Project: Correction Tape

For this piece of the portfolio I included half the real

project including the whole assembly and 2 samples
of part details. For the full project I repeated the part
detail process for all 7 parts. I hand-drew engineering
sketches of the parts and then designed the whole
thing in Autodesk Inventor.

Class: Intro to Engineering Design

Grade: 9
Correction Tape Functional Analysis (cont.)

Black ring White out tape

back casing

Tape guider

front casing

Small gear
Large gear
Future slides: all measurements
are in inches
 Part #: 1
Part Name: front casing

Front Casing
Quantity: 1
Dimensions (overall):
1.662 height
3.432 length
0.484 width
Function: structure to
contain the interior parts:
the two gears, black ring,
the tape, and the tape guider
Material: high density
polyethylene
Texture and Finish: glossy,
partly transparent clear and
smooth, partly more opaque
Interaction with Other
Parts: Snaps together with
back casing, holds the two
gears on cylinders, has a
spot for tape guider to fit in
Front Casing (cont.)
Large Gear Part #: 3
Part Name: large gear
Quantity: 1
Dimensions (overall):
1.417 diameter
0.269 height
Function: holds white out
tape and assist in moving
the tape to the tape guider
Material: high density
polyethylene
Texture and Finish: smooth
blue and glossy
Interaction with Other
Parts: fits onto a cylinder in
front casing, holds the black
ring and initially holds tape,
works with small gear
Large Gear (cont.)
Assembly
Top view Interferences

The first interference is intentional

because the plastic fits together better
with an interference fit. In the second and
third interference, the white out tape is
involved. I had difficulty creating the part
to fit around the other parts in assembly
since it is such an organic part

Front view
Left view
Explosion View
Project: Desktop Organizer
This project had several constraints including
holding a minimum of 5 items, not exceeding a
1’x1’x1’ area, and fitting on 2 pieces of a 2’x1’ 1/8”
acrylic sheet. We built these after interviewing a
teacher that would receive it. I designed this in
Autodesk Inventor then laser cut the parts and glued.

Class: Intro to Engineering Design

Grade: 9
Prototype Final design
Project: Keystone Library
The purpose of this project is to create a library for the people of
Noblesville, IN by renovating an abandoned building. The existing
building is approximately 76ft x 124ft and 20ft tall. There are no interior
walls and no utilities connected to the building. Proposed renovations
include a second story on half of the building and on top of the other half,
a green roof. We must also connect all necessary utilities, including water,
electricity, wastewater, etc. and design for stormwater runoff. The building
must follow Noblesville codes and regulations and have full accessibility.

Whole portfolio was 31 pages long but I included only a few select aspects.
It was designed in Autodesk Revit
Class: Civil Engineering and Architecture

Grade: 11
Rendering: Exterior with parking lot, front entrance vestibule, and green roof view
Green Roof, Loading Zone,
and Staff Parking

Public Parking
First Floor
Second Floor
 Indoor Renderings

Children’s Area Circulation Desk

Computer Lab Entrance Vestibule

 Class: Civil Engineering and

Project: Victorian House Model Architecture

Grade: 11

Using balsa wood, coroplast, paint, paper, as well as model trees, shrubs, and flowers, I built a physical model of a
Victorian style house within a 1’x1’x1’ area. Victorian houses are known for their higher pitch roofs, front-facing gables,
decorative trim, scalloped shingles, wooden clapboard siding, sash windows, oriel windows, towers, stained glass
windows on doors, and wrap-around porches. These houses are generally described as elegant.
Project: Electronically Adjustable Bra
We threaded a rope through the straps and around the lower band of the bra and threaded it through a 3D
printed winch mechanism. The electronics were hand-soldered, and the PCB included 3 buttons, a stepper
motor, the stepper motor driver, ATmega328P chip, and necessary wires and resistors. The 3D printed part
was attached to the bra and electronics were stored in a black acrylic laser-cut case.

Button Function: One button turn the winch one way, pulling in the string and tightening the bra. The
second button turns the motor the other way, loosening the bra. The last button is a setpoint button. After
tightening and loosening, pressing the setpoint button will store the position in memory and return the
position to zero (where it was when it was turned on). Pressing the setpoint button again will move the
motor to the position stored in memory. (Note: see portfolio video to see project functioning)

Class: Digital Electronics

Grade: 11
 Rotation Mechanism

I first created a boa ratchet device and 3D

printed it but on the top left you can see that
the print was messy. Also, when all the pieces
were put together there was too much
friction. The plastic would melt with too
much movement or there would be too much
friction and motor would stall
Final Rotation Mechanism
This winch design was 3D printed on a little
higher quality printer. Parts are smoother and
the stepper motor slides into the centerpiece
which rotates. There is less friction so the
motor is actually able to turn.
Final Bra Prototype
Code
Survey of Community
First Prototype
Final Prototype
Project: Birthday Circuit
This circuit uses AND, NOT, and OR gates. Based of
power given through three switches, segments of a seven
segment display turn off and on to reveal the digits
“03-11-02” as the switches are flipped through in binary.
See video for functionality.

Class: Digital Electronics

Grade: 11
 Class: n/a (for robotics team)

Gearbox Plate Grade: 12

This is an example of a gearbox plate I made for my

robotics team. It was a little difficult for me as I had
to experiment without much extra help on the feed
rate and spindle speed to produce the plate without
breaking the bit or the piece and giving it a clean
finish with press-fit tolerances for the bearing holes. I
used the Shopbot and a 1/4” single-flute bit. Through
VCarve (software) I generated toolpaths. See video
for proof of machining.

Issues I came across: The piece moved the first time

so I decided to tape the material down with
double-sided VHB tape. Chips were also fusing
together so I had to slow down the feed rate. Lastly,
the tape was sticking to the bit (see left) so I had to
periodically pause machining and clear the bit.
 Leaf Plate
Class: Manufacturing

Grade: 12

CAD Model with tabs protruding;

loft tool used with 4 layers, Final product lying on drying
profiles created with spline tool Top after Shopbot cut rack after being dipped in
Bottom after Shopbot cut mineral oil
I designed the model in Autodesk Inventor and included tabs to the piece in the model. I transferred the .stl file to a
software called VCarve where I generated the toolpaths. The model was cut out of walnut provided by manufacturing
class. Utilizing double sided machining, I went with a 1/4” roughing pass on the top and a 1/`6” finishing pass, then
flipped the piece and used again a 1/4” upcut end mill for roughing and this time an 1/8” ballnose finishing bit on the
bottom. I cut the jigsawed the piece out of its tabs and sanded. The only problem was that when flipping the piece got
offset, so using wood glue and a thin strip of wood I repaired it.
 Dog Glasses Stand
Class: N/A (personal project and
gift)

Grade: 12

Parts laid out in a

CAD Model
drawing file for laser
cutter to cut Front

Back

I designed the model in Autodesk Inventor. Using the school laser cutter, I cut out the drawing file on MDF. I then
used wood glue to bond the pieces together and sand the body until it was rounded. I used white, black, and mixed to
make some gray acrylic paint to paint all the pieces and the spots. The nose is a .75” long piece of dowel rod. The bridge
of the glasses sits on this piece and the temples of the glasses when folded sit on the little neck of the dog before the
shoulders.