Projects

Some of the projects and products that I've been involved with since university

Underwater Robotics

For the past few years I've been working in a startup, spearheading the mechanical design and project management of a high pressure underwater crawler. Built for inspecting hydropower penstocks, the robot includes a plethora of sensors for NDT and is infinitely configurable according to customer demands. Demonstrated in many pilot projects and inspections, a product like this included not only developing the tech itself, but many peripheral testing equipment as well as business development from the startup aspect.

Hunter Drone

The aim of my bachelor's capstone project was to develop a drone platform with the ability to track a prey drone with a certain degree of autonomy and having the capability of neutralizing it. The system utilizes a pneumatic net gun as the weapon alongside a 2-Axis gimbal system tracking the malicious drone. With on-board image recognition, the system detects, tracks and catches undesirables.

FDM 3D Printers

I have been deeply involved with 3D printing for more than 8 years, since the RepRap days Not only have I been around many printers, cheap and expensive, I have developed and built several of my own. While my time in BAE Systems I have designed and manufactured parts intended for FDM prnting. I also have considerable knowledge on the material properties of the manufactured parts and materials.

UAS & Model Aircraft

Both professionally and as a hobby I've been designing, building and flying small unmanned airplanes for over 10 years. I've built quadrotors, tilt-wing airplanes, recreational model aircraft, competed in and won an international cargo UAV competition, and so much more. In my professional life I've managed a "skunk works" type of aircraft design team, building a fuel-cell stealthy surveillance fixed-wing drone, was involved in the engineering of a MALE class UAV and loitering munitions.

Wind Tunnel Modernisation

Designing and building a new model mount with 3 axis of freedom for the university's wind tunnel. This mount is better engineered and had much less drag than the previous one. This is important for the pressure data aft of the model.

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