B.S./M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, minor in Aerospace Engineering, one semester from graduating. This is where the projects live in more depth than a resume line allows — the design decisions, the failed iterations, and the actual data.
Selected work
Each piece covers the same ground an engineering report would: the problem, the design decisions, what was actually built and tested, and the results — including what didn't work the first time.
Component design under real constraints draft
Team engineering-design project: an activated-alumina desiccant wheel that dehumidifies window AC units using the unit's own waste heat. I built the physical test rig and owned the CFD study that set the duct-to-wheel gap tolerance.
Mechanism design, fabrication & controls draft
Team of four in Machine Design. Designed, machined, and wired a four-bar linkage that reaches out and presses buttons on a game board on command — under a $100 parts budget and a fixed swept-volume limit.
Computational fluid dynamics & self-directed research draft
Solo graduate project: a full pipeline from USGS lidar terrain data to a Fortran large-eddy simulation, quantifying the dead zones and gust-prone regions I have felt firsthand kiteboarding at a specific spot on Whidbey Island.