Keira Kastelic
Portfolio and Projects
Zip, Zap, Zop
For My first-year cornerstone of engineering class, our team was tasked with creating a portable, replayable, interactive game for a particular user. With the given constraints and timeline, we worked to craft an interactive murder mystery game. For my contributions to the team, I . . .
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Wired 50+ wires and 20+ Arduino components to a redboard
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Coded 3000+ lines of code, including photoresistors, servos, joysticks, and lights
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Prototyped, CAD, laser cut, and assembled the physical box
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Used workshop tools to assemble and build the physical project
Gold Rush
For My first-year cornerstone of engineering class, our team was tasked with creating an interactive arcade game for our display at the Boston Children’s Museum. Given a theme , budget, and target audience, we created a wild west guessing game. For my contribution in the team, I . . .
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Coded the randomization of the servos for the project and corresponding buttons Using Arduino and C++
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Wired the buttons and servos using Arduino
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Assisted with the servo mechanisms for the doors
Spin-up Robot
My second robot as a team captain was designed for the VEX VRC Robotics Competition Spin-up game. As captain I . . .
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Crea Design Alteration Tables to determine subsystems based on analyzed data from the game manual
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Determined gear ratios based on desired wheel RPM
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Designed a Flywheel outtake system using flexwheels and a increase gear ratio
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Engineered a gearbox intake system chained to a gear indexing arm that can be accessed through drive buttons and code
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Designed a catapult for the final VEX Robotics World Championship using a piston loaded slip gear system with a puncher indexer
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Organized the design process though an engineering notebook containing all iterations and tests from the season
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Engineering Notebook:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PRH5GlgNU2U2p6B7nFcA0XIR5TtHAjyuLCY8zejdG44/edit?tab=t.0
Tipping Point Robot
My first robot as a team captain was designed for the VEX VRC Robotics Competition Tipping-Point game. As captain I . . .
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Created Design Alteration Tables to determine subsystems based on analyzed data from the game manual
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Determined gear ratios based on desired wheel RPM using mechanics physics
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Designed a four-bar forklift using a piston pneumatic system synchronized with the clamping system
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Engineered a gearbox conveyor belt intake system connected to the ring outtake system for efficiency
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Used CAD software to design the entire robot
Newton Running Company
I worked with a local company, Newton Running, at Kent Denver High School to develop sustainable packaging for their shoes. I worked with a team of 6 people to test and produce biomaterials to replace their current cardboard materials. We also entered the World Affairs challenge working with the UN 2050 goals. The project required we . . .
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Researched different biomaterials and the impact they had on the environment
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Tested biomaterials like coffee ground composites, mycelium, corn husks, gelatinous eggshells, shrimp shell plastics, and beet juice dyes
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Compiled data about the logistics of the production and implementation of the product, including budgeting, production efficiency, and a timeline
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​Presented findings to World Denver for the World Affairs Challenge (first-place winners)
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Worked with Newton Running to discuss our user, constraints, and how to approach the design process
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I designed the 3D molds and laser-cut stencils used for the product on OnShape
Innovation Scholars Program: Sustainability in Engineering and Design
For all of my high school career, I worked on researching and exploring the intersections of sustainability and engineering design through a graduation certificate program. I worked on small semester-long projects and a final capstone project
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I looked into sustainable agricultural methods like aeroponic farming. I visited Altus Farms an aeroponic farm in downtown Denver
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I took a summer UCLA sci-art course where I explored ferrofluids, mycelium, SCOBY (symbiotic clusters of yeast and bacteria, and disembodied sound systems
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Looked into solar energy used to power a small car axel system
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​Engineered a reverse osmosis booster pump system for the verticle tower farming system
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Water Quality Calculator
​As a part of my Advanced Topics in Computer Science class, I created a program based on the UN 2050 goals to improve the water quality of bodies of water. The program takes in inputs about the characteristics of the body of water and determines what issues it has. Based on the data, it returns links to websites and articles to help improve the water quality for specific values.
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Researched water quality and the different data points like dissolved oxygen and salinity based on geographic location
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Coded in HTML and JAVA script to display and manipulate the data
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Practiced independent study skills to learn a language on my own
Flower Crown Filter
In a UCLA Sci-Art course, I used Lens Studio to digitally design a head-tracking flower crown.
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Learned about computer vision and image processing to track objects
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learned how to design using the Lens Studio Tracking models to build components ontop of one another
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Link: https://www.snapchat.com/lens/224034340db74daeb9b070d8cd5b8c83?locale=en-US
