I wrote my first Python code at Brechtel Mfg in February 2014. My task assignments at work were being consistently shifted between projects, and it took a good 4 months to have a solid enough python footing to push for more flexibility in software development. Eventually, starting mid-November 2014, I was writing code between 10 …
In the fall 2012 semester I took a course in analytical biomechanics. The capstone project for the course was to develop and conduct an FE model of a failed implant to attempt to explain the implant’s failure. Though I would have preferred to use the opportunity to gain experience in Ansys, Abaqus, or Nastran we …
Henry Snow and I built CouchSurfer on a whim as a 24-hour project in February 2012. Most of the components for CouchSurfer were scavenged from CWRU Cutter’s old and unwanted components. We started the project at around 9pm, worked through the night and well past sunrise, took a few-hour break, and then had a working, …
While serving in a supervisory role as team co-captain I focused primarily on four long-term goals: recruiting, retention, concurrent development, and system modularity. This was a new direction for the team, and it proved much more difficult challenge than I had originally intended. Though I vacated my previous positions as CNC/manual machining lead to focus …
“CWRU Cutter,” Case Western’s team for the ION “RoboMow” autonomous lawnmower competition, competed in its fifth season from May 31 – June 2, 2012, in Dayton, OH, placing third in the advanced category. Replacing Andrew Smith as the team’s lead mechanical engineer, I was responsible for hardware development on the mower. In addition to designing …
From the blurb I wrote for the university press release: “Mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate students Nick Badger and Andrew Smith competed in the Parker Hannifin Corporation’s 2012 ‘Chainless Challenge,’ in which students designed and built a human-hydraulic hybrid bicycle. The competition was held April 12-13 in Irvine, Calif. Instead of a direct chain link …
I interned at Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates from May to August of 2011. While there, I worked on various clients’ projects, including (briefly) BTE, Infusion Brands, and Delphinus Medical. Several of the projects are nearing commercial release, and my responsibilities ranged from very minor conceptual input to ergonomics testing to project lead. Probably the most noteworthy …
My involvement in the the CWRU Baja 2011 car (competition number 62, “Loki”) was much more substantial than it had been in previous years. Though as manufacturing lead I primarily concentrated my efforts on supervising and coordinating component fabrication, as a senior member of the team I also served as a design consultant, and in …
Design-and-build project for MAE 360 at CWRU during the Fall 2010 semester. I designed and manufactured approximately 85-90% of the project. The remaining 10-15% was created by Adam Jones, Bobby Bott, and Greg Miranda. The control architecture was developed by Bobby Bott and Amber Abbott. The entire project was completed in a 3-month timeframe.
The CWRU School of Engineering periodically gives away ball mazes to guest lecturers, donors, and other honorees. The lab I work in is responsible for manufacturing the mazes, and their assembly is extraordinarily tedious. To make it easier to mass-produce mazes, the head of the lab divided one of our classes into two independent groups …