Mechanical Engineering Student Research Project
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Student research internship under supervision from one of Concordia University's most renowned professors with regards to composite materials, Dr. Van Suong Hoa. I was tasked with designing a display capable of heating up the "composite flower", which was manufactured using Dr. Hoa's innovative 4D printing technique for composite materials. As the flower heats up it changes shape, stretching out to look as if the flower is blooming. This project served as an artistic display of the capabilities of 4D printed composites, which can achieve complex shapes with ease of manufacture, and have potential applications in the aerospace industry, among others. This project was an incredible opportunity to improve my engineering skills as I took part in the project from inception until the demonstration of the final device. It involved engineering design, heat transfer calculations, as well as manufacturing and testing.