Welcome to my design portfolio. Here you will find my some examples of my work, particularly in CAD. A downloadable version with more examples can be seen here.
ROVs: Barreleye, Boxfish, and Conduit
As a member of the club Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (UWROV) at the University of Washington, I contributed to the design of the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) Barreleye, Boxfish, and Conduit. In particular, I contributed to the design of the manipulators of the Barreleye and Boxfish and the manipulator swapping system for Conduit. Through this team, I have gained familiarity in working with large assemblies, presenting and marketing products, working on designs in teams large and small, and so much more.
Outside of design, I have lead the team as CEO since 2023 and facilitate the creation and use of our ROVs each year. I’m proud to say that under my leadership, the team has won four separate awards. We were awarded first place in Technical Documentation and Engineering Presentation, earned a discretionary award for Innovation, and placed first in the NOAA OE AI Video Challenge. I was also one of our main pilots for the 2025 and 2026 competitions.
Drill Chuck Inspired Tool Swapping Mechanism
Inspired by a drill chuck, this tool swapping mechanism leverages the rotation of a disassembled T200 motor to detract and extend jaws to hold onto and provide rotational motion to different manipulator designs. It interfaces with a tool point, which holds the outside of the drill chuck (similar to what your hand would do when using a real drill) and stores the tool when not in use. I helped come up with the concept and model the initial prototypes of this project, shown below.
Chuck jaws extended and retracted.
Cross section of chuck mechanism.
Capstone: Autonomous Salinity Mapping Boat
To cap off my degree in Mechanical Engineering: Mechatronics at the University of Washington, I participated in a capstone to add improvements to and GPS-based positioning of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) with the capability to lower and raise a salinity sensor. Interestingly, this capstone built off of the work from a previous year, having us inherit the basic design and structure of the boat.
My work mainly focused on mechanical improvements to the boat, particularly on the electronics hold. I focused on creating a 3D-printed splash resistant container along with electronics layout and routing.
Final boat sitting out on the dock.
Prototype versions of water resistant box, created at a smaller scale.
Modular Manipulator: Fish Flipper
Nicknamed “fish flipper”, this modular manipulator was designed for and used in the 2023 MATE ROV competition, with the purpose to hold and release plastic fish. This manipulator interfaces with UWROV’s 2023 ROV, Barreleye, and is detachable from the ROV.
Modular Manipulator: Lamprey
This manipulator, nicknamed “Lamprey”, was designed for and used in the 2024 MATE ROV competition, and is a custom carabiner that can be locked and unlocked from its chassis in order to attach a recovery line to an underwater object. The attached gif demonstrates the device actually functioning underwater during our 2024 competition, with notations for understanding.
Configurable Laser Cut Shelves
Modeled a configurable shelf with options to change dimensions, numbers of rows and columns, colors, use of drawers, use of acrylic drawer faces, as well as options to automatically add laser cut joints and layout the pieces to be laser cut.
Ongoing Project: Refreshable Braille Display with Perkins Keyboard and 3D Printed Keycaps
Refreshable braille displays, devices that can display braille similar to an e-reader, are an extremely valuable tool, but are also quite expensive, retailing for prices between $500 and $5000+. I was inspired to make these tools more accessible by creating a low-cost alternative, inspired by other creators like Vijay Varada. My goal is to create a device that can both read books in braille, as well as have a Perkins-style keyboard to allow users to search for books and navigate menus.
While I don’t have as much time to dedicate to this project as I would like to, my design work thus far has focused on the Perkins-style keyboard component, while I work on wrapping my head around the electronics and pin-design needed for the internals. I’ve designed and rapid-prototyped keyboard layouts, improving my skills in iterative design and designing for 3D printing. The keycaps were made in a configurable document, so different designs could be quickly iterated upon
Accessible Chair Base
As a member of a design team of Husky Adapt, an accessible engineering RSO at the University of Washington, I helped design and create a lightweight accessible chair base for a young child with stage 5 cerebral palsy.
Room CAD Model
Contributed to a model of the shop-space for a robotics club while in the process of moving to a new room. This CAD helped guide furniture decisions and layout.
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