Hobbies

In an attempt to learn and expand my knowledge of the functions and operations of PTC Creo and SolidWorks, I had worked on some 3D printed gifts for friends, creating helical sweeps, print in place parts, and more, as shown below.

After learning PTC Creo my freshman year, during my first ever finals week I decided to further my knowledge of the program by designing a wobbling toy, similar to the half pictured on the right of the rightmost image above.

After teaching myself SolidWorks during my first internship at Thorlabs, I began experimenting with 3D Printing, and also the revolve and custom plane tools to develop a series of bunnies in various poses and outfits.

In reference to a toy with a twistable head used to hide and deliver notes, I designed and hand painted a cow with a similar twistable head, allowing for a gained understanding in the helix/spiral and sweep tools in SolidWorks.

For a friend who loves trains, and with my interest growing in gear trains after serving on NJIT's Baja Drivetrain Sub team, I decided to design a windup semi-realistic subway train that houses a toy car's own drivetrain system.

After making a sitting and standing version of a bunny designed for my grandfather when he was in the hospital, I decided to take on the task of creating a print in place bunny. After studying other successful print in place 3D printed parts, I developed the design above that can rotate its head, arms, and legs to alter poses. The part prints, as the name implies, in place. Where, after snapping off the supports in the leftmost photo, the toy is ready to position.

After taking NJIT's CAD course that teaches the course and receiving my CSWA, I returned to the print in place bunny project to impliment global variables and design equations such that I can size up the bunny to any desired size without the tolerances required for the part to print sucessfully, being altered.