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ENGINEER PORTFOLIO
This portfolio will showcase my engineering projects. I specialize in project management, team leadership, mechanical engineering and thermal engineering. I have an MS in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
CubeSat Design
✓ Thermal analysis using ANSYS lead to the conclusion that a heat shield was required.
✓ A heat shield was designed, manufactured and integrated in a clean room.
✓ Vibration study showed that the CubeSat lower frequency participation factors are negligible and that the satellite is safe for launch.
✓ A complex CAD model was simplified and tailored for each type of analysis.
CREWED ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY SPACESHIP TO MARS
✓ RASC-AL is the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concept – Academic Linkage student competition. More than 40 teams from all over the country participated. Our team won the “Best in Graduate” award!
✓ Our paper was presented and later published in the International Astronautical Conference.
200 PERSON ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY SPACE STATION
✓ Collaborated with 40 engineers and scientists on the concept design of an artificial gravity space station.
✓ A multi-disciplinary team was recruited to design and 3D print the space station mock up.
✓ The project management approach involved hiring two dissimilar manufacturers who complemented each other.
✓ The space station was printed, deburred, painted and assembled within 4 days and within the budget.
FORMULA SAE RACECAR
✓ A safe and robust firewall was designed using a ceramic blanket and Kapton. This design marked the first approved use of ceramics in the competition.
✓ Performed development and qualification standardized tests which received the judge’s approval.
✓ The vehicle was ranked in the top 10 engineering designs, a first for an Israeli team.
BREAD MAKING MACHINE
✓ The bread making machine turns wheat grain into bread using a simple automatic process.
✓ The design combined expertise in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, programming, and product design.
✓ A Windshield Wiper Motor was used to spread out the extruded doe onto the conveyor belt. The motor’s rotary motion was converted to linear motion.
SPACE ROBOTICS
✓ Collaborated with the software team to covert the manipulator CAD assembly to a URDF (Universal Robot Description Format) for collision detection and reachability studies.
✓ Analyzed vision system end-effector placement and orientation and manufactured a camera test rig.
✓ Designed an engineering model 6-DOF (Degree of Freedom) manipulator, specifically the booms, joint housings, and harness anchors. Reduced part count by two per each elbow joint, which amounted to a 23% mass reduction, along with x10 faster assembly and disassembly.
SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING
✓ Designed spacecraft structures and ground support equipment (GSE) in SolidWorks for the Vigoride spacecraft.
✓ Assembled and integrated the spacecraft qualification structure in a clean room environment.
✓ Developed water-based passive propellant management systems (PMD). Assembled, leak checked, tested and documented PMD experiments, with the most successful system chosen for flight qualification.
✓ Performed a thermal analysis for a Resistojet using Ansys and Thermal Desktop, which resulted in a 15% power saving.
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