Mechanism design across robotics, drones, medical devices, and a formula car — each page covers why the thing exists, how it works, the decisions behind it, and what went wrong along the way.
| Project | Role | Organisation | Status | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air–Water Hexarotor AUV | Mechanical design lead | UCLA Mechatronics & Controls Lab | Built, in testing | 2026 |
| Suspension Compliance Test Jig | Design and CAD lead | Bruin Formula Racing | In manufacturing | 2025–26 |
| Articulating Colonoscopy Snare | Project lead | UCLA Bionics Lab | Complete — prototype | 2026 |
| Battery Health Monitoring PCB | PCB design | Bruin Formula Racing | In development | 2025–26 |
| PPM Drone Relay Module | Sole designer | Independent research | Complete | 2025 |
| FTC Robotics | Founder and team lead | FTC Team 13216 Deja Vu | Four seasons | 2021–25 |
| Combat Robotics | Founder and mechanical lead | Beetleweight combat team | 3 lb class | 2022–23 |
Six-DOF hexarotor that flies, dives, and changes shape in between. The arms retract and the props fold under water drag, so one airframe runs efficiently in both mediums.
Arms extended
Design and CAD lead on a two-person team. The team's first compliance jig: applies 1,000+ lbf to one corner of the car to measure toe and camber compliance and check the suspension model against real numbers.
Project lead on a five-person team. A 3.4 mm steerable sheath that gives a colonoscopy snare 360° of angular access independent of the scope — small enough to pass down the 3.6 mm working channel of an adult colonoscope.
One of three on a custom KiCad board that monitors the car's low-voltage pack — voltage, charge rate, state of charge and pack health — and raises a fault to the driver when something is wrong.
Sole designer. A deployable ground relay that extends a commercial drone's control range by 82% — roughly 300 m — by pulling the PPM control signal apart, retransmitting it as data, and rebuilding it at the aircraft.
Founded FTC team 13216 Deja Vu and led it for four seasons. Four robots, each 30–50 custom printed parts inside a 500+ part assembly. This is where I taught myself SolidWorks.
Founded a combat robotics team and designed a 3 lb beetleweight spinner — a design problem where survivability and weapon energy matter more than cycle time, and every gram is argued against a hard weight limit.
