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compartment, payload bay, and rear hatch. Some manufacturing processes and design tools

include: laser-cutting, 3D printing, SOLIDWORKS, ANSYS Fluent, and machine shop tools. The

structural components of the plane are consisted mainly of balsa wood, plywood, and

aluminum, with a few ABS plastic components.

UBC AeroDesign Student Team Senior Member

September 2015 – Present

Every year, the UBC AeroDesign Engineering Student

Team undertakes the challenge of creating a radio-

controlled airplane capable of lifting heavy payloads for

the international Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Aero Design Competition. Unlike our past years, this year

with a brand new executive team, we completely

redesigned the plane from scratch to incorporate a

tapered wing, a much more streamlined fuselage, and

advanced current monitoring electrical components in

hopes to build a more competitive aircraft. As a senior

member of the fuselage sub-team, I co-lead the 10-

person sub-team in designing and manufacturing all

components of the fuselage including the engine

Portfolio Nicholas Lok Hin Hui

nicholas.hui@hotmail.com ● (778) 898-8089

8179 Hudson St., Vancouver, BC V6P 4M2

17-January-2015: Ready for test Flight #1

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Stair Lift Design Project February 2015 – March 2015

This design project was an individual

project aimed to practice drafting in 3D

AutoCAD as well as using the design

process. The stair lift device is capable

of lifting a seated person up to 175kg

and uses a ½ horsepower electric motor

and 5 helical gears. All the parts of the

stair lift were drafted by me except for

the electric motor, which was borrowed

from GRABCAD.

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STOP-UXO Design Project January 2015 – February 2015

During this design project in Mech 2, I built

a remote-controlled vehicle capable of

maneuvering through sand terrain and

detecting buried electromagnets in assigned

group of six in 4 weeks. The vehicle features

a compact gear box as well as differential

steering. All the parts of the car except the

wheels, gears, and electronics were made

from raw material with tools like 3-D

printers and the machine shop. Our biggest

challenge during the project was the gears

not adhering to its axles, which caused us to

forfeit three of the five rounds during the

program-wide competition. Nonetheless, we

came in 7th overall and had an amazing

experience with prototyping, building, and

team work.

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Mag-Lev Device August 2014 – September 2014

During a course in Mech 2, I machined and

assembled a device that levitates a magnetic

rod between the black casing on the bottom

and the metal housing on the top. A Hall

Effect sensor at the bottom measures the

magnetic field and relays the signal to a

circuit which controls a coil at the top. I

used tools such as lathes, milling machines,

drill presses, and hand tools to machine the

parts to errors of up to ±0.005”. I also

soldered all the components of the circuit

board.

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Condominium December 2012– April 2013

As a final project in Grade 12 Drafting, I collaborated with 3 teammates on the design and

drawing of a 4-storey condominium using AutoCAD over 4 months. We each individually

designed parts of the assignment such as the parking lot, the rooms, and the recreational areas,

having to create many parts not provided by AutoCAD. The completed 3D drawing was fully

rendered and decorated with accessories such as trees and sidewalks. However, only the 2D

floorplan below was retained.

EuRo Project April 2015

During the second design project in Mech 2, I

built a 4-wheel RC vehicle propelled by two 2-

L pop bottles filled with pressurized water and

air in our assigned group of 6. The purpose of

the project was to design a light-weight jet

propelled vehicle capable of making tight

turns on smooth concrete, has high speed, and

travels a long distance. Extensive MATLAB

simulations were developed to predict the

vehicle’s performance in the competition as

well as optimize the vehicle parameters such

as the nozzle diameter and the amount of

water we should put in the bottles each round

to optimize our score. The vehicle features a

water-jet cut aluminum chassis and steering

system and 3D printed wheels.