Nathan Vance
Nathan Vance
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Electric Vehicle Conversion
Electric Vehicle Conversion
Converted a Mazda RX-7 to a fast-launching EV
Used a combination of readily-available components and custom-designed parts
Total conversion cost was $9,537
Accomplished it's target 40 mile per charge range
Safety measures included for legal city and highway use.
Electric Mazda 1985 RX-7
Mattress Cooler Design & Prototyping with Peltier Unit
Mattress Cooler Design & Prototyping with Peltier Unit
Created a mattress cooler that improves upon existing designs
Uses Peltier Devices in a unique configuration for high COP
Can heat as well as cool
Very quiet design with few moving parts
Arduino based temperature control programmed in C
Parking Structure Design & Analysis
Parking Structure Design & Analysis
Designed a 40 vehicle parking system for a Design of Machine Elements course
Required to have 5 min retrieval time, 12 hours continuous operation, minimal footprint, and 5 year service interval, using COTS (Commercial off the Shelf) parts
We designed frame, gear system, moving parts
We did analysis by hand calculations and SolidWorks FE Analysis.
Speaker Design & Performance Modeling
Speaker Design & Performance Modeling
Speaker system design and build
2 way system with LFE
Used hand calculations, design software for enclosure, compensation circuits and crossover.
Employed microphone measured post testing to refine the design
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