Projects
A portfolio of engineering design and quantitative research. Each case study documents the technical methodology, initial constraints, and final stakeholder outcomes, including supplemental documentation.
Winter 2026
RipTune: Variable Resistance for Swimmers
Praxis II · ESC102 · University of Toronto
Delivered RipTune, a come-along winch that clips to starting blocks to add variable swim resistance in the MSSAC HP team's training. Proxy testing yielded 412 N/m, 7.87 s average setup, and a 0 to 824 N continuous resistance envelope.
CTMFs
Working environment analysis · Verification vs. validation · Signal-to-noise ratio
Fall 2025
CIV102 Bridge Design Project
CIV102 · University of Toronto
Built a simply-supported matboard box-girder bridge in a team of 4 across 5 major iterations guided by a Python structural analysis pipeline evaluating 8 failure modes. Final design achieved a minimum factor of safety of 2.49 under Load Case 2 (452 N) with compression governing the failure mode.
CTMFs
Iteration and refinement · Trade-offs · CAD (Onshape)
Fall 2025
Doffing Glove Removal Device
ESC101 · Praxis I · University of Toronto
Developed 5 prototype concepts (Hook, Slicer, Tape, Air Blower, Water Pump) in a team of 5 for safe vinyl glove removal. Converged on a tape-tab system via Pugh chart analysis and a 10-student survey — achieving a contact rate of 5 % (down from 37 %), doffing time of 8.82 s, and device mass of just 0.5 g.
CTMFs
Needs → Goals → Objectives (NGO) · Morphological charts · Decision matrices
Biomedical Engineering Research
Targeting Research Hospital Partnerships
Actively seeking research opportunities at hospital-affiliated labs to advance my understanding of biomedical engineering and the clinical environment, with interest in patient-outcome optimisation.
Jan 2025
Dolphin Kick Biomechanics
Mathematical Modelling · Biomechanics
Extracted 72 discrete kinematic data points via GoPro footage and Adobe After Effects motion tracking to model the propulsive mechanics of the human dolphin kick. Derived an optimal swimming velocity of 2.64 m/s by utilizing continuous piecewise functions to evaluate dynamic thrust-to-drag ratios.
May 2025
DCT in JPEG Compression
Signal Processing · Independent Research
Explored the DCT through first principles (DFT → real projection), worked through the full JPEG pipeline on a personal beach photo using Python matrix operations. Demonstrated that the DCT outperforms the FFT for image reconstruction with near-identical output vs. visible FFT artifacts due to its continuous periodicity assumption.