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Captain America Coaster Reflection

To improve my CNC manufacturing skills in my IME 100 class, we were told to design and manufacture our coasters on the Laguna CNC. Like the one above, I go into a little more depth about my thought process for the Captain America design I decided on and how I

Stoplight Circuit Lab Report

For my Principles of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE 100) class, one of our lab assignments was to construct a traffic light in a basic circuit with an Arduino, some LEDs, and resistors. This is the fully constructed lab report that shows my Arduino code, a wiring schematic, and some

Research Paper

The final project for this class was to develop a research paper that would investigate our understanding of a topic related to what we are studying for our degrees or about something we are interested in. I chose to research bionic limbs and exoskeletons as I am an avid Iron

Website: UseTech4Good

For my website, I wanted to identify the problem of technology being feared. A lot of people find things like social media, video games, and artificial intelligence scary. I wanted to give insight into how to use these different tools for good and show what to look out for to

Website Content Plan

For the next project in the class, we got to design a website that would inform or persuade an certain audience about a topic in the genres of technology, social media, or media literacy. Our professor really wanted us to identify a problem in these genres and attack it through

Literacy Narrative

In this paper, we were tasked to write about a number of experiences that shaped our personal literacy. I dislike formal styles of writing, so I leaned very heavily into a storytelling/Deadpool script style of writing to approach this essay. Looking back, this is not my best writing ever, but

The Elegant Enigma Puzzle Box

For my Interdisciplinary Design and Manufacturing (IME 100) class, we had an assignment where we were going to make a puzzle box through 3D printing. This was by far my favorite project of the class, and it really let me use my creativity to make a product I’m really proud