Parameter Estimation Project Report MECE 653	(avi clip)	Senior Undergraduate Design Project : Semiautonomous Guided Vehicle MECE 465
	FEA Stress and modal analysis of a Ring Clamp MECE 563

From 1998 to 2001 I was involved with the Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Project (ARVP) student group. Each year the group competes against approximately 20 universities from Canada, the US and Japan at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition. Each year the competition events vary slightly, but always involve outdoor high-level tasks such as obstacle avoidance and vehicle pursuit. The U of A team has been quite successful over the years, earning 2nd place finishes in design in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 1st in the GPS challenge in 2001. Below are some of the various photos accumulated over the years.
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	ANSYS Magnetic Bearing Simulation		ANSYS Levitating Ball Bearing Simulation
	Simulink Displacement Pump / Sucker Rod Simulation		Pro/E Turbo Impeller (not an actual product, I was just having some fun with extruding along predefined curves and surfaces)

From May 2000 to June 2001 I was the project leader overseeing the design and construction of two rotary CNC laser cutting systems. The machines are used to cut the charge holder strip of downhole perforating guns. The first machine is ballscrew driven and cuts a single charge strip at a time. The second machine uses linear induction motor technology and is capable of cutting two identical strips simultaneously. This machine helped LRI win the 2002 Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Innovation award for New Technology. The entire mechanical design was completed using SolidWorks CAD.

I definitely had a lot of fun over the course of these two machines. Although working, doing an MSc, being the mechanical team leader for the ARVP and TA'ing undergraduate ProE sessions all at the same time made for some hectic days...

	Single Cutter, Frame Construction Begins		Some of the mirrors and cuthead
	The 'Shuttle' is in place		Shuttle and Ballscrew
	Ballscrew and Table		I'm truing the chuck adaptor
	SolidWorks Model of the Dual Cutter Pipe Centralizer		Actual Dual Cutter Pipe Centralizer
	Dual Cutter (near completion)		Dual Cutter Main Stage
	Dual Cutter Main Stage (front view)		Dual Cutter Secondary Stage

In the summer of 1999 myself and two members from the ARVP team were hired by Schlumberger WesternGeco (Schlumberger Geco-Prakla at the time) to begin a feasibility study and preliminary work in developing an all-terrain semi-autonomous work vehicle for seismic recording operations. I will be posting pictures (and hopefully a short video clip) of some of our work as I find it on my home computer archives.