I was born and raised in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. I went to Harvard and graduated in 2007 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I am currently pursuing a dual MBA/SM Mechanical Engineering through MIT's Leaders for Global Operations Program. I am interested in the commercial applications of Digital Fabrication and Additive Manufacturing. I one day want to print my own rocket and head to space.
Brainstorming final project ideas - ballistic rocket, drone that noses up and has controlled crash over destination using just GPS, hearable technologies using advanced ear scanner from Lantos Technologoes? Project progress (or lack thereof) can be found by clicking above.
Used the vinyl cutter to make a sticker for my MBA name placard in honor of a great pre-f(x) trip to Mykonos. Crudely protoyped my rocket that will go to space with cardboard.
Milled a usb stick on a copper plate and then soldered for the first time! Went mostly smoothly, except for the time I vacuumed up the first usb stick I milled.
Used rhino and grasshopper to design a helicopter rotor. Each blade has a different twist and pitch. Parametric design made that easy to manipulate - though high set-up costs. Cavity inside rotor mount could only have been done with additive manufacturing.
Documenting Temporary Failure: Used KiCad to recreate the Hello World circuit and add a couple LEDS and a button to open ports. Adding a couple of components turned out to be harder than thought. Exporting a PNG turned to be harder than thought. Milling is impossible with a terrible resolution file. And my soldering skills are still need of a lots of work!
Used the Onsurd to make a temporary table extension for my dining room table. Eating off OSB is probably not wise in the long run. Also OSB was unable to support my snap design. But will use this as a prototype for possibly a follow-up in nice pine.
Attempted to catch-up from Week 5. But turns out I still need to work on my soldering skills. Also realized that I am a bigger fan of high-level programming. C is still a mystery to me
Milling a mold to cast a rubber mold to make a model. Learned Fusion and got more exposure to MasterCam.
Modified the hello sonar distance sensor to work with an ATTiny44 so next week I can attach a DC motor to it.
Making a stepper motor board that a light sensor can be plugged into.
Week 11
Making a stepper motor board that a light sensor can be plugged into.
Used python and Kivy to display a proximity wheel for a synchornous light sensor.
Networking my proximity sensors together.
Week 14
Learning you cannot just press a button and make a circuit appear.
Sigh of relief.
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