Fan Xue HTMAA 2024 Webpage

Hi! I am a 3rd year PhD student at EECS & RLE at MIT. This webpage contains the documentation for the class I am taking Fall 2024: How To Make (almost) Anything (HTMAA). To give a brief introduction to myself, I have a background in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, and my research focuses on BioMEMS/microfluidics. I previously had some experiences with 3D printing, vinyl cutting, laser cutting, machining, molding & casting, and embedded programming. My goals for this class are to learn new skills, improve current skills, and make new friends! Come talk to me or send me a message and I'm always happy to discuss things, form study groups, or hang out!

My Selfie

To follow the class's trend of adding a mini game to our websites, I added one too. Have fun!

Use the up arrow on keyboard to jump.

Long press to jump higher.

The game gets harder and harder!



Progress Summaries

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Final Project

A Steam Boat Water Quality Monitor

w0

Week 0

Final Project Sketch - Something on water

w1

Week 1

Vinyl & Laser Cutting - A magic zigzag box and a blessing sticker

w2

Week 2

Embedded Programming - A simple simulation of pushbutton-LED.

w3

Week 3

3D Printing and Scanning - Hairy FDM print of our professor and scanning of a cute rabbit ornament

w4

Week 4

Electronics Design - A PCB design connecting an accelerometer to a microcontroller

w5

Week 5

Electronics Production - PCB board production by milling traces and soldering components

w6

Week 6

Molding and Casting - Happy Ghosts

w7

Week 7

Input Devices - An attempt to make a small PCB with IMU and microcontroller connected back to back.

w8

Week 8

Output Devices - Servo, DC Motor, and Others

w9

Week 9

Computer-Controlled Machining - Nightstand

w10

Week 10

Machine Building - Barduino!

w11

Week 11

Networking and Communications - Motor control through WiFi

w12

Week 12

Interface and Application Programming - UI for boat control

w13

Week 13

Wildcard week - 5-axis machining for propeller