Engi neering

Work that came out of the day job — mostly the moment a repeated manual calculation was worth turning into a tool.

UT Probe Holder — Magnetic Pipe Scanner

A spring-actuated, constant-force ultrasonic probe holder with magnetic mounting, for hands-free pipe scanning from 2″ NPS through to flat surfaces. Reverse-engineered from an existing design, then reworked for printability and field repair.

Ran FEA across PLA, PETG, ABS and PA6-CF to compare structural performance under spring loading, developed TPU gaskets for probe sealing and vibration damping, and made the architecture modular so components swap out to fit different probe sizes.

Mechanical design
FEA
3D printing
NDT

2026

Independent

HVAC ESP Calculator

A Python/Tkinter desktop application that calculates external static pressure losses across multi-section duct systems — automating fitting-loss lookups, velocity checks and total system ESP, and replacing the manual spreadsheet workflow I was using daily.

Built in SMACNA fitting loss coefficients and velocity pressure tables so the outputs stay code-compliant, then packaged it as a standalone executable and handed it to colleagues.

Python
Tkinter
SMACNA
HVAC

2025

Independent