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Gonzaga University: Current Projects Trebuchet Custom made longboards R/C Blimp to fly around at basketball games Electric Longboard! Demolition Derby Car

These are all projects that I am currently involved with that are being supported by

Gonzaga and some of its clubs. The trebuchet is a floating arm trebuchet and is about 8 feet

tall. We have yet to test it but are getting very close as you can see from the pictures above. I

am also involved in getting custom longboards made, as we plan to make about 20-30 of

them with Gonzaga logos and sell them to earn money for the ASME club. The other projects,

Blimp, Derby car, etc were in the planning stages last semester but should start to come to-

gether and be quite successful as the semester progresses.

Jordan Brunner 24105 NE 27th PL

Sammamish, WA 98074 425-922-3812 / Jbrunn12@gmail.com

Our team was tasked with building a trebuchet to

throw an eight pound pumpkin at least 300ft. This

spring we will be testing it with snowballs.

The different colored lines represent different

layers and materials of the deck construction.

The blue layer, for instance, is a metal springer

that will be inlayed into the surrounding ply-

wood so that it won’t bend too far and snap.

Project Portfolio

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During my internship at Zetec last summer one of my projects was to design and build a new ASIC board testing fixture to solve problems associated with the old fixture. The new fix-ture had to be more consistent with its testing because the old one had been shown to let bad ASIC boards pass the quality control test. To do this, I had to make the board holder spring loaded and adjustable in the XY plane. I also had to make the probing pins come down vertically using a die set along with many other much needed improvements.

All of these designs were eventually created using SolidWorks, although some initially began as AutoCAD and inventor files

before I was able to get a license for SolidWorks.

Although I had lots of helpful advice from my supervisors, I was given this project and left alone to complete it. As a result, I encountered many problems, but gained an immense amount of knowledge and experience from it concerning machining, suppliers, scheduling, design and just generally working with a wide range of different types of employees to com-plete a project. After it was finished, I was very happy with my work on this project as the end product was successful, and all of my designed parts worked with some modifications. This became very helpful in keeping costs low since I didn't have to remake any of the parts.

The previous text fixture. My final design in SolidWorks.

Zetec, Inc: Summer Manufacturing Engineering Internship

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I included this in order to show scale as the ASIC boards

were only about 14 by 6 mm. All of my designs had to work

together and line up very accurately for it to work right.

I had to create a new toggle clamp as the one I started

with didn't have a long enough draw or enough lever-

age. To keep the ASIC board secure without making it

difficult to replace the boards, I used spring loaded

plungers.

The previous fixture had the probing pins glued in so

that they could not be replaced. My design secured

the pin sockets and allowed the pins themselves to

be easily replaced.

Instead of ordering a die set it was determined to be

cheaper to just have me design my own. This was because

it would have to be machined in the end by me either

way. My first design did not work as it locked up when the

die set moved, but after adding a third post and much

longer bushings it worked just like was supposed to.

Another design challenge was that it was to be used

in heat testing and so all of the components had to

be tolerant of high temperatures.

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While most kids decided to learn photography or cooking, I went far beyond what was

required of me and created my own electric motorcycle. This was my first major project

where no one was holding my hand to help me through and so it is my pride and joy. This pro-

ject showcases many of my engineering talents as it required me to be creative and resource-

ful through its entirety.

After several months worth of research I began ordering components and putting to-

gether the bike. The frame had to be highly customized in order to accommodate its new

power source and this required lots of designing, machining, welding, thinking and rethinking

all to be performed by myself. I spent countless hours studying wiring diagrams and com-

municating with manufacturers about how to wire everything and this was a struggle for me

as it was completely new. In the end, all that hard work paid off not only because I passed my

senior project and graduated, but also because I came away with an all electric motorcycle

capable of a 22 mile ride that at the time you couldn't go out and buy.

The bare frame after removing all the lower supports

and making room for the batteries. Most of the propulsion system without any wiring. Also

shows the how the motor is mounted on the swing arm.

Ammeter and voltmeter, not your average motorcycle gauges.

Another look at how everything is mounted internally.

One of my better welds.

Eastlake High School: Senior Project

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I still consider this bike an ongoing project as I have continued to work on it ever since I

started way back during my junior year of high school. Some of the improvements I have

made include adding a gas tank shell to make it look a lot more presentable and changing

from individual battery chargers to one single 48volt onboard charger that allows me to

plug in anywhere and charge up the batteries. I also added in regenerative braking a few

years ago.

The old charging setup. Programming the motor controller via laptop.

My project mentor. My bike in action!

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These two projects of restoring a dune buggy and building a mini chopper were both

from long ago during high school and junior high. They were really important to me because

they were both projects that were very hands on and they allowed me to see how much I en-

joy working on mechanical systems. It didn't hurt that I ended up turning a profit at the end

of both projects either though!

While I do believe that I have too many hobbies and far too little time, I am and have

always been very passionate about motorcycles. I have grown up with them and have been

lucky enough to enjoy them all of my life. This passion has lead to an extensive background in

maintenance and repair, and this has certainly played a major role in shaping my mechanical

engineering interests. Dirt biking has also given me the opportunity to explore some of the

coolest places on earth such as the lagoon in the picture of Baja, Mexico shown above. My

mechanical engineering interests have also lead me outside the country as I was given the

chance of lifetime last spring to study engineering in Florence, Italy. While in Europe, I trav-

eled to 13 different countries and learned more than I could ever imagine about the world we

live in and the multitude of people that live in it. After just one day in Morocco, I was com-

pletely blown away by ingenuity of the people who had everything from beer cans as gas caps

to dirt bikes with pedals for when you can’t find or afford gas. Everywhere in the world there

is an opportunity for engineering and that is why I love it.

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