Projects

The aim of the project was to modify the engine cooling system to have a heat exchanger to recover heat and then consequently store this in a PCM thermal battery. The heat from this battery can be used for warming up engine in cold starts and for cabin heating & aircon - all of which help reduce the emissions of the vehicle. This is aimed at combustion vehicles, but has possible applications in EVs too. Overall, this project was successful in creating a prototype heat storage unit. This project scored the highest in the class.

Only entry progress has been made on this model so far, but this is the next iteration, applying a 2-spool design consisting of a spool for the fan and another for the compressor. The size envelope is also roughly 300mm diameter x 600mm long - so still a microjet for simplicity.

A supercar based off the Brabham BT62 modelled for the aim of being a game asset for a sci-fi game. Modelled in SW, cleaned up & unwrapped in Blender, textured in Adobe Substance Painter, rendered in SW Visualize. The result is ~15k tri PBR textured car model.

Electric air piston pump. Produced in a team but CAD model completely made by myself and design lead by me. Worked collaboratively on design aspects and calculations to determine pump performance, life, required transmission ratio, etc.

Individual transmission project during ME1.

A small centrifugal turbojet featuring a hollow bore and drum rotor. This has been designed for the intention of being a 3D printed model rather than a potentially functional design.

This is a further iteration of the existing ESE jet turbine but instead incorporates a geared fan stage as well as other features. Note that this design is incomplete at this stage.

An investigation to design a radical type of jet engine with the aim of it being a feasible device. Although this type of turbomachinery has been attempted before by NASA, I have changed the idea of the design by keeping the bearings on the inside edge of the blisks rather than the less-viable option of leaving them on the outside edge. The design I make here is of a microjet which too has its own set of challenges.

This was a project that I did in my own time to design a bladeless tower fan to understand both the engineering and physics that make this technology work. Using rapid prototyping, I 3D-printed the propulsion unit - the part of the device that propels air through and out of fan; this was done with the intention of testing the impeller, testing different iterations of the impeller the design in order to produce better performance. This project helped me gain skills in CAD, better understand in physics but also skills in testing, analyzing and iterating. I have made 3 iterations of the whole device, 7 iterations upon the impeller and 1 iteration of a component during real life testing.

This quadcopter project was actually used as part of Duke of Edinburgh Bronze under the "Skill" section; I did this project in Year 10. My aim was to produce roughly a 600mm diameter quadcopter complete with live camera feed. Sadly the project was plagued with a series of issues mostly with electronic component failure but it taught me how to troubleshoot and narrow down issues to work out what is causing the system to fail.

The project revolves around a smart water meter intended for the garden, that can be attached to a tap or anywhere in hose ducting. It will display both on the device but also on your phone your consumption but also the cost of it - the phone app is intended to also show other information and statistics. One of the key features of the device is to use the flowing water to also power the device, charging the battery - hopefully it is effective enough to be self-sufficient.