Hey, I'm Eric Adams.
I am graduating from the University of Kentucky this fall with my mechanical engineering degree. Thanks for checking out my portfolio! It's meant to be a relatively high-level overview of my work, so if you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out!
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My Background / About Me
I'm fascinated by design engineering with interest in aerospace, robotics, guitars, and pretty much everything in-between. Over the last few years I have interned in the Rotorcraft Aeromechanics branch at the NASA Ames Research Center, where I worked with the U.S.A.F / N.A.S at the National Full-scale Aerodynamics Complex. I also have been an intern at the headquaters of Big Ass Fans as well as goBilda/ServoCity/Robotzone. I worked on a few interesting projects, including complete ownership of the design of a rigging rack at NASA, a tool to estimate carbon dioxide concentration in a space for Big Ass Fans, and many others. One of the most fun projcts I worked on was an electric go-kart built from goBilda parts with an estimated top speed of 35mph.
I've been a tinkerer for as long as I can remember. Growing up I was on an FLL lego robotics team, and in highschool I captained FTC robotics team 8417 to be a top 10 team in the world. Those competitions helped grow my passion for solving problems, while exposing me to tools such as CAD and CAM software used alongside 3d printers and a hobby-grade CNC router. In my freshman semester of college I joined the NASA Lunabotics competition team at my university. I quickly made some friends, and in addition to the NASA competition we became interested in starting a Vex U robotics team as well. Due to COVID-19, the new team never got off the ground, the NASA team couldn't compete, and I found other things to do in my freetime.
As of July 2023 I only have one semester of my undergraduate degree left (graduating in December 2023), and I am actively looking for a full-time position in the Lexington area.
Current Projects
IOT enabled curtains
This project aims to open or close blackout curtains with an arduino, connected through IFTTT to interface with my Google Home.
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Custom Telecaster Body
This project aims to create a custom telecaster body with some unique alterations, particularly for comfort.
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Completed Projects
CFD - 2D Airfoil Near-Wake
For an upper level mechanical engineering class, ME590-Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Heat Transfer, I defined my own CFD model in ANSYS Fluent and compared against NASA Verification and Validation cases.
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Guitar String Frequencies
I conducted research and designed experiment to investigate whether coatings on guitar strings has a measurable effect on overtones, particularly in the higher frequency range
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Custom Guitar Body (SG)
I designed the guitar body in Solidworks, defined the double-sided machining operations using Fusion 360, and used a Shapeoko 3 CNC to machine the body.
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Guitar Rack
I designed the guitar rack in Solidworks, defined the machining operations using Fusion 360, and used a Shapeoko 3 CNC to machine each part.
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