Senior Capstone Team Lead

Design and develop a portable, automated demonstration package for TriNova's water quality monitoring system for deployment across the wastewater treatment industry. 

Problem Context: 

• Limited Customer Awareness of TriNova's Technology Capabilities

• Effluent Wastewater Monitoring Systems are Installed Fixtures

• Refunds Cost TriNova between $8,000 - $11,000

• Benchmarked competing equipment and generated concepts to establish product requirements, compatibility targets, applicable industry standards, and design direction.

• Managed stakeholder communication through weekly presentations, progress memos, and Gantt charts, maintaining alignment on project progress and deliverables.

• Developed cost and cutting optimization models, a complete CAD assembly, and performed finite-element analysis to analyze weight, production costs, material waste, center of gravity, and factor of safety parameters for design evaluation. 

• Delivered a comprehensive design report, assembly documentation, and instruction manuals for future product iterations. 

• Drafted piping layouts to establish component compatability and pressure and flow requirements.

Systems-Level Design Thinking:

• Understanding how subsystem decisions influence overall product performance, integration, and usability.

Design for Manufacturing:

• Balancing functional requirements with tolerancing, material selection, fabrication constraints, and production cost.

Engineering Trade-Off Analysis:

• Learning and integrating unfamiliar engineering concepts when the project extended beyond traditional mechanical design.

Technical Leadership & Communication:

• Coordinating a multidisciplinary team and project activities while clearly communicating progress, technical decisions, and deliverables to stakeholders.