Bound (December 2016) Bound: Taking stories with you wherever you're bound. Bound was my final project for my ME203 class requiring me to design and create anything using a metalworking process. I decided to create a foldable bookstand for dual-functionality using sheet metal and upholstery vinyl. Processes used included sheet metal manipulation, steel riveting, and sewing.	daisy* (Summer 2017) This summer I had the opportunity to work for daisy*, a creative design and technology firm. Myself and the other intern were tasked to create a technology allowing a dance group (SpininGReen) to interactively control lasers in real-time through VR controllers. A video of the shooting will be published on YouTube.	Fruits Harvest (Summer 2017) Fruits Harvest is an original game I made over the summer while learning Unity for my internship. It was an opportunity to practice combining C# scripts with objects, triggers, animations, and infinitely-looping randomized 2D games. All models were taken from the Unity library.	PhotoShare Web App (December 2017) PhotoShare is a web application created for my CS142 Web Applications class. It supports user login/registration, photo uploading, commenting, and liking, and activity tracking. Created using the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node JS). Click the link to view a video tutorial of the project functionality.
Daily Happiness (March 2017) Daily Happiness is a mobile app concept created for my ME115B class project. Daily Happiness is a way for people to remind themselves of daily positives, combining photos and journaling. The app concept focuses on mindfulness, simplicity, and positivity, because the little things in life count. See link for app simulation.	ME101 Pinball Machine (March 2016) For the iconic ME101 pinball machine project, our group was motivated by our different cultures and created an Around-The-World pinball machine. Made entirely of paper, foam core, and wooden dowels, it is a fully functional pinball machine featuring major landmarks from 4 countries. When the red flag by each landmark is flipped, the corresponding flag is raised on the backboard. At the center, Mount Everest presents a bonus: climb the mountain and 3 extra balls come into play!	ME101 Pinball Machine (March 2016) Please see link for video of Mount Everest Bonus Balls mechanism, which I was in charge of designing and creating.	Magnifying Glass (February 2017) As an introduction to machining for my ME203 class, we had to machine a magnifying glass and Stanford plaque. The magnifying glass was made using the lathe (plastic handle, brass ring, acrylic lens) and mill (brass lug), brazing to attach the ring and the lug, and the stand was made from forming sheet metal.
Stanford Plaque and Magnifying Glass The Stanford plaque was sand casted from bronze at Stanford's Product Realization Lab as an introduction to sand casting. Post-production finishing was done to sand and polish the surface to its final smooth and shiny look.	Ping Pong Towers (January 2016) For our first ME101 assignment, we were tasked with passing a ping pong ball from one tower to another without directly touching any part of the towers during the process. For this project, our team took inspiration from elegance of the Japanese bamboo fountain. With one tower designed to resemble a traditional Chinese tower and the other a stone pond, ping pong balls were dropped into the bamboo shoot until its weight shifted and all the balls spilled into the pond.	FINAL ASSEMBLY 2 Meet Bright Idea, a whimsical light to adorn your desk. Made for my ME115B project, I took inspiration from the brand Smoko and designed a flashlight that would match its sense of fun, uniqueness, and whimsicality. Bright Idea is meant to take on the image of a brain inside a lightbulb instead of the other way around, casting delight around the room and for the user. Click the link to download my process book to see the how the design came about from beginning to end.	ZZone (November 2016) Partnering with Casper Mattresses, our team created the ZZone for our ME115A project. We decided to focus on the issue of parents needing to bring their children to work with them and the tensions that it caused for both parent and child. After research and interviewing actual users, we designed the ZZone, an affordable yet effective solution for the child to be comfortable and have their own space while at work with their parents. Please watch our final video to see our full project.
Truss Bridge (November 2015) For our E14 class, we were tasked with designing and building a balsa wood truss bridge given a set of size and load capacity constraints. For an extra challenge, our team decided to deviate from the typical Howe/Pratt/Warren designs and instead combined various aspects of other designs to create an overall look of elegance and power. Truss analysis was also done for each member/joint of the structure given the target load capacity.	TEMPO (March 2015) For my EE15N class, our group was allowed to choose any issue and design a solution for it. We chose to tackle the issue of listening to music while biking. Since wearing headphones while biking is illegal and holding a phone can be dangerous, we decided on a simple addition that would clasp onto the bike handle and act as a speaker/amplifier. Angled so that it faces the biker, a speaker would fit inside the addition and play music such that only the biker would be able to listen to their music.	H.A.N.D. (June 2014) The following was a project for the 2014 Technology Student Association competition in the Engineering Design category as well as senior engineering project. Targeting the communication barrier for sign language users, our team designed a sensor-less glove that could recognize the finger positions for all the letters in the American Sign Language alphabet and convert them into English letters displayed on an LCD screen.	Architecture Design (March 2014) The following is an architecture project for my Civil Engineering and Architecture class. The floor plans were made using AutoDesk Revit and the structure was made using foam and construction paper. The design is based from the 2013 Technology Student Association competition Architectural Renovation category. While the project was created by 4 other group members and myself, the floor plan and house design/layout itself was charged to me.
Dual Windband (June 2013) Created for the 2013 Technology Student Association competition in the Engineering Design category, our team tackled renewable wind energy. More efficient than windmills due to a lack of friction, the Dual Windband consists of two ribbons that vibrate when hit with wind, causing the magnets at their ends to oscillate between coils of wire and producing a current. The design is meant to be attached to the top of a car, but also comes with a stationary stand.	Wireless Enuresis Alert System The following was a project for the 2012 Technology Student Association competition in the Engineering Design category. Working with 4 other classmates, we created a product aimed towards helping enuretic or otherwise incontinent hospital patients. With conductive thread sewn into a blanket padding, urine could immediately be detected and a wireless signal would be sent to the caregiver. Inexpensive and washable, it could easily be implemented in the hospital or nursing homes.