2021


Feb 22

Precision Sourdough: A Smart Lid for Your Starter

Taking the guess work out of baking with wild yeast.


2020


Sep 9

Building a Backyard Chicken Coop in the City

Raising pets that poop breakfast.


2019


Dec 29

3D Printed Engagement Ring

A perfectly imperfect expression of commitment.


2018


Jun 24

Monitoring the Fermentation of Sourdough Starter with Computer Vision

Bread is love, bread is life; would it be wrong to call it my wife?


Jan 12

Measuring the Spectral Characteristics of a Light Therapy Lamp

Shining the light of truth on a $70 bulb.


2017


Jun 13

Annealing 3D Printed Plastics: Sous Vide Style

When hobbies combine and engineering takes over.


May 9

Battery Power Protection and Regulation PCB

Design of a power management board in Altium.


Apr 4

Overhead Robotic Gantry for Tethered VR Headsets

Tired of cables breaking presence in virtual reality? We are too.


Mar 25

Hakko-Style Solder Fume Extractor

Inhaling 3D printer melted plastic instead of toxic solder fumes.


Feb 5

ESP8266 Sous Vide Controller

Immersing food in a temperature controlled water bath.


2016


Nov 13

Wooden Phone Stand

Turning a hunk of wood into a hunky tech holder.


Oct 22

Making Do With a Bargain Bin Bandsaw

Sometimes you can get more than what you pay for.


Oct 1

Engineer's Diary

Getting into the habit of writing stuff down because I don't trust my memory.


Jun 2

MECH 458: Capstone 3D Optical Well Imager

Integrating computer vision with automated pipeline inspection.


May 25

Adjustable Portable Power Supply

Providing power to the people. Or in this case, hobby projects.


Apr 22

MECH 423: Mechatronics Product Design

Over-engineering the soft-boiled egg with the ultimate kitchen gadget, PerfEGGctâ„¢.


2015


Jul 10

Project Haikuza

Contributing to society with an interactive, Twitter-based haiku generator.


Jun 23

Co-op: Air Quality Calibration Chamber

Building a clean-room enclosure for testing air quality monitors.


Feb 19

External Ballistics Simulation

Predicting projectile trajectories of shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots.


2014


Nov 24

MECH 328: TrailRider Design Project

Designing a next-generation, offroad wheelchair.


Sep 27

Co-op: Drill Cover User Study

Quantifying the performance of a surgical drill designed for low-resource settings.


Aug 29

Bowling With car2go

Roof-mounted rig for vehicular bowling at the 2014 Vancouver Fringe Festival.


Aug 18

Award Winning Bamboo Bike

An organic, gluten-free mode of transportation.


Jan 12

MATLAB Photo Editing Script

Automagically removing obstructions in an image.


2013


Dec 28

Co-op: The Age Effect on Bicycle Helmets

Assessing the safety of your 15 year-old helmet.


Apr 20

MECH 223: Hovercraft Competition

Racing a remote-controlled hovercraft made of cardboard, plastic bags, and pink foam.


2011


Dec 1

Men in Massage: Research Paper

ENG 112 research paper on gender dominated professions.


2010


Jul 10

LEGO Headphones

Making music with the world's favourite construction toy.


2009


Apr 16

A Minty-Fresh Power Pack

Making a portable battery charger before they were cool.