The vice drawings below were a mid term assignment in my senior year testing our ability to use UNC standard fits, tolerances, and thread call outs. The schematics would allow anyone interested to build a table vice to the same specifications as the real model it was based on.
As a school project, I developed a 3d printer capable of extruding concrete. Though it is never managed to actually work with the concrete, it worked as a 4 axis 3d printer made mostly out of recycled and self fabricated parts. A while ago it became a local news story and got a feature on my school’s web page.
In addition, I took it to SkillsUSA as an entry into the Engineering Technology/Design competition, where it won gold.
These here are the current (yet not finished) drawing of the CAD files.
This is a short video from one of the classes I taught in 2019. It covered general aerodynamic principles using paper airplanes as a medium. Kids designed and modified paper planes until they reached the desired performance.
Assisting a kid with gel electrophoresis during a bio-chemistry class at TDI
FIRST Robotics
I was the team captain of my school’s FIRST robotics team for two of my four years on. In 2019 we were the highest placing Vermont team (only being beat by teams from out of state, including a team that would go on to win 2nd place at worlds), and we took 7th place overall at the competition. The robot shown above is for the Relic Recovery challenge, and was fabricated almost entirely by our team using laser cutting and 3d printing. The footage here is from a scrimmage about a month before the February competition.
Custom Cat Orthotics
CAD Files
I made the CAD models below myself for a midterm assignment sophomore year. The full model was a discarded 3d printer that I took apart and recreated in CAD. The program I used is SolidWorks, an industry standard for this style of modeling.
SkillsUSA: Chapter Display
This is the overview of my SkillsUSA chapter display project. It placed 1st in state, and 11th at nationals. The model itself is a highly accurate 1/12th scale recreation of the sugar shack on my school’s campus. It is built exactly like the real model, even down to the placement of the 2×4’s
After School Program Stem Activity
This here is a small video I took from my work at the Chamberlain Elementary Schools after-school program where I taught kids STEM-based skills every week. In this workshop, I had kids assemble laser cut scissor lifts (which I had cut out earlier) while learning about simple machines. This lift here was built by a 3rd-grade student who was particularly fascinated by the project.
During the pandemic we ending up having to host TDI online for 2020. While I’m not great at virtual learning, it let me teach something I knew a lot about: video games. Here I am teaching a group of kids how to use minecraft “redstone circuitry” to mimic real life programing and create useful contraptions!
