Ocean Current Data Logger Objective Summary Build an ocean current data logger for a coastal profiling float, a floating robot that measures long term oceanic chemical changes. Further Background This requires a lot of context, so buckle your seatbelt. I spent a summer working at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a nonprofit oceanic […]
Polar Rover Objective Summary Build a GPS-navigated, autonomous, solar-powered rover to navigate from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole and back. Further Background Stanford Space Initiative is the largest engineering club at Stanford with hundreds of members. The club is split into seven subteams. I am co-lead of the Mars team, which is focused
Ocean One Handheld Camera Objective Summary Construct a handheld camera to be used by a humanoid robotic avatar for a diver for use in deep-sea applications. Further Background I worked part time during the academic year and full time during the summer as the only undergraduate student in the Stanford Robotics Lab. I primarily worked
Arm-our Objective Summary Use various machining/manufacturing methods to build custom metal armor! Further Background Many years ago, I built a wrist-mounted flamethrower (which can also be found on this portfolio site). I wanted something awesome that I could mount it on – hence this Mandalorian-inspired metal armor! My design criteria were three-fold: Should not severely
Milling Around: A Demonstration of the Geneva Mechanism Objective Summary For my Foundations of Product Realization class: design a machine that can move wooden blocks a distance of at least 18 inches horizontally and 8 inches vertically using a unique mechanism. At the end, all the machines were to be lined up to pass said wooden
Remote Controlled Submarine Objective Summary Build a remote controlled submarine that can explore neat underwater environments. Further Background At the end of high school, I needed a summer project that I could work on for fun. This is what I ended up choosing! Note: this project ended up being ten times more challenging than I
Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower Objective Summary Build an Iron Man-like flamethrower that I can strap to my wrist. Why? Cause why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXC_gdNIIhM Further Background I was bored during Covid lockdown. What better way to spend my time than to build a flamethrower? Process When I press a button trigger beneath my finger, the device fires compressed
Contactless Candy Dispenser Objective Summary For my Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Class: build a prototype for a Covid-safe dispenser for small candies. Candy amounts should be consistent for each dispense. See video below: https://jaysiskind.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_9899-online-video-cutter.com_.mp4 Further Background This was the final quarter project for my introduction to mechanical engineering class; we had only 2-3 weeks for
Gesture-Controlled Robot Arm Objective Summary For the final project for an embedded systems class, a friend and I built a gesture-controlled robot arm. Further Background At Stanford University, CS 107e is an infamous course. It is a spinoff of the course CS 107, which is the intro systems course required for all CS majors. 107e