Hi! I'm
Neil Sawhney.

I'm a mechanical engineer and a computer programmer. I love to work on creative projects involving Product Design, Robotics, and Mechatronics.

Take a look at some of the projects I've worked on.
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Electronics

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I've always had a love for electronics, learning to make PCB's allowed me to save some space and time when integrating circuits into my projects. Now I've made many boards, such as a few home automation boards, a robotic control board, and a board for precise high speed data acquisition of pressure and flow in the eye.

CAD

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I do most of my work in SolidWorks and Blender. I've been using parametric CAD software for over 10 years now.

Simulation / Analysis

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I prefer Hypermesh for meshing. For FEA structural analysis I prefer Ansys Workbench or Hypermesh and for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) I use Ansys Fluent.

Programming

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While I have the most experience in Python and C++, I've worked with many other languages. To name a few: JS, HTML, CSS, PHP, C#, C, BASIC, Bash, MATLAB, LabView, Node.js, AutoIT, SQL, YAML, TypeScript

Robotics

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Robotics combines everything I love about engineering: programming, deep learning, electronics, mechanical design, and endless room for creativity.

Prototyping / R&D

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Prototyping / R&D is my favorite part of the design process: exploring new ideas, debugging, and lots of trial and error.

Art

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I'm a very creative person so I love when I can combine my artistic abilities with my engineering skills.

Software, Art, and Mechanical Engineering.

My mom is an artist and taught me crafts like sculpting and drawing when I was very young. In elementary school I would collect Babybel cheese wax from all my classmates so that I can add to the wax sculptures that filled up my entire desk. I would sculpt computers, desks, books, people, skateboards, pets, everything and anything my mind came up with.

I've also always been fascinated by all things
mechanical. I would love to take apart my grandfather's old film cameras and fix them up, and help my dad fix his boat and old cars. After I purchased my own 3D printer in 9th grade, my CAD skills finally found a good use and I spent most of my time making things.

I've also always loved programming and electronics. In middle school, every day at recess my friends and I would program our own games in the computer lab, and when I got home, I would mess with Arduino's and electronics to make my own gadgets and robots. For my 15th birthday I wanted nothing else than a lab bench power supply which has served me very well over the years.

Aside from that I have a long list of hobbies, including building/flying FPV quadcopters, rock climbing, photography, sailing, guitar, tennis, chess, skiing / snowboarding, amateur radio, web design, one wheeling / skateboarding, and many more.

I love to design.

In my fifth-grade yearbook you can find Google Sketchup under my name as my favorite hobby...

I'll never get over the feeling of coming up with something in your head and forging it into a reality. CAD just happens to be one of my favorite ways of doing that.

I love to make things.

Design is fun and all, but the real reward comes after it's done. With all the advancements in rapid prototyping it's never been easier to make professional quality prototypes. I've been 3D printing since I was in 8th grade, and since then have expanded my skillsets to countless manufacturing processes such as SLA, FDM, Wax Casting, CNC, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal Forming, etc.