Engineering Design Projects
Roto Bungee
Roles: Product Developer, Engineering Design
If you've used a standard mouse bungee before, you'll be all too familiar with that extra pulling sensation you feel when you're approaching the edges of your mousepad. That extra tension has caused you to whiff shots, misclick, or rip your bungee out of place. My frustration with existing bungees led me to design a solution to end all of the annoyances that come with using a wired mouse.
Piezoelectic Mechanical Keyboard
Roles: Product Developer, Engineering Design
The team developed a wireless mechanical keyboard that harnesses excess energy produced during a keystroke to augment the battery life. Our goal was to build a self-sufficient device capable of truly cutting the cord.
Toaster Redesign
Role: Engineering Design
Our team was given the Proctor Silex 2-Slice Toaster (seen below) to dissect and analyze with the goal to recommend changes to reduce part count and assembly time. Our solution reduced the relevant part count from 28 to 11.
Mechanical Gripper
Role: Engineering Design
Our team was tasked with creating a mechanical gripper that would attach to a defined mounting interface at the end of a 1ft pendulum, and lift a 2lb sphere with a misaligned center 1ft from its starting position. Through much iteration, our team designed a gear and gripping system that successfully completed the task.