This year has taught me many things about the intersection of design and engineering. As an engineer, design often gets put in the background of many of the projects that I complete. A great example of this is my senior design project. This project is a gantry system that detects weld completeness in medical devices.…

The main goal of this project was to create a double fish tank for my two betta fish, Coach and Doug. Betta fish are known as Chinese Fighting fish, and they cannot be held in the same container. Because of this, I wanted to create a single fish tank that could hold both of them…

Thus far, I have kept with the schedule that I anticipated for the final project. I was able to purchase a 24″ x 24″ acrylic sheet (instead of the 24″ x 48″). This change was due to the fact that the sheet that I was planning on buying for 18$ from Acme Plastics had a…

Week 1 (April 1 – April 5) – Order materials (acrylic and pump) Week 2 (April 8 – April 12) – Laser cut acrylic, Glue acrylic, Set up pump Week 3 (April 15 – April 19) – Early in the week, glue rocks onto the sides of the acrylic, set the pump in the rocks,…

My project uses minimalism which was very prevalent in 1880 – 1940. This movement incorporates using new technology to design and create. This is relevant because I will be using a laser cutter to cut the acrylic to size as opposed to a saw. I am also incorporating organic design with the addition of the…

For my final design project, I am planning on creating a fish tank for my two Betta fish. I have planned to incorporate a modern and minimalist aesthetic with a nature aesthetic. I have chosen this due to the fact that Betta fish enjoy plants, however, I like the idea of a minimalist fish tank…

Constraint 1: Fish Safety The first constraint that I have to consider when making this tank is the safety of Doug and Coach. This means that any decorations that I add to the tank have to be safe for Betta fish and the two fish must stay apart from each other. This also means that…

The inspiration behind my main project came from my beta fish, Doug. Me and my roommate bought Doug at the beginning of the year and we have grown to love him like a son. Doug currently lives in a small round fish tank that we bought at PetCo. When we bought the fish tank, the…

My skill sets as an engineer may be unsurprising for many people. I have experiences with machining, coding, electronics, 3D printing, laser cutting, and Solidworks. These are all skills that I have learned in my classes and have practiced in projects and internships. In addition, I have many interpersonal skills from working in customer engineering…

My project has gone through many iterations in an attempt to stick with the purpose of reuse. My idea has centralized around using a wine bottle since I go through many of those and have many sitting around my house. Originally, I was set on making a wine bottle wind chime. This wind chime was…

I was inspired by many kinds of aesthetics that I saw as I was growing up in California. Because of the touristy nature of California in general, I saw many types of “Beachy art”. These types of art pieces often incorporated shells of some type as well as different types of seaglass and driftwood. These…

For the Aesthetic game in class we were assigned to create a sketch of a shelving unit created with the art deco aesthetic. In order to do this, we took inspiration from buildings that were created in the art deco style such as the empire state building. To do this, we created a single unit…

The biggest challenge in starting the design for my up-cycle project is trying to figure out what material I want to use to create the project and what it is that I want to make. I began by walking around my apartment trying to figure out what material I had that could be transformed into…

When tasked with writing about an aesthetic, I did not have to look much further than my own Pinterest. I use Pinterest to collect images that I am interested in recreating or ones that I simply like to look at. The board that I went to was the one named “i want to know what…