SproutsIO Inc.Building the Personal Produce Experience

I’ve worked with SproutsIO Inc. developing an intelligent hydro-culture device to grow fruits and vegetables year round indoors. I’ve performed user testing with chefs as well as designed, proto-typed and tested product components. I constructed and main-tained a plant laboratory, and researched numerous aspects of plant health for future developments.

Early SproutsIO prototypes

user testing - product testing - design - hydroculture research

Chef Ben harvesting from a SproutsIO

Harvesting the tomatoes

Wheatgrass grown in SproutsIO

Affordable Design and EntrepreneurshipDesigning Food Processing Machines

for Rural Ghanaian WomenMy senior capstone project was designing, prototyping, test-ing, and deploying cassava presses for rural gari producing Ghanaian women. The machines were designed to be easily usable by a single woman, empowering her to grow her own business. The machines will be manufactured in the future by a company to be established in Ghana.

Auntie Akosua operating the rotating double lead screw press

Hayley and I testing a new lead screw constrainer

Testing the Ratchet Strap Press in Ghana

Testing the Ratchet Strap Press in Massachusetts

distance - documentation - speed - design limitations - testing - expectations

Original ratcheting design

Previous semester design

Press in open position

The details of size selection

distance - documentation - speed - design limitations - testing - expectations

Human Powered Vehicles TeamBuilding Recumbent Vehicles and Team Leadership

Through my membership and time as captain on the Olin HPV Team I assisted in building 4 recumbent bikes and trikes, machined aluminum and steel vehicle components, constructed aerodynam-ic fairings from carbon fiber through differing techniques, created and followed team schedules, organized activities, lead design re-views, and taught and engaged new members.

education - documentation - organization - leadership

2015 Competition team

Working on prototypes

Learning from failure

education - documentation - organization - leadership

Composite fairing construction prototype

2014 Vehicle interior

Adjustable pedal system

Investigating NormalDesigning for Children with Sensory Processing Difficulties

Working with occupational therapists from a nearby school for chil-dren with varying developmental and social disabilities, my team designed an easily reproducible and safe addition to the classroom chairs. The Nestly is designed to create a comfortable environment for children at their desk. It blocks visual distractions and unwant-ed gazes, defines a space, and empowers kids to self regulate their emotions and behavior.

creativity - documentation - cost - empathy - detail

The beginning of the idea

Final product closes in front

The final design

creativity - documentation - cost - empathy - detail

A secondary final design

Initial explorations in texture

Initial explorations in weight, texture, fidget toys

Final collapsed projects

Loci Controls: Mechanical Engineering InternOptimizing Landfill Gas

Collection for Energy Use

I worked to test and evaluate sensor performance under dif-ferent environmental conditions. I designed a testing platform for quick and repeatable sensor tests. I compiled and ana-lyzed data for trends and accuracy, troubleshooting problems and discrepancies along the way.

documentation - accuracy - reproducibility - experimental design - data analysis

Describing the system to visitors with David

System deployed in field

Online well monitoring system

Auris Surgical RoboticsMechanical Engineering Intern in New

Project Research and Development

I designed, prototyped, and machined parts and systems for in-lab use. I explored some concept designs and famil-iarized myself with new engineering principles and tools. The environment was professional and I often communi-cated with vendors and machinists to build my own parts.

pneumatics - communication - patent - speed

A RTV mold of porcine lungsPart drawings for manufacture

Redesigned components for in lab experimentation