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Six projects. Open one for the full case study: what I did, how, and what the numbers say. The ones marked 3D have models you can spin.

Duke Solar Sail MSN 01 · Mar 2026 – Present 3D Duke Solar SailCFRP Frame Structure 27.6 Hz first mode, Python FEA vs. the 20 Hz launch-stiffness floor MATERIALS SELECTION · MODAL FEA · TEST PLANNING · INTEGRATION & TEST CubeSat MSN 02 · Sep 2025 – Present CubeSatAtmospheric Sensing System 28 km peak altitude logged in flight ENCLOSURE PACKAGING · INTERNAL LAYOUT · LAUNCH-LOAD FEA Plantogachi MSN 03 · May 2026 – Present PlantogachiSensor-Driven Plant-Care Device $32 prototype BOM ($11 quoted at bulk) ESP32-S3 FIRMWARE · ENCLOSURE DFM · SENSOR TELEMETRY McRocket MSN 04 · Spring 2026 3D McRocketHappy Meal Toy Designed for Injection Molding < $0.36 per unit in the DFM cost model DFM/DFA · TOLERANCE STACK-UP · SNAP-FIT · CONSUMER PRODUCT Sunflower Seed Shelling Machine MSN 05 · Spring 2026 3D Sunflower Seed Shelling MachineHand-Powered Mechanism Fastest machine across all 4 sections of Duke's EGR 121 design course MECHANISM DESIGN · PROTOTYPE ITERATION · GEAR DRIVE Tiger Enrichment Device MSN 06 · Fall 2025 Tiger Enrichment DeviceNorth Carolina Zoo, Client Project 400 lb static load, no damage CLIENT PRODUCT · RELIABILITY TESTING · ELECTROMECHANICAL

Not shown: FaunaLabs, Embedded & Mechanical Intern, Mar–Sep 2026. I qualified a whale-tag enclosure to 20 MPa, designed a timed-release link, and fixed a Cortex-M7 cache/DMA race that cut dropped sensor frames 90%, with 97% uptime across the deployed fleet. Publishing is restricted.