Post on 13-Apr-2017
Automated Resistor SorterIEEE Masterpiece Mania
• I entered this project into Michigan Tech’s IEEE Masterpiece Mania, an electronics design competition
• Fortunately, I Placed 2nd out of 16 teams, acquiring a $300 cash prize
• The sequence of the sorter is shown below:1. Gripping the resistor
2. Rotating the arm to measure it against contacts
3. Rotating the orange sorting bin to the correct bin it
4. Dropping the resistor in the proper bin compartment
• Improvements will be made to the resistance sensing leads, due to inconsistencies in measurement continuity
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Plastic Recycling GranulatorOpen Source Hardware Enterprise
• For our group’s senior design
project, we designed and
fabricated open source plastic
granulator
• Our last semester of this project
consisted of stress and fatigue
simulations in MATLAB to
redesign the granulator,
optimizing it’s cost and
manufacturability
• It will be used to recycle plastic
prints, and if all goes well
plastic bottles to make 3D
printing filament
Induction FurnaceOpen Source Hardware Enterprise
• Our group was involved in the design and build of an open source induction furnace
• The goal of the project is to melt aluminum that will be used to create 3D printing filament
• We completed a fair amount of inductance and resonant frequency calculations
• I designed and assembled the pneumatic crucible lift and assisted in the radiator cooling system design
Research In Michigan Tech Non-Linear and Autonomous Systems Lab
• During April 2016 and from September 2016 until now I have been working in the Michigan tech Non-Linear and Autonomous Systems Lab• I reconfigured and built the autonomous
sub’s roll servo mount and wiring
• I designed a new buoyancy engine system for a submarine used in MTU summer youth program
• Sources:• http://me.sites.mtu.edu/mahmoudian/
• http://me.sites.mtu.edu/mahmoudian/research/roughie/
Delta Style 3D Printer
• This is a 3D printer I made as part of a 3D printing class
• It helped in learning about 3D printer control boards, as well as what is required to create a good 3D print
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Enterprise
• During fall 2013 semester we used a hall effect sensor to create a method to measure the wheel speed
• This was a small part in the construction of a diesel-electric car
Robotic Basketball Blocker
• This is a prototype Curt Hill,
VP of Product design of Excel
Outdoors had me design and
fabricate for him
• The assembly moves around
the rim and waves arms to
block basketball shots
ASEE Robotics Competition
• Our task was to design, manufacture and program a robot to pick up and deposit golf balls into a box autonomously
• An Arduino Microcontroller using a stepper shield was used to control the robot
ARTEMIS Science Tower
• ARTEMIS is an aerospace project by Stone Aerospace.
• Its mission is to detect for life under the ice of Europa, a moon of Jupiter.
• Our team was involved with the designing of a suspension system mounted to a sensor array, also called a science tower
• The tower is meant to trace the bottom of an ice shelf as sensors pick up data.
• This is an early conceptual model
Blue Marble Security Enterprise
• In this enterprise, our team designed and constructed a model of a prototype for an automated system to lift snow into snow sculpture molds.
• Snow sculptures are a Michigan Tech winter carnival tradition.
Hobby Projects
• Below is a potato cannon
designed with a winch so
we could adjust the angle
of trajectory easily
• Also seen is a fully
automatic homemade
airsoft gun and trebuchet
• I enjoy mechanical work
like building bikes and my
own go-kart
Submarine Alarm
• This was a digital logic project
• Our team’s task was to create a system that would warn people in case of flooding
• We used two 555 timers to create an alarm tone
after specific logic cases were fulfilled using EOR &
AND gates
• Our mechanical float switches are shown above
Other CAD Projects
• The top left project was a power
transmission gearbox for our machine
design class that our team calculated
all major stress points on to size
components accordingly
• The top right project was a fire escape
that would ideally lower someone from
a window to the ground safely
• The bottom project was a self
propelled scooter design