Engineering Design
Stove Solutions2023–2024
An engineering class project in high school developing a sensor-based stove safety system. The device detects gas leaks and automatically shuts off the stove, with monitoring and control handled through an Arduino and an Android app. My main roles included working on CAD designs, prototype brainstorming, research, and manual modifications to the stove. The work covered mechanical design, sensor integration, embedded control, and app-based user interaction, following the engineering design process through iterative development and testing. Through the project I strengthened problem-solving and brainstorming, gained experience with mechanical and sensor-based systems, learned to integrate app-based monitoring, and built project management and presentation skills.
- Role
- System designer & integrator — worked on the CAD
- Methods
- Arduino, sensor integration, Android app, CAD modeling, gear train design, prototyping
- Outcome
- Sensor-based system that detects gas leaks and automatically shuts off stoves, with app-based monitoring and control
These were the sample CAD designs to hold the motor and battery for our initial design — we later moved on to a metal bracket, and I designed the gears that drove the shut-off mechanism.
