A compact portfolio exhibiting Martin's past project work and professional experience can be found below.
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There are multiple areas in which I have devoted my time to during my career at NAU. The largest areas include school projects, clubs, personal projects, and leadership roles in my fraternity.
I served as Vice President of Service & Philanthropy during my sophomore year (2019), and President during my junior year (2020) in Alpha Sigma Phi. Both roles taught me about delegation, time management, and responsibility. My goals for each role were driven by wanting to better myself and others around me by being faced with new challenges. This also helped me understand the dynamic of working in large and small teams to help in my engineering career.
A shift in my mindset got me to where I am at now. Learning-as-you-go is a must-have skill for engineers and is essential in life for success. Being “thrown in the deep end” to see if one will sink or swim is an extreme tactic but yields incredible results as I have seen in my own leadership and professional roles.
As the web developer for my capstone team, this website is a showcase of everything I have learned for creating a platform that can showcase each team member’s skills and contributions to multiple projects. Having the figure-it-out mindset had me teaching myself Python at the beginning of the pandemic, to now seeking a career in software, web development, or quality engineering.
Below are some projects I have been a part of during my time at Northern Arizona University.
Fluid Mechanics - I took my fluid mechanics class in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic began. I wrote a research paper about the airborne spread of the coronavirus without masks on, the distance a sneeze or cough can travel, and the way particles spread just by talking or breathing.
Coronavirus Review Paper
Heat Transfer - Students were tasked with computing a simple 2D conduction problem with MATLAB. Plotting temperature profiles through a square object using surf and heatmap plots were used to calculate heat flows at each boundary, then repeat for larger boundaries.
Heat Transfer Project Report
Machine Design – Students must learn the process of fabricating custom parts for each client’s needs. This project asked for a speed reducing gear shaft for a gear box. This project showed the importance of formulating code to avoid redundant calculations, which carried throughout all future projects.
Machine Design Final Report
Shaft Drawing
Individual Report
Biomechanics – A team of students were asked to analyze movements during a physical activity. Our team chose to analyze the barbell back squat movement. We developed free body diagrams of the back, tibia, and femur, along with plane equations for forces and moments in different directions.
Biomechanics Design Project
Mechanical Design II – The engineering team was tasked with designing and constructing a device capable of collecting and organizing waste into the correct disposal bins. This project was competing against other teams with a time constraint. We used 3D printed parts, an old RC car, and popsicle sticks to keep the design lightweight and robust.
Waste Collection Device
Mechanical Design III – At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, our engineering team was tasked with showcasing how workout equipment has evolved as gyms shut down. The team set to create an interactive, motivational, and compact device to combine cardiovascular and muscle training exercises for an NAU staff stakeholder.
Work-In Final Report
Capstone – Going deeper into some individual assignments regarding the programing side of our human powered vehicle, these reports show how I plan to use an Arduino UNO to integrate turn signals on our design to increase safety of everyone on the road and adding a speedometer to reduce a child going too fast in hopes to avoid loss of control. Both reports include all hardware and software required for each respective integration.
Turn Signal Report
Speedometer Report
Please reach out if there is a good fit for my skills and a place where my passions can grow into a project to help grow your company. Thank you.
Martin Dorantes