Projects
Featured Projects
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Latent Heat Engine
A novel thermodynamic cycle was simulated for potential applications in renewable energy generation, converting power from water evaporation.
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Tensile Strength Test Stand
A tensile strength test stand for evaluating fibers produced by a novel rayon fabric process.
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Light Collimation Array
A prototype lighting system that uses an array of retroreflectors to create collimated light, producing a closer approximation of natural daylight.
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Lazy Paddles
A series of evolving prototypes was developed for an underwater paddleboard propulsion system.
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Silver Refining Method
A novel electrochemical silver-refining method, modeled in Excel and prototyped with a custom cell design and supporting electronics.
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Stradivari (Gibson) Viola
16” viola modeled after the 1734 “Gibson” by Antonio Stradivari (in progress)
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Improved Rayon Fabric Production
A novel method for producing regenerated cellulose “rayon” fabric from wood pulp using environmentally-friendly and reusable solvents.
Additional Projects
- Leaf-mounted Plant Lighting System: Designed and built a novel leaf-mounted design for light absorption.
- Oxyhydrogen Torch: Designed and built an oxyhydrogen torch for personal use in silver refining and other builds.
- Algae Fibres: Researched and tested a novel method for producing fibres from algae using environmentally friendly solvents.
- Laboratory Stir Plates: Design and built heating and cooling stir plates using plexiglass, and simple electronics coded with Arduino.
- Centrifuge: Designed and built a laboratory centrifuge for personal use.
- Air Conditioner: Designed and built a two-stage evaporative cooling powered air conditioner, using easily sourced and reusable materials.
- Jellyfish-inspired Underwater Populsion System: Designed and built a novel, underwater propulsion method inspired by the biomimicry of jellyfish, using Arduino-coded electronics.