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Senior design project for the Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 semesters. The goal of the project is to work in teams to design and build vehicles for everyday use. I gained experience with many industry partners such as Catrike, VectorWorks Marine, and Composites One. I also gained experience in design process. Developed project engineering design specifications, house of quality, preliminary design review, and compete design review. I also presented the design to faculty advisors as well as the ASME… Show more Senior design project for the Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 semesters. The goal of the project is to work in teams to design and build vehicles for everyday use. I gained experience with many industry partners such as Catrike, VectorWorks Marine, and Composites One. I also gained experience in design process. Developed project engineering design specifications, house of quality, preliminary design review, and compete design review. I also presented the design to faculty advisors as well as the ASME professional chapter. Fairing manufacturing using composites.- Used CNC to create the fairing mold out of expanded polystyrene- Prepped mold surface. Applied: styro safe primer, styro safe resin, fiberglass reinforcement with styro safe resin, surface primer, and top coat- Layed up two layers of unidirectional carbon fiber using a +- 45 ply with Soric flexible core reinforcement- The fairing is currently still in the build process.Blind Spot System.-Designed blind spot system circuit. The circuit features a lithium polymer battery, flexible solar cell, LIPO charging circuit, DC-DC boost converter, LED's, two 42kHz ultrasonic sensors and a Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller.-Programmed the TI-MSP430 using the C based coding language in the Energia prototyping platform.-The distance is determined using the sensors pulse width output. Frame design and manufacturing.- Designed frame using SolidWorks- Designed welding fixture in SolidWorks using 80/20 T-slot extruded aluminum- Used CNC mandrel bender to bend frame tubes- Used a universal notcher to notch frame tubing Show less

The main project I was involved in was the Human Powered Vehicle restore. I assisted in the restore of two of the previous competition vehicles. I replaced broken components and installed a new fairing door latch.