• mechanical engineer with software experience
• currently at Venhub making automated stores
• undergrad MechE degree from UCLA
• always looking to practice good engineering
resume
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Versatile software/mechatronics engineer materializing fully autonomous robotic stores, driving the company from pre-revenue stage to 3+ stores in the greater Los Angeles area
Developed store server software for communication and motion coordination (Python)
Programmed 6-DOF robotic arms for pick & place actions along with computer vision
Wrote firmware for microcontrollers (arduino, esp32 in C++) for controlling electro-mechanical systems
Played critical roles in setting up the first stores for public use
Carried out steerable-catheter handle designs from 3D printed and machined prototypes to injection molded parts, addressing multiple hand-assembly and design-for-manufacturability (DFM) issues
Created custom fixtures and procedures for testing and validating catheter components
Produced Solidworks assemblies, drawings with GD&T, and tolerance stackup analysis
Delegated to three project teams covering various industries
Designed structural part with FEA and hand calcs, meeting load deflection requirements
Manufactured composite and aluminum components with desktop CNC and manual mill
Performed iterative design with modal analysis for multi-axis vibration-test fixture
Helped maintain large Solidworks assemblies, make part drawings and documentation, and quote parts with third-party vendors
A fire extinguishing robot for my UCLA capstone group project,
using a Raspberry Pi 5 controlled via wifi, Arduino Uno, BLDC
drone motors, and B-G431B-ESC1 drivers.
Challenged
myself by taking care of things previously unfamiliar to
me--electronics hardware and software, which includes all of the
programming, motors, sensors, custom li-ion battery pack, powering
everything, etc.
Independently developed a Simulink tool to analyze the kinematics
and dynamics of our suspension system
Allowed us to
decrease full-travel (unwanted) bump steer by 78%, more precisely
characterize camber change, steering angles, and joint
misalignment angles, and optimize suspension for user-specified
goals at the press of a button
[Top] arm 1: 4-DOF Robotic Camera Arm for UCLA Robotics Lab
“RoMeLa“. Custom thrust+ball bearing base with Dynamixel servo
motors
[Bottom] arm 2: 4-DOF Drawing Robot using MATLAB
with hand-calculated inverse kinematics formulas (I did not do the
CAD for this...it's not pretty)