Autonomous Maritime Robotics Association
August 2024 | August 2025
- Led a team to design a minimal-cost electronics cooling solution within the submarine to reduce internal temperatures by over 60°F
- Worked with a team of 4 to design, prototype, and manufacture an improved thruster mount, reducing lateral movement
- Designed and modeled a torpedo launching system
- Prototyped a bin that releases weighted bags over a designated drop zone utilizing torsion springs and servo motors
- Created an IP68 compliant waterproof servo housing for a DS3225 servo motor utilizing o-rings and shaft seals
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
August 2025 | Present
- Collaborating with students from Insituto Technológico de Aeronáutica to create a flow visualization model to study the behavior of phase change materials (PCM)
- Created a test section in Autodesk Inventor to contain the PCM and allow it to be oriented at any angle
- The test section simulates a constant heat flux boundary condition and a constant temperature boundary condition
Houck Airfoil — US Patent US9976421B2
August 2025 | Present
- Researching the patented lifting foil design and identifying potential, practical applications for aerospace technologies
- Evaluating the technology readiness level for further independent study with the intent to commercialize the technology