Driveway A/C Overhaul in Montana
Rebuilt my sister's car A/C in a rental driveway 700 miles from my garage: compressor, expansion valve, and condenser, recharged to spec by weight.
Portfolio
Projects
Research, electronics, personal projects, and anything else that has taught me how to think like an engineer.
Two-Legged Star Wars Walker
A scale AT-ST taken from a LEGO mechanism to Fusion 360 assembly to 3D-printed servo hardware.
Bioaerosol Sampler Control System
Custom PCB, watertight enclosure, and a tuned PID loop holding a 225 L/min air sampler at a target flow rate.
Passive Thermosiphon Solar Still
A solar-based water purifier built from under $60 of hardware-store parts, driving circulation through internal convection.
Two-Color Pyrometer for Fire Radiative Power
A sub-$1,000 handheld instrument to measure the radiative power of small fires.
Escape the North Pole
A three-room Christmas escape room in MATLAB and Arduino, with a custom 3D-printed D-pad controller.
Portable Drive-In Movie Screen
A 7-foot freestanding PVC frame holding an 80-inch screen, modeled in Fusion 360 and built to pack into a car: a drive-in movie you can set up anywhere.
Honda CR-V Upper Engine Rebuild
Rebuilt the cylinder head on a 2001 CR-V after a timing belt failure bent the valves.
Full-Size Hobbit Door
An 8-foot functional round door, modeled in CAD and built over three months.