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BS Mechanical Engineering · CS Minor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Dec 2027

Structural analysis, machine design, and simulation, with the assumptions, load cases, and numbers behind each result.

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I am a mechanical engineering student at the University of Illinois, drawn to the point where analysis meets hardware: sizing a part from its worst-case load, proving a simulation result is real before I trust it, and carrying a design through to something that can actually be built. My work spans vehicle structures, production tooling, and applied machine learning for manufacturing.

I currently lead the suspension and brakes subsystem on Illini EV Concept, and I have designed production hardware at Volvo Construction Equipment and Schindler. My interests sit in mechanical systems, vehicle engineering, and manufacturing, and I like problems where the analysis and the hardware both have to be right.

CAD & Analysis

SOLIDWORKS & Simulation
Creo Parametric & Simulate
Fusion 360
Static structural FEA · Modal
Mesh convergence · GD&T

Programming

Python · PyTorch · Salabim
MATLAB / Simulink · C++
Grad-CAM · transfer learning

Manufacturing

Manual mill · lathe · waterjet
Sheet metal · FDM printing
DFM · Taguchi & LHC DoE

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Lower control arm von Mises stress plot
01 · STRUCTURAL FEA

Front Suspension Load Case Study

Two components across four load cases in SOLIDWORKS Simulation, plus a mesh convergence study, to find what really governs the front corner.

Governing FS 1.4Load cases 4
Motorized rotation fixture CAD assembly
02 · CAD & ASSEMBLY

Motorized 180° Rotation Fixture

A worm-driven fixture that removes the manual handling of a 40 kg hydraulic joint on an assembly line, sized from worst-case torque.

Torque 184 N·mMargin 1.30×
Casting defect inspection dashboard
03 · MACHINE LEARNING

Casting Defect Inspection System

A ResNet18 classifier that flags defective castings from one image, with a Grad-CAM overlay so an inspector can see what drove the call.

Test acc. 96%PyTorch
Sheet metal fan bracket
04 · MACHINE DESIGN & CAE

Fan-Mount Bracket & Modal Analysis

A sheet-metal bracket for a raised elevator fan, checked against the fan's own excitation frequency to rule out resonance.

1st mode 2,310 Hzvs 35 Hz