TraxStar Treds

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

January 2025 - Present | Boulder, Colorado

Working in a team of 6, I have been conducting interviews with wheelchair users, integrating feedback into our iterative design, and aligning product development with market demands.

Here is our business plan:

Drill-Powered Vehicle

CU Boulder Component Design Course

August 2023 - December 2023 | Boulder, Colorado

As part of my Component Design class, I collaborated with a team of six to develop a drill-powered, tricycle-style vehicle for an end of term hill climb competition.

In my role as the CAD and Design Engineer, I was responsible for designing the drill plate, wheel attachments, and steering column. I optimized the gear ratio for the wheels, developed the steel frame, and created CAD models to refine the design. Additionally, I generated GD&T drawings for critical components and coordinated with both my team and the machine shop to manufacture parts using milling machines, lathes, a water jet, and CNC mills. I also sandblasted and welded the frame, ensuring precise angles and dimensions throughout the fabrication process.

At the final competition, our team secured 1st place out of 30 competing teams in the hill climb event.

Pinball Machine

CU Boulder Circuits for Engineers Course

August 2023 - December 2023 | Boulder, Colorado

For my Circuits class, my team and I developed a CU Boulder themed Pinball Machine. We utilized Arduino, pressure sensors, servo motors, and input buttons to recreated the iconic arcade game. The user would use buttons on the front of the device to control the levers to shoot the ball at CU Boulder football players to score a touchdown. The score would then be displayed to the user on the screen at the top. 

I worked on the overall design of the circuit, soldering, and the user interface. I learned the importance of intentionality with design, especially when a user is involved. We initially struggled to translate our input to the pedals in an effective manner, but after trails and error we utilized paper clips to translate the motion of the servos. We also found that the pressure sensors were unreliable when hit with the plastic balls we had so we set delays in the code and got metal balls to account for this.