Project Structure

Each project page is organized as a public-facing engineering summary rather than a full academic archive. Project summaries may include the project purpose, system objective, tools used, technical methods, design approach, testing activities, and lessons learned.

The goal of this section is to show how each project contributed to my engineering foundation across robotics, controls, system integration, mechanical design, software development, and applied problem-solving.

Project Categories

Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Projects focused on robotic sensing, motion, manipulation, navigation, actuation, and autonomous behavior.

Controls & Mechanical Design
Projects involving dynamic system analysis, mechanical assemblies, steering/linkage design, control behavior, and system modeling.

Materials & Civil Engineering Applications
Academic projects exploring material behavior, structural materials, cementitious systems, and additive construction concepts.

Interdisciplinary Academic Projects
Projects connecting engineering, humanities, social awareness, and broader problem-solving contexts.

Featured Engineering Projects

• Object Detection: Pick-and-Place Robot — A robotics project involving computer vision, object detection, camera calibration, kinematic modeling, Jacobian analysis, trajectory planning, and robotic manipulation.

  • Dynamically controlled a 3 DOF robot in MATLAB and C++ implementing forward and inverse kinematics. Implemented motion planning, trajectory generation, vision-based tracking, error sources, and propagation.

• Fire Fighting Robot — An autonomous robot project focused on navigating an environment, detecting a flame source, and executing fire suppression behavior through sensing and embedded control.

  • Created a fire detecting robot which navigated through a maze and extinguished a candle flame using  a fan. Managed the project by creating milestones, outlining team meetings, and divvying up tasks. Assisted with the robot design and assembly, 3D modeling in SolidWorks, calculations, and sensor testing.

• Robotic Replacement of Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods — A robotic system concept involving mechanical design, control logic, sensor-based navigation, motor selection, and autonomous task execution in a hazardous environment.

  • Created a nuclear lab simulated robot that picked up rods, placed them in holsters, and distinguished which storage containers were empty using bluetooth. PID line tracking was used to navigate the simulated floor layout. Assisted with design and assembly of the robot, the technical report, calculations, and  testing.

• Robotic Autonomous Window Cleaner — A controls engineering project analyzing a robotic autonomous system for high-rise window cleaning, including transient response, steady-state response, frequency response, and system behavior.

  • Conducted an in-depth analysis into the RAS System, this included the transient response, steady-state response, and frequency response.

• Remote Controlled Car — A mechanical design project involving custom gearbox development, steering linkage design, chassis assembly, and prototype documentation.

  • Assisted with design and assembly of the custom gearbox, steering linkages, and technical documentation.

• Nano Carbon Tubes — A materials-focused academic project exploring the effect of carbon nanotubes within a cementitious matrix, including material properties, durability, dispersion challenges, and potential structural applications.

• How Art is Used to Raise Social Awareness — An interdisciplinary academic project examining how visual and interactive art can communicate social issues, raise awareness, and support public engagement.

Additional Academic Projects

• Major Qualifying Project: 3D-Printing Concrete — A multidisciplinary engineering project focused on concrete 3D-printing, material flow behavior, inline mixing, and flow-rate control.

• TurtleBot3 Autonomous Mapping — Programmed the TurtleBot3, a ROS based mobile robot, to enable the robot to explore any environment, generate a map, and travel within it, while avoiding obstacles. The environment was mapped using LIDAR sensor data and A* algorithm was used for the path planning. Assisted with the technical report  and debugging

• Qualifying Project: African Artist Initiative — An interdisciplinary project focused on using art and digital storytelling to support social awareness and community-focused platform development.

• Great Problems Seminar: Humanitarian Engineering Past & Present — A first-year engineering project focused on identifying and presenting a solution for a humanitarian engineering challenge.

Engineering Themes

• Robotics Design and Integration

• Autonomous Navigation

• Object Detection and Computer Vision

• Robotic Manipulation

• Controls Analysis

• Mechanical System Design

• Mechatronics

• Sensor Integration

• Technical Documentation

• Materials and Structural Applications

• Multidisciplinary Engineering Collaboration

• Testing and Troubleshooting

• Social-Impact and Humanitarian Engineering

Note on Project Detail

These projects are presented as selected public-facing summaries. Some materials are condensed from academic submissions, presentations, or reports to focus on project purpose, technical methods, tools used, design decisions, testing, and lessons learned.