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Projects

From CAD to finished hardware — welding, CNC, casting, and flight hardware. Open any project for the full write-up and photos.

Finished welded metal N emblem trophy

Welded trophy

Cardboard mockup → steel → weld / grind.

HDPE Earth Moon Mars fidget spinner

Earth / Moon / Mars spinner

SolidWorks → Haas CNC → hand-finished HDPE.

Apollo-inspired aluminum casting

Apollo aluminum casting

Cardboard prototype → mold → cast aluminum.

Square wood block with branded figure logo

Custom branding iron

Designed, welded, forged, and used on wood.

CAD payload design cutaway for NASA USLI

Rocketry Club & NASA USLI

Cofounder / president · nose cone lead · grant funding.

Integrated ACS CAD and as-built hardware

Notre Dame ACS USLI

Carbon fiber drag flaps — CAD, hardware, in-flight actuation, CFD.

G650 cabin CAD render

Flexjet Project LXi

G650 cabin — designed in CAD, then rendered (not AI).

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