Tools & skills
The tools I use to design, build, and test.
Mechanical design & analysis
- CAD
- SolidWorks, Onshape, AutoCAD
- Simulation
- SolidWorks FEA, COMSOL Multiphysics
- Design work
- Mechanism design, material selection, tolerance stack-ups, design for manufacturing
Fabrication & manufacturing
- Processes
- 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC machining
- Prototyping
- Mechanical assembly, rapid iteration, design reviews
- Teaching
- Equipment instruction and fabrication safety training
Hardware & embedded systems
- Platforms
- Raspberry Pi, ESP32
- Integration
- GPIO, sensors, actuators, motor electronics
- Electronics design
- KiCad
Programming & measurement
- Languages
- Python, MicroPython, CircuitPython, MATLAB
- Tools
- Jupyter Notebooks, LabVIEW, Flask
- Testing
- Data logging, experimental measurements, model-to-test comparisons