An appreciation for the technical education with the contrast of the practical “hands-on” side

Being able to see with multiple lenses to foresee multiple angles of thought to not only tackle problems effectively, but think of the bigger picture

One thing my education taught me, was just because you can fix something to make it work, doesn’t mean it’s the correct avenue to approach. Take a step back and think about the bigger picture, down to potentially the crystalline structure of the material you are working with ,to better grasp the issue, cause, and affect.

Oakland University

Linear free and forced response of one- and multiple-degree freedom systems. Equations of motion of discrete systems. Vibration isolation, rotating imbalance and vibration absorbers. Transfer function and state-space approaches to modeling dynamic systems. Time and frequency domain and analysis and design of control systems. Use of MATLAB
Study of systems involving mechanical elements. Includes safety, stress, strength, deflection economic and social considerations, optimization criteria and strategies. Analysis and design of fasteners, springs, welds, bearings, power transmitting elements and complex structures subjected to static and/or dynamic loads. With project.
The analysis and design of thermodynamic systems. Applications include thermodynamic cycles for power; thermodynamics of non-reacting mixtures including psychrometry; concepts of available energy and application to process/system optimization; the thermodynamics of reacting mixtures, including chemical equilibrium concepts, applied to combustion systems. With project.
Conceptual fundamentals of alternative energy systems and their practical use in the design of a thermal system to design a energy “Net-Zero” house in Rochester Hills, MI.
Introduction to thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and performance of internal combustion engines including: introduction to engine types and their operation, engine design and operating parameters, ideal thermodynamic cycles, thermodynamics of actual working fluids and actual cycles, gas exchange processes, heat losses, performance, exhaust gas analysis and air pollution
Study of fundamental wear mechanisms including: adhesive, abrasive, corrosive and surface fatigue; boundary and hydrodynamic lubrication; friction theories; surface topography characterization. Applications: journal and ball bearings, gears and engine components.

ME 4999 - Senior Design

Project Objective: Auto-Injecting Medical Syringe

Dream it.

Identify the problem: In the medical department at Oakland University, the nurses have issues with certain patients that are unruly or aggressive when giving them their medicine with 7mL and 10mL syringes. Sometimes the nurses get “stuck” with the needles, leading to bigger issues that we were tasked to give a possible avenue for a future solution

Design it.

Lots of market research was conducted to see what currently is available on the market and see what ideas they utilized in their designs. Nothing fit the bill for what was requested for our project of having one device for the two common syringes the nurses use. This created a fun challenging new task to create something totally new.

Build it.

I took it upon myself to lead the assembly and manufacturing of our designs, ideas, prototypes, and final assembly while using my prior prototyping experience. I learned how to use a 3D Printer (Monoprice Duplicatior i3) to allow our group to not have to rely on the provided printing services, which would have slowed down the development process and prototype testing while simultaneously increasing our total project cost. This also allowed our group to test multiple avenues of designs and re-print parts when things inevitably broke during testing.