Engineering projects

Role: Power Electronics & Energy Harvesting Engineer on a joint ECE/IEEEM team.

• Designing the power electronics that turn footstep mechanical energy into usable electrical power for high-traffic spaces
• Using linear programming to maximize energy output and find the lowest-cost tile design and deployment strategy

Role: Electrical Team Member.

• Design and simulate HV battery and PV array systems in MATLAB/Simulink
• Assembled a competition HV battery pack monitored by an Orion BMS
• Validated solar cell strings

Richmond Institute for Design & Innovation, WMU.

• Designed residential electrical systems in Revit and MATLAB
• Integrated renewable energy sources into prototypes reviewed by faculty

Role: Electrical Team Co-Lead of an 11-member team.

• WMU’s first formula-style electric vehicle, which passed all technical inspections at FSAE Michigan and the Pittsburgh Shootout (2024)
• Co-designed the Rev. 1 Vehicle Control Unit, the car’s main control board, in KiCad (January 2024): dual CAN bus, 14 analog and 10 digital sensor inputs, a relay output and onboard 3.3 V/5 V regulation
• Produced HV/LV harness documentation in Zuken

• Installed aircraft consoles and soldered wiring harnesses
• Bench-troubleshot avionics to aviation safety standards
• Earned ASTM NCATT AET certification with RCS and DNS endorsements