ABEIKU DARKWA

Engineering Design Portfolio

Practical Skills and Knowledge: SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Onshape, Creo, Inventor, Fusion 360, FEA analysis, 3D printing, Laser cutting, CNC machining, Root cause analysis, GD&T, FMEA, Risk analysis, Product design, DFMA, C/C++, MATLAB, Arduino, Circuit Design, DMM, Soldering, Python, Git

Interests and strengths : fitness, futebol,track and field fanatic, theology (I'm a christian), anime and manga enjoyer, hard worker, passionate about my craft, got that dawwwgggg in me!

Weaknesses: recovering Youtube junkie, sparkling water addict, lab report hater

I am a mechanical engineering student who currently attends the University of Waterloo. I have a passion for robotics and product design engineering. I hope to land a full time job in either of these areas at the end of my studies. I hope you enjoy looking through my portfolio!

Bend All Automotive - Test and Validation Engineering Intern (May 2023-Aug 2023)

Conducted several tests on a wide variety of transmission and emission oil coolers for automotive companies such as Ford, General Motors, Rivian, and Chrysler

Tests conducted included tensile tests, leak tests, burst tests, pressure flow cell tests, and many more

Sienci Labs - Mechancial/Mechatronics Product Design Intern (Jan 2024-May 2024)

Designed and prototyped the Sienci LaserBeam Magnetic Mount

Assisted in the fabrication and wiring of the Sienci CO2 Laser prototype

Produced detailed resource pages and S.O.Ps for the LaserBeam and its accessories

IQC - Optical Systems Engineering Intern (Sep 2024-Dec 2024)

Developed 4 optical reference boards for a quantum computer’s ion position tracking system

Characterized an optical position sensor for reference board development with Python and MATLAB scripts.

Developed a 3D printed soldering jig to populate a mock PCB used for electrical testing of a critical ZIF socket

EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIP PROJECTS

PERSONAL PROJECTS

THE DREAMMAKER

MORE PROJECTS

An optimized actuator to make robotic dreams come true

DRONE DESIGN CHALLENGE

An electronice enclosure and landing gear design for a drone's needs

THE SCOOT-E

An E-scooter development project with an unfortuante ending.....

HEAT TRANSFER MODEL

A differential equation based model to analyze heat transfer in vegetables