Projects and Experiences

Hand Exo Device

NeuroMechatronics Lab - Dr. Weber

Designed and developed this exoskeleton device for spinal cord injury (SCI) motor function rehab studies. The 7 degree of freedom device is implemented with torque feedback and machine learned EMG control. Currently under SCI participant study and design paper is in progress.

Dr. Bot

Mechatronics Class Project

Designed, prototyped, and programmed a fully autonomous 5 DOF robotic arm capable of locating a respirating "liver lesion" and performing a liver biopsy safely with zero intervention.

Clean Plate Innovations

Startup - Hardware Engineer

While at CMU, I joined this startup as the hardware engineer to explore the realm of entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh with some real experience. As members of Innovation Works, I established many industry connections and friendships.

Retreiver

Personal Project

Serving as a platform for robotic design, innovation, and creativity, I gave myself the task of building a quadruped robot inspired by Spot. This robot is fully 3D printed, has 3 DOF per leg, and is equipped with 12 high torque BLDC motors and position/current control motor drivers. Currently fully manufactured and assembled. To do: wire -> power -> program for remote control -> program for autonomy -> skies the limit.

Smart Door

Personal Project

Why am I using my keys to unlock my door in 2025? I solved this with a 3D printed system that uses facial recognition to unlock my apartment door automatically from the inside. From the inside, the door unlocks with a press of a button and then self locks after a few minutes so no need to remember to lock the door after leaving! The system modules use esp32 to communicate through WIFI and the facial recognition is done on a raspberry pi that communicates to the modules through a server.

Rethink The Rink

Make-A-Thon Winners

The Pittsburgh Penguins partnered with Covestro and Carnegie Mellon University to host a challenge to improve hockey safety with a new aspect of hockey every year. The 8th annual Rethink the Rink Make-a-thon tackled an essential aspect of player safety: hand protection. Over the course of a week, my team designed a cutting-edge hockey glove prototype, pushing the boundaries of material innovation. As a result of our unique design with physical characteristics inspired by an Armadillo my team ended up winning the competition.

Co-op at Acutronic USA Inc.

Completed three semester rotations at Acutronic working as a Mechanical Engineering co-op. Assisted senior Mechanical Engineers with design for manufacturing, FEA verifications, manual assembly, and metrology verifications.

Dr. Velankar Research Group

Assisted graduate students with tests, designing experiments, and analyzing results in mechanics of soft materials. Work resulted in two publications (one published, on in preprint).

Automatic Jar Opener

Designed, programmed, and built mechatronics machine to automatically open a mason jar with the press of a button.

Machine Learning Projects

Programmed projects to perform supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques, expanding my understanding of machine learning algorithms and methods.

Zachatronic Turn Signal Device

Designed, programmed, and manufactured a device to show nearby drivers in front and behind me that I am turning while on my scooter without having to lift my arms off of the handle bars.