paradigm hyperloop

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Mechanical Lead + Braking Lead

I have spent over 3 years designing, building and testing hyperloop pods for Elon Musk’s SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.

  • Led 30 engineering students to develop the mechanical subsystems for our 4th generation hyperloop pod.

  • Designed a custom pneumatic braking system and completed the fluid analysis to ensure safe operation. Able to decelerate the pod at ~7g’s.

 

extracurricular projects

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Vice President External (VPX)

Memorial University Engineering Society

May 2018 - May 2020

  • Representing all of Memorial Universities Engineering Students on regional and national levels!

  • Led the creation of our sponsorship package and email campaign for our annual charity ball which raised a record breaking $24,000.

  • Created partnerships with local breweries and corporate franchises to create more sustainable student events.

 
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MCE Ambassador

Centre for Entrepreneurship

October 2017 - October 2019

  • Planned a student focused entrepreneurial conference that had over 150 attendees.

  • Aided in the creation of university wide, bi-weekly learning sessions.

 

school projects

The Goldilocks Bracket

Project Goal: Design, analyze, 3D print and test a bracket that will fail when experiencing a load between 100 lbf and 200lbf.

  • Used Solidworks to design multiple iterations of the bracket based on Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

  • Completed FEA to fine tune when and where the bracket would fail.

    • Per the test, the FEA results had an error of only 5%.

  • Created plots in excel to show the loading profile throughout the test.

 
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Pneumatic Piston Motor Fabrication

Project Goal: Using provided assembly and part drawings I used the student machine shop to machine and assemble the motor with high precision to achieve the highest RPM using compressed air.

  • Spent over 20 hours machining components using mills, lathes and drill presses.

  • The small piston rotated over 2000 RPM achieving a 90th percentile finish compared to the rest of the class.

 
3D Printed Phone Mount for Wall Charging with the Apple Iphone Block that reduces cable strain.

3D Printed Phone Mount for Wall Charging with the Apple Iphone Block that reduces cable strain.

Large scale geneva drive mechanism used in watches - made using a laser cutter + bolts for shafts.

Large scale geneva drive mechanism used in watches - made using a laser cutter + bolts for shafts.

3D Printing + Laser Cutting

Project Goal: My first ever engineering project I completed in my program in order to learn designing for 3D printing and 2D manufacturing techniques.

  • Used Solidworks to design both the bracket and all parts of the Geneva Mechanism.

  • Converted the part files to stl for printing and dxf plus line tracing for laser cutting.