I’m a mechanical engineering student at Eastern Washington University. Engineering takes up a lot of my time these days, but this page is a little more about the person behind the projects — the people around me, the things I enjoy, and why I keep choosing to build difficult stuff in the first place.
I’m a mechanical engineering student at Eastern Washington University, and most of my learning happens through a mix of coursework, personal projects, club work, and time spent testing, troubleshooting, and improving the things I make.
Engineering occupies a large part of my week right now — classes, club leadership, studying, and personal builds — but I do not want this portfolio to make it look like that is all there is to me. I’m a pretty normal guy who just happens to get genuinely excited about rockets, mechanisms, electronics, cars, and figuring out why something failed.
A lot of the best parts of my life never show up in CAD screenshots: family, friends, and time away from the bench. Those are as much a part of who I am as the projects on this site.
I really do just love engineering. I spend a lot of time studying, building, working with EWU Aerospace, or thinking through the next version of something because I enjoy the process, not because I think every hour has to be productive.
I also want this page to leave room for the people and experiences that do not fit neatly into a project report. Family and friends are a big part of the story even when they are nowhere near the CAD, soldering iron, or launch field.
Outside school projects, I still tend to gravitate toward hands-on things — especially cars and personal builds — so the line between engineering and hobby is usually pretty blurry for me.
Snowboarding is one of the easiest ways for me to completely get away from engineering for a while. I like the speed, the learning curve, and the fact that there is always another line or skill to get better at. It is one of the few things that can reliably get my brain off whatever design problem I was thinking about five minutes earlier.
Mountain biking scratches a similar itch in a completely different setting. I like technical trails, carrying speed through a section cleanly, and the constant balance between committing to a line and knowing when to back off. It is physical, technical, and a good reset from spending too much time staring at a screen or a workbench.
Dirt biking is probably the hobby that overlaps most naturally with the mechanical side of my brain. I enjoy the riding itself, but I also like the machine underneath it — suspension, gearing, traction, setup, maintenance, and all of the little mechanical decisions that change how a bike feels. Mostly, though, it is just a lot of fun.
I like getting outside with friends, whether that means exploring a trail, getting to a good viewpoint, or just spending a day away from school and the workshop. Hiking is a chance to slow things down, enjoy the scenery, and spend time with people I care about without having a project or a deadline in the background.
Family is an important part of my life, even if most of this website is about the things I've built. I wanted to make space here for the people and moments that matter outside of engineering — the time spent together, the everyday memories, and the parts of life that don't fit into a project write-up.
CAD, assemblies, tolerance and fit, drivetrain work, mechanisms, and parts that have to survive outside the computer.
Flight computers, custom PCBs, sensors, data logging, closed-loop control, and hardware/software integration.
3D printing, composites, casting, soldering, metallography, sample preparation, and learning what the real part does after the design leaves CAD.
Simulation, embedded control, mechanical design, repeated flight testing, and a successful stabilized flight.
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A complete independent gearbox rebuild, including LSD shimming, carbon synchronizers, troubleshooting, and precision reassembly.
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An automated lab system combining sensing, isolated electronics, software, and closed-loop water-quality control.
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