Nathan Selian: Mechanical Engineering
ME360
In the spring of 2024, as part of my Mechanical Engineering curriculum, I took a class called Electromechanical Design (ME360). Taught by BU professor Dr. Enrique S. Gutierrez Wing this course focused on the use of engineering principles, simulation, and physical models in product design. This page is a documentation of my journey through ME360 and the projects I completed along the way.
01
Gasket Project
As part of my Electromechanical Design course (ME 360), I was tasked with manufacturing a mechanical component in the EPIC workshop. The task was to create a 1/16”-thick PVC gasket, precisely measured to fit an aluminum block (#20) with various machined features.
02
Pen Plotter
Beginning February 6th, we started on a new classwide project. The goal of this project was, in small groups, to individually build a linear stage with one degree of freedom (DoF), which would ultimately be combined with the other group's linear stages to create a 2.5 DoF pen-plotter.
03
Pancake Machine
As a continuation of the previous Pen Plotter Project, we were tasked with creating a 2.5 DOF machine of our own design. Over the course of six weeks, our group designed and built a machine to print pancakes of any desired shape or design.
04
Motor Control Challenge
As our final project for ME360, we were challenged with creating a machine that could move an unsupported vertical one foot bar of 80-20 aluminum extrusion five feet in one direction, then move back to where it started without toppling; all using a single DC motor and encoder as our motion source.
