For my mechanical engineering capstone design project, I designed an automatic game piece sorter. I am interested in entering the field of mechatronics and automation after graduation, and this was the perfect project to practice relevant skills. This device sorts game pieces from the board game Ticket To Ride: Rails & Sails. There are 5 […]
Ticket to Ride: Rails and Sails is a Euro-style board game that has players building a combination of train routes and shipping lines to complete connections between various cities for points. It’s fun, but if you’re looking to purchase your first Ticket to Ride, I recommend the Europe edition instead since it is less complicated […]
This project was the main topic of my MECH 458 class (Mechatronics). We were tasked to wire an AT90USB1287 microcontroller to the black terminal block, and program it to sort objects as quickly and as accurately as possible. The system sorts 4 different types of objects into categories based on their reflectivities: black plastic, white […]
For our 3rd year Engineering Design class, myself and a group of six other students were tasked to design a suspension system that would enable a six-wheeled robot to navigate speed bumps and accessibility ramps. The current design had two interior drive wheels, and four exterior casters for balance. The old design makes movement easy […]
In our design of mechanical elements class, groups of four were tasked to design a gear box, taking into account the failure criterion of each component. In this class, we learned how to calculate safety factors, determine factors for infinite life of components. We mostly used Von Mises stress in these calculations. Our textbook was […]
Ocean Networks Canada had a project that they posed to us: They needed an underwater robot that could connect a cable from the source to a target. For the scope of this project, our goal was to make a robot based out of VEX components that could connect a loop of string onto a hook […]
The Municipality of Saanich had a proposed plan for a solar-powered washroom for Rutledge Park, but the design, in its current state would not engage or educate the public about sustainable energy. My team sought to design an accompanying piece that would give park users a hands-on experience with tidal energy, one of the lesser-known […]