University Rover Challenge 2025 — President & Chief Mechanical Engineer
Directed all technical operations including mechanical, software, and electrical design, assembly, and testing, ensuring full system integration and performance across all subsystems.
Led and managed a team of 50+ students; coordinated sponsor outreach, faculty and organizational communication, budgeting with the Aerospace Department, and internal recruiting and event planning.
University Rover Challenge 2024 — Robotic Arm Lead
Led undergraduate team of 8 in the full design and integration of a custom 5-DOF robotic arm, including cycloidal gearbox, parallel and linear grippers, structural components, and an analog/digital control panel.
Prototyped a 10:1 cycloidal gearbox and developed a custom rig to measure efficiency, backlash, and lifetime.
Designed, prototyped, and tested a 100:1 stacked gearbox (two 10:1 stages) using 3D printing to identify failure modes such as pin pull-out, gear hole ovalization, lubricant leakage, and output plate separation.
Directed trade studies and testing of parallel linkage and linear gripper end effectors; guided two team members through independent design iterations.
Performed structural load analyses to minimize deflection and reduce weight in aluminum forearm, bicep, and actuator support plates.
Managed task delegation, inventory, procurement, and CAD version control across the team.
Not-a-Boring Competition 2023 — Hydraulics & Thermal Member
Determined temperature, volumetric flow, and pressure changes across motors, pumps, heat exchangers, hydraulic cylinders, and valves and documented on P&ID diagrams for Final Design Proposal.
Designed hydraulic manifold for excavation subsystem involving 3 hydraulic motors.
