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Project Portfolio

Raven Dorr

Contents

Design & Fabrication 2 – 14

3D CAD Modeling 15 – 20

GD&T Drawings 21 – 24

Technical Writing 21 – 40

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Project: Parabolic Solar Furnace, Private Sponsor: Dave Wills, Owner of Freshops

Type: Design & Fabrication

Time Period: Summer 2011 Duration: 3 months

Objective: Convert a large derelict satellite dish into a device which tracks the sun continuously while reflecting sunlight towards a focal point collector for the purpose of creating steam, fermentation science, and culinary arts.

Approach: The satellite was acquired and the existing structure was modeled in CAD to obtain important construction dimensions and motion studies. An aluminum arm was added to raise and lower the focal point collector by human strength. The existing tilt actuator was kept, but a panning base frame of steel was added which rotates a steel shaft supported by a thruster bearing and two radial pillow block bearings, rotated by an electric motor driving a orbiting chain and sprocket. The reflective surface is made from hand polished aluminum sheets.

Results: It has been tested to burn wood and boil water. The thruster bearing is too small and needs to be reinforced, and the original tilt actuator replaced. Next, the solar panel and sun tracking sensors will be installed.

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Project: Payload Rack, Oregon State University Mars Rover Team

Type: Design and Fabrication

Time Period: Winter 2011 - Spring 2011

Duration: 6 months

Objective: Build a lightweight detachable payload rack that allows a mars rover vehicle to deliver and unload seven boxes weighing twelve pounds across a quarter mile of rough terrain.

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Project: Modeling of My Underwater Engineering Designs, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team


Time Period: Spring 2011 Duration: 4 days

Objective: Build a lightweight cover for a pan-tilt-zoom camera to be used in a hot dusty Utah desert.

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Project: Line Following and Maze Solving Robot, ENGR 412 Introduction to Robotics


Time Period: Spring 2011 Duration: 3 months

Objective: Build a robot to compete in a line following race and maze solving race using a 9V battery.


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Project: Rolling Frame and Launcher, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team


Time Period: Fall 2011 – Winter 2012 Duration: 6 months

Objective: Build a rolling frame and launcher to transport a 200 pound robot and supporting power and tether systems, and be able to launch the robot over the side of a boat.

Approach: The design uses a wood 2x4 main frame to reduce weight and cost. The wood is joined with aluminum brackets using bolts. The launcher system is a welded aluminum boom arm supported by a steel tension cable, and swivels about a welded steel base. The swivel motion is about a steel shaft supported by a vertical thrust bearing

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above two radial pillow block bearings bellow the thrust bearing. A manual push bar is included, made from steel pipe and fittings. 4” caster wheels were used.

Results: The rolling frame serves well as a transportation device, allowing the robot to be pushed up ramps and pushed several blocks up hill. The 2x4 main frame is durable when rolled over large bumps and cracks. The frame has held up for over two years of heavy use. After the initial construction, the launcher was found to require additional reinforcement in the form of a steel compression support below the boom, shown in the rendering below, as well as steel tubing bolted to the vertical launcher post and a larger thrust bearing supporting the rotation shaft.

Project: Vacuum Forming Table, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team


Time Period: Winter 2012 Duration: 2 months

Objective: Build a vacuum forming table for manufacturing camera housings used on the underwater robot.

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Project: Underwater Housing for PTZ Cameras, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team



Objective: Build a waterproof camera housing using for allowing pan-tilt-zoom cameras a full range of view.


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Project: 36 Hour Underwater Camera Housing, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team:


Time Period: Spring 2012 Duration: 36 hours

Objective: Build a waterproof camera housing in 36 hours rated for 20’ accommodating one CAT5 port.


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Project: 6 Hour Underwater Camera Housing, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team


Time Period: Spring 2012 Duration: 6 hours

Objective: Build a waterproof camera housing in 6 hours rated for 20’ accommodating one CAT5 port.


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Project: Under Actuated Robotic Arm, Oregon State University Mechanical Engineering Capstone Project


Time Period: Winter 2013 - Spring 2013 Duration: 6 months

Objective: Build a robotic arm which uses less actuators than degrees of freedom to make various shapes repetitively, apply force, while having stiffness and being lightweight.

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Project: Lathe Collet Holder, Oregon State University MIME Machining and Product Realization Lab



Objective: Build a rack to hold three sets of lathe collets.

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Project: Ammunition Reclamation for Autonomous Robot, Oregon State University ENGR 421 Applied Robotics



Objective: Build a system for an autonomous robot which collects spent ammunition during a competition game play and reloads that ammunition for use against the opposing robot.


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Project: Controls Programming for Autonomous Vessel, U.S. Navy


Time Period: Summer 2013 Duration: 1 month

Objective: Program the control and data acquisition ability of a semi-autonomous surface vessel, including scripted trajectory with manual override, hover ability, and several data acquisition sensors and alarm features.


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Project: Remote Control DC-3 Design Investigation, Personal Project

Type: 3D CAD Modeling


Objective: Model the reusable parts of a decomissioned remote control airplane and investigate a method to build a remote controlled DC-3 airplane using the decommissioned parts.


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Project: Cowling for Quad Copter, Oregon State University Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Team


Time Period: Fall 2011 Duration: 1 day

Objective: Design a lightweight cowling system for an existing autonomous quad copter aerial vehicle to protect the vehicle from collision damage.


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Project: Guides for Making Affordable Underwater Robotics, Oregon Underwater Volcanic Exploration Team


Time Period: Summer 2011 Duration: 1 month

Objective: Make easily understood instructions and guides for teaching middle school students how to build affordable underwater robotic components, modeled from components I had previously built.


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Project: Modeling Underwater Engineering of Teammates, Linn-Benton Community College ROV Team


Time Period: Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 Duration: 9 months

Objective: Model the designs described by teammates of the underwater robotics team for the purpose of greater system integration troubleshooting and for including in the team’s poster competition entry and technical report competition entry.


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Project: Modeling of My Underwater Engineering Designs, Oregon State University Underwater Robotics Team


Time Period: Fall 2011 - Spring 2013 Duration: 1 year 9 months

Objective: Model the underwater engineering designs I am delegated while on the underwater robotics team for the purpose of greater system integration troubleshooting and for including in the team’s poster competition entry and technical report competition entry.

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Project: Parabolic Solar Furnace Modification, Private Sponsor: Dave Wills, Owner of Freshops


Time Period: Summer 2011 Duration: 1 week

Objective: Communicate the design concept to the project sponsor by animating the motion, and derive important construction measurements.


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Project: Component A-1 from an Printer Ink Cartrige, ME 511 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Type: GD&T Drawings

Time Period: Spring 2013 Duration: 1 day

Objective: Develop a GD&T drawing for a mechanical component from a mechanical assembly.


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Type: GD&T Drawings




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