Isiah Kersaint

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

• Quadruped Walking Robot Project (Senior Design), 07/19 – 12/19, Collaborated with nine engineering students to design a walking robot capable of carrying objects for various tasks. Researched quadruped gait cycles and assisted in kinematic analysis for different leg designs for the robot. Generated CAD models and drawings in SolidWorks for the robot legs and assisted in creating models for the body. Assisted in the creation of CAD assembly and CAD drawings in SolidWorks and then participated in assembling the physical robot and testing its motion. The cost of the creation of the robot was kept well under the budget of $500.
• Counter Flow Heat Exchanger Modeling Project - Thermodynamics, 11/19 – 12/19, Used SolidWorks to perform design analysis on a double-pipe heat exchanger meant to cool oil by using water. Calculated the necessary flow rate, pipe dimensions, fluid pressures, and pipe material. Selected a design that was able to cool engine oil in a range of 95 C to 75 C at a flow rate of 500 kg/hr.
• Mechanical Systems Laboratory, 07/18 – 12/18, Worked with five engineering students through eleven lab projects. Programmed MATLAB and Excel for acquiring data. Utilized tools such as strain gauges, digital calipers, and various lab equipment to obtain hardness, stress, and impact strength data of various test samples. Performed analysis using calculations on acquired data to solve lab-related project problems. Authored technical reports that detailed the experiments and provided analytical conclusions.
• SolidWorks Modeling Project (Machine Design), 02/18 – 04/18, Created a worm-driven gearbox with a reduction ratio of 2.4:1 using SolidWorks. Calculations were made to determine the number of teeth for the worm gear and the number of threads for the worm. Gearbox housing, shaft, worm, and worm gear were created in SolidWorks and were then 3D printed. Compiled a technical report and presented a gearbox project to the professor and class.