// Portfolio

Selected
Work

Engineering projects across mechanical systems, tribology, and autonomous vehicles.

// Automotive

Automotive  — 02 Projects

Projects in vehicle dynamics, tribology, and mechanical systems.

Sandrail Control Arm
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2025  ·  Reverse Engineering

Sandrail Control Arm

A 3D scanning and reverse engineering project focused on redesigning an offroad vehicle control arm in 4130 Chromoly Steel. The original four bar linkage was scanned, measured, and fully rebuilt from scratch in SolidWorks for significantly improved durability and strength.

SolidWorks 4130 Chromoly Reverse Engineering 3D Scanning Fabrication
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Ball Joint Delete Kit

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// Aerospace

Aerospace  — 02 Projects

Work in autonomous aerial systems and computational fluid dynamics.

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Limit Switch Bracket

Multi-rotor autonomous drone for locating avalanche burial victims using a 457 kHz beacon transceiver. Implements lawnmower grid search, gradient ascent signal following, and 4-point bracketing via MAVSDK-Python on PX4 + Raspberry Pi 4.

PX4 MAVSDK-Python Raspberry Pi Autonomous Systems Python
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Instrumentation Panel

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// Other

Other  — 03 Projects

Research, publications, and computational work.

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ScroodFest Award

Sparse Laplacian matrix solver with mixed Dirichlet/Neumann boundary conditions. Crank-Nicolson time stepping implemented in MATLAB. Full LaTeX report writeup in Overleaf.

MATLAB Numerical Methods LaTeX Heat Transfer
CFD Project — Heat Map
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2024  ·  Computational Fluid Dynamics

2D PDE Solver — Poisson & Heat Equation

MATLAB implementation of a sparse Poisson solver and Crank-Nicolson transient heat equation solver on a 2D domain with mixed boundary conditions. Verified mesh independence across three grid resolutions.

MATLAB Numerical Methods CFD Heat Transfer LaTeX
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Fibers Journal Publication
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2026  ·  Research  ·  Publication

Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

Co-authored open access review published in Fibers (MDPI). Covers CFRP processing, tribological behavior, damage tolerance, and applications in aerospace and automotive.

CFRPs Tribology Materials Science MDPI Open Access
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// Education

Academic Curriculum — 4 Years

Four-year Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Interactive Map  ·  126 Credits

UNR Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Curriculum

University of Nevada, Reno  ·  2021–2022 Catalog

Interactive prerequisite map of the full four-year ME program. Click any course to view curriculum details.