Engineering Class Projects
Design & Manufacturing
E4 “Remediation Station” Team Project
In E4 “Introduction to Engineering Design and Manufacturing,” students begin their professional engineering practice by designing a solution for an external client (typically a Claremont professor or alum). My team’s project has helped our client move miscellaneous industrial scrap from his mining claim in Utah.
E4 Machinist’s Hammer
An iconic milestone in the Mudd engineering major is the completion of one’s machinist’s hammer. E4 students have to manufacture their own hammer to fairly tight tolerances, learning basic GD&T and many of the Machine Shop’s metal and wood fabrication tools.
Systems & Electronics
E84 Guitar Amplifier Circuit (WIP Modifications)
In E84 “Electronic and Magnetic Circuits and Devices,” students apply class concepts through hands-on circuit analysis labs, culminating in a custom circuit design project. My team created this guitar amplifier circuit, complete with basic volume and distortion control. Currently, I’m independently modifying our design to add more control features.
E80 Circuit Design
As a sophomore, E80 “Experimental Engineering” was advertised as being the class that would transform students into real engineers. Honestly, it did! As I worked with peers to modify an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to collect environmental data, I was exposed to many facets of and design challenges in engineering, especially by creating circuits to interface with our AUV’s sensors.
E79 Systems Practicum
E80 and many other engineering classes build upon E79 “Introduction to Engineering Systems,” where students explore systems engineering through class assignments as well as a series of labs in which they build, deploy, and implement basic feedback controls for a simple underwater robot.
Analysis & Optimization
E72 Zipline Optimization Problem
In E72 “Applied Mathematics for Engineering,” sophomore engineers learn and expand upon a variety of important mathematical and analytical skills, primarily through the medium of MATLAB. Difficult assignments build up to a zipline ride speed optimization problem.
E80 Technical Memorandum & Team Report
Prior to deploying our modified AUVs to collect data, as well as in the process of analyzing that data, E80 students complete a number of writeups to advance their technical writing and analytical skills.
