Taylor Willis

Student at University of Colorado at Boulder Class of 2028

Major: Integrative Design Engineering, Aerospace focus

Minor: Engineering Leadership & Engineering Management

My Projects

Projects from Classes

  • Engineering Projects (GEEN 1400)

    • This class divides the class into teams and tasks them to engineer ing anything that target a main engineering theme.

  • Engineering Project for the Community (GEEN 2400)

    • This class is similar to GEEN 1400, but requires teams to find real world stakeholders and tailor their project to the stakeholders needs. As well as go through a design and testing phase.

  • Statics for Engineers (GEEN 2851)

    • This class teaches students statics with a hands on approach. We were tasked with engineering a Truss that could withstand a 800 lb applied force.

Electro-magnetic Propelled Train

Class: GEEN 1400

Project Description:

My Team and I decided to create a small scale electromagnetic power train. The idea was to use magnetism to reduce friction. Despite lack of research on energy conservation, innovation, ect. We engineered a electromagnet to sit onto of a cart that would continuously hit charged plates throughout it’s, while levitating using matching poled magnets to reduce friction.

Draw-Bot

Class: GEEN 2400

Stakeholder Description

My team and I went into the field with the common priority of doing something related to education, and from there interviewed several different teacher over several ages to survey the any kinds of problems or issues ti tackle within this area. At the end of the interviews, there was avery clear client to us, which was Michele and Tammy who are specialists i the intensive learning center in Broomfield Highschool. They lacked art tools that were usable for all students in their class, so we decided to design something capable of giving students the more artistic control than what hey were able to complete with spin art.

Project Description

We designed a drawing robot that gave students more creative control than some of them have experienced before. Our two axis drawing system allows students to draw pre-coded designs and choose location at the click of one button. The design includes various components such as a servo mechanism, adaptable utensil holder, variety of pre-coded drawings, and more to allow all the students ranging in their abilities to create at the click of a button.

My Contributions:

  • RFID system- For this project we needed a recognition system to match the physical card with the code to draw that specific shape, I researched and implemented the system into our final project.

  • CAD- I contributed heavily on CAD renderings to help make our idea come to life. This was extremely useful during the prototype phase making various iterations of the tool holder, specifically.

Truss Project