Robotics · Mechanical Design · Team Lead · 2024–Present
Project Rover — Rocker-Bogie Drivetrain
As Drives subteam lead, deliver the chassis, suspension, and drivetrain for a University Rover Challenge rover that can clear the rough field terrain of the competition course.
- Lead a 10-student Drives subteam, owning the rocker-bogie drivetrain and the interfaces where other subteams' mechanisms integrate into the main chassis.
- Designed and machined a rocker-bogie suspension — aluminum linkages, plates, and mounts — to keep the wheels planted while clearing obstacles in field conditions.
- Selected tread geometry, motors, and gearboxes, and used FEA to size mounts for the expected operating loads.
- Drove subteam process and schedule: concise design/test briefs, GD&T drawing checklists and tolerance analysis, purchase lists, and assembly/test procedures.
SolidWorks CAD with FEA and load analysis; hands-on CNC machining and 3D printing of structural components; GD&T and tolerance analysis throughout.
SolidWorksFEAGD&TCNC3D PrintingLoad Analysis
- Designed and built the structural components for a custom rocker-bogie suspension and integrated them into the competition chassis.
- Integrated motors and treads and validated the drivetrain on terrain and obstacle testing — an ongoing 2024–present effort.
Draft · add your content — Engineering decision to feature
- The rocker-bogie geometry trade study you owned (link geometry vs. obstacle-clearance angle)
- A drive-torque margin calculation behind the motor/gearbox selection
- The drivetrain / suspension mass budget
- A CAD render or a short drive / terrain-test clip
