard product's capabilities.

"Airbnb for Rooftop Solar" using blockchain technology to create a market clearing platform.

Tutored Algebra I and II, Geometry, Chemistry, Trigonometry, Physics and Calculus. Worked with students and their parents to communicate best study strategies and work with each others' busy schedules to discern best meeting times.

I checked customers' selected items in a fast-paced grocery environment and simultaneously initiated relations with every customer that walks through my line.