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United States

University Of Maryland, College Park

- Head design, prototype, and analysis of a six-wheel, rocker-bogie suspension rover capable of driving over obstacles a foot tall, on sandy terrain, and up 30 degree gradients using terramechanics and force analysis- Downselect rover suspension designs by testing dynamic models with a physics engine on NX Motion, evaluating numerical results of wheel.

College Park, Maryland, United States

- Organize system-wide documentation and guide design decisions for subteam members, culminating in technical deliverables for competition advisors on the feasibility of our design- Formulate testing plans and literature studies to redesign a sub-assembly by exploring new options for faster, improved excavation rates in a new soil type- Conceptualize and.

University Of Maryland, College Park

- Analyzed fastener and weld bending stresses in addition to cantilever deflection cases to ensure auger assembly structural integrity, with assembly remaining intact in testing, in transit and at the competition - Performed FEA analysis on ANSYS to optimize the durability of excavation tools against the soil front pressure by altering their material and.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

University Of Maryland, College Park

- Ideate and build a custom testing fixture for pneumatic artificial muscles to characterize the torsional stiffness, achieving 2% error and 150 pound-inches of torque with resolution of 0.02 degrees- Calibrate load sensors and encoders to sample PAM strength data using custom software and hardware with a combination of Arduino and MATLAB in experiments.

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

- Improve the time and complexity of a frangible joint assembly installation process by blocking the flow of liquid adhesive paste into sensitive spaces through the use of custom 3D-printed component- Create and use a reusable fixture to test and find an optimal resin injection technique and port spacing to join a large-scale composite flange assembly.

Rockville, Maryland, United States

- Formulated a script in Cameo System Modeler to automatically update document representations and references in a documentation mapping containing over 800 fleet maintenance procedures- Programmed a set of macros on Cameo System Modeler to generate activity diagrams of paper-based maintenance procedures with steps in chronological order, reducing the time.