PROJECTS
This portfolio of projects feature the unique skills and experience I have brought to my projects.
EAR-GONOMIC
September 2016 - December 2016
This project focuses on the human-centered design methods in developing a product, from interviewing to prototyping. The product, an ear drop bottle, is part of a student's Capstone Project. Prototyping includes using a Type A 3D printer, Carbon3D printer, and laser cutting.
OSAA COLIDER PROJECT
September 2016 - December 2016
My team worked with a startup, OSAA Innovation, in initial product development and market analysis. Their product is a IV-bag container meant to replace an IV pole. For the project, we partnered with UCSF for field study and competition product analysis. We focused on improving the mechanism of the product and the user experience. Prototyping process is mainly done 3D printing, namely Type A, and Stratasys 3D printer.
ATACAMA INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
January 2016 - August 2016
As a Mechanical Engineer intern at ATACAMA Inc, I focused on customizing existing testing machines for characterization of a product prototype. I am also involved in other projects, such as conducting a preliminary finite element analysis for the product, creating a demonstration apparatus to compare the company's prototype to the competition, and to customize a paper that mimics human perspiration rate.
J.A.N.E.T. TACTICAL ROBOT
January 2016 - May 2016
As my senior design project, we manufactured and programmed a robotic arm with a glove controller. The gesture performed by the user with the glove-controller will be mimicked by the robotic arm, such that controlling the robotic arm would feel natural. The programming aspect heavily uses real-time and multi-tasking LabVIEW program using an NI MyRIO microcontroller to control the motors and provide a GUI. The glove controller uses flex sensors, potentiometer, gyroscope, and Arduino that controls the communication between the controller and the microcontroller via Bluetooth.
AUDIO FILTERING PROGRAM
August 2015 - December 2015
Using LabVIEW, we created an audio filter, in which the user could attenuate unwanted frequency ranges in a recording. The main theory use in the application is the Fast Fourier Transform.
STUDYBUDDY
August 2016 - December 2016
Part of a Planar Machinery Class in UC Berkeley, we were asked to build a prototype that included a four-bar mechanism. We came up with StudyBuddy, which improves upon existing expanding coffee table. This project heavily involved modeling, animation, and motion analysis via SOLIDWORKS, as well as machining parts (including milling, bandsaw, and laser cutting).
FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS PROJECTS
August 2015 - December 2015
As part of a "Feedback Control Systems" class at UC Berkeley, the control systems methods learned in class are implemented into different lab projects, including magnetic levitation (MagLev), and an inverted pendulum. The control systems setup are done in MATLAB and SimuLink.
STROKE PROJECT
August 2014 - December 2015
This research project is part of Berkeley Biomechanics Laboratory, and I worked under Professor Keaveny, with PhD student Jeffrey Pyne. The objective of the project is to develop a quantitative software that can detect the severity or possibility and location of stroke in patients' Circle of Willis using CT scans. MATLAB was the primarily used language in the project, mainly used to process the CT scan images. Other software such as SimVascular are tried in conjunction with MATLAB for modelling the brain vascular geometry in 3D.