Mechanical Engineer,Web Designer,Musician,Mental Math Enthusiast,Chess Amateur,Video Gamer
The goal of this project was to design a camera system that could operate in an environment with peak temperatures of up to 1000°F. My job was to generate all of the SolidWorks models and drawings. Our team used gas-cooling to ensure the operability of the sensitive optics in these harsh conditions. We designed a custom mounting flange to integrate our system directly with the customer's test chamber. The gas-cooled system was successful, and several additional units were manufactured for analytical testing use.
EnvirOptics sought a website to boost its sales and presence in the marketplace. We elected to build the website, EnvirOptics.com, in-house to give us greater control and the ability to update daily. I carried out the project on my own. By the end, I had three new computer languages under my belt, as well as a responsive website with over 60 unique, content-filled pages and an e-commerce catalog of products.
The plating masking fixture was my first solo engineering project from generation of concept through end use. I was tasked with designing, material research, prototyping, testing, refining, machining, producing and assembling the fixtures. The goal was to create a fixture that would hold and protect very sensitive battery terminals while masking off a section of the terminal where plating was not allowed. Previously, masking was hand-painted, resulting in damaged parts, low yields, and a two-day masking process. Using these fixtures, parts could be loaded and fully masked in a matter of seconds. The cage provided protection and ease for holding the fixtures. These fixtures increased yields by 25% and greatly reduced costs and lead time.
One major problem we encountered as a small business was accurately tracking hours spent on each project. Previously, employees kept a hand-written log of their hours. The logs were submitted and manually input into Excel. Many errors were made, and several hours of labor were wasted every week. I created a timesheet in Excel that was user-friendly and included a calendar of each employee's personal and vacation time. I learned Visual Basic and wrote a program that collated the data from each employee's timesheet, allowing for accurate tracking of labor and money spent on each project. The entire process was automated, saving a great deal of time and effort each week.
The objective of designing the leak detection manifold was to create a fixture that could check hermeticity of over 50 different leak paths across eight probe heads at once, rather than the old method of testing them one at a time. The design parameters were very tight as the whole system had to fit inside our environmental chamber and withstand temperature cycling from 23°C to 85°C. With a limited budget, our goal was to design a fixture that used a large number of off-the-shelf items. The project was successful. Efficiency was increased many times over.
I managed an online e-commerce product catalog consisting of 2,000 different products. I created the catalog items from scratch including product descriptions, generation of pricing and customizable features. In order to do so efficiently, I wrote a JavaScript that generated the descriptions and pricing for all variations of each item and assigned them a unique part number. This JavaScript was then used to upload all 2,000 products at once, as opposed to the standard way of uploading one product at a time. This allowed for ease in updating and maintaining the catalog. In addition, I managed the Google Adwords account to help bring in customers on a pay per click basis. I was also in charge of monitoring the budget and tracking revenue.
The goal of this project was to design a camera system that could operate in an environment with peak temperatures of up to 1000°F. My job was to generate all of the SolidWorks models and drawings. Our team decided to utilize gas-cooling as a method for keeping the sensitive optics operable in these harsh conditions. We designed a custom mounting flange to integrate our system directly with the customer's test chamber. The gas-cooled system was successful and several additional units were manufactured for analytical testing use.
The EnvirOptics team decided that having a website could help boost our sales and presence in the market place. We elected to build our website, EnvirOptics.com, in-house to give us more control as far as making daily updates. Being a small company, we only had the resources to devote one person to the task. I decided to take on the challenge of learning how to design websites. By the end of the project I had three new computer languages under my belt, as well as a responsive website with over 60 unique, content filled pages and an e-commerce catalog of products. Since then I've gotten a bit better :)
The plating masking fixture was my first solo engineering project from generation of concept through end use - I was tasked with designing, material research, prototyping, testing, refining, machining, producing and assembling the fixtures. The goal was to create a fixture that would hold and protect very sensitive battery terminals while masking off a section of the terminal where plating was not allowed. Previously masking was hand painted, resulting in damaged parts, low yields, and a two day masking process. Using these fixtures parts could be loaded and fully masked in a matter of seconds. The cage provided protection and ease for holding the fixtures. These fixtures increased yields by 25% and greatly reduced costs and lead time.
One major problem that we encountered as a small business was not being able to accurately track our hours spent on each project effectively. Previously, we had been hand-writing down our hours and submitting them to someone whose job was to type them into excel. Many errors were made and several hours of labor were wasted every week. I created a timesheet in excel that was very user friendly and included a calendar of each employees personal and vacation time. I learned Visual Basic and wrote a program that collated the data from each employee's timesheet, allowing for accurate tracking of labor and money spent on each project. The entire process was automated, saving a great deal of time and effort each week.
The objective of designing the leak detection manifold was to create a fixture that could check hermeticity of over 50 different leak paths across eight probe heads at once, rather than the old method of testing them one at a time. Furthermore, the design parameters were very tight as the whole system had to fit inside our environmental chamber and withstand temperature cycling from 23°C to 85°C. With a limited budget, our goal was to design a fixture that used a large number of off-the-shelf items. The project was successful and the manifold was used for the following production run, increasing efficiency many times over.
I managed an online e-commerce product catalog consisting of 2000 different products. I created the catalog items from scratch including product descriptions, generation of pricing and customizable features. In order to do so efficiently, I wrote a JavaScript that generated the descriptions and pricing for all variations of each item and assigned them a unique part number. This JavaScript was then used to upload all 2,000 products at once, as opposed to the standard way of uploading one product at a time. This allowed for ease in updating and maintaining the catalog. In addition, I managed the Google Adwords account to help drive in customers on a pay per click basis. I was in charge of monitoring the budget and tracking revenue.