Patrick John Therrien

Background

About Patrick John Therrien

Worked with two partners on remote control toy robots. Built working prototype through solid modeling, 3D printing and purchased parts. Completed a phase 1 project for an LED based Large Area Pulsed Solar Simulator through Nasa Clevelend GRC. Built a payload for balloon flights up to feet that took solar spectrum data at ~AM0 for calibration of space solar cells. Designed and built 4 consecutive prototypes as lead mechanical engineer. Solid models utilized global variables to enable easy assembly level modifications. Wrote Matlab/Java script to import and use weather data in real time as part of a predictive nonlinear energy efficiency model. Research done by Michael Georgescu under Professor Igor Mezic for UCSB. Worked on a team to design and manufacture in house wheel modules/transmissions for a robot entered into FIRST robotics competition under team 1717.