Out for a Ride
Some photos from my riding adventures!
FJ40 Land Cruiser V8 swap (“engineering is iterative”)
Classic FJ40 Land Cruiser — Diesel-to-LS Powertrain Swap The project: Take a classic Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser and give it a modern powertrain — again. Round one Recap: Designed and fabricated all mounts and modifications to fit a GM 6.2L V8 turbo diesel (and later a 6.5L V8 turbo diesel) — engine mounts, NV4500, and …
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Phosphate Feed System Upgrade
Skills Used: AutoCAD, P&ID, Communication, Collaboration, Mechanical Design, Project Management, Problem Solving Project Dates: Summer 2019 Additional Documentation Available: No, CAD models and P&ID diagrams stayed with Employer Project Description: I was tasked with taking over a project to upgrade the Phosphate Feed system for Unit 4/5 (also called “Pinion” from the Pinion Pine Project …
Power Plant Piping Inspection
Skills Used: Project Management, Maintenance and Repair, Mechanical Design Project Dates: Summer 2019 Additional Documentation Available: No, report stayed with NV Energy Project Description: During my time with NV Energy, I was tasked with doing a plant-wide piping and support inspection. Most everyone that worked there had been there a long time and thought a …
Brayton Cycle Analysis
Skills Used: MATLAB, Data Analysis, Thermodynamics Project Dates: Spring Semester 2021 Additional Documentation Available: Yes, full report Project Description: This was my portion of an extra-credit assignment in Thermodynamics. I looked at the real world efficiency of several gas turbines compared to the theoretical values. More specifically, I looked at the efficiency of a GE6FA, …
ENGR100 Hovercraft
Skills Used: Data Analysis, Teamwork, Problem Solving, Programming, Troubleshooting, Product Design, Mechanical Design Project Dates: Spring Semester 2018 Additional Documentation Available: Yes, reports and calculations Project Description: My very first engineering class presented teams with a task of designing and building a Hovercraft that could autonomously navigate a black line using a LEGO Mindstorms controller. …
PID Controller
Skills Used: Data Analysis, MATLAB, Problem Solving, Systems Engineering Project Dates: Fall Semester 2020 Additional Documentation Available: Yes, full report Project Description: This was an extra-credit assignment for my Instrumentation class. The purpose was to investigate the performance of a PI controller, which was pre-supplied in the form of programming for the computer software we …
GPU Thermal Analysis and Testing
Skills Used: SOLIDWORKS, Thermal Analysis, Data Analysis, Teamwork, Heat Transfer Project Dates: Fall Semester 2021 Additional Documentation Available: Yes, report, pictures, CAD models and video Project Description: This was a team project in Intermediate Heat Transfer (ME 414). We were tasked with evaluating different cooling configurations for a TESLA compute unit. These are powerful graphics …
Capstone Bike Support Clamp
Skills Used: Teamwork, SOLIDWORKS, Mechanical Design, Product Design, 3D Printing, Prototyping, Data Analysis, GD&T, Problem Solving, Project Management, Finite Element Analysis Project Dates: Fall Semester 2021 Additional Documentation Available: Yes, full report and DHF Project Description: My Capstone team decided on a project to design and build a bike “clamp” that could be used to …
Jeep JT Grill Guard
Skills Used: SOLIDWORKS, Mechanical Design, Problem Solving, Welding, Fabrication, 3D Printing Project Dates: June 2022 Additional Documentation Available: Yes, CAD models Project Description: I wanted to add a grill guard to the front of my Jeep but did not want to spend the money on a pre-made one. I set out to use a pre-bent …