Class Projects

rebecca-mc

Mar 6, 20222 min read

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Wave Energy Converter

In a class project turned conference paper, I achieved a seven-fold reduction in the LCOE (levelized cost of energy) of a two-body point...

rebecca-mc

Sep 23, 20211 min read

Thesis: Systems Design of a Motor for an Electric Vehicle

My MIT bachelor's thesis is entitled "Electromagnetic and Systems Design of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for an Electric...

rebecca-mc

May 22, 20211 min read

Power Controller for Racecar/Electric Vehicle

I used linear (LQR) and nonlinear (feedback linearization) techniques to control power in a nonlinear motor for an electric vehicle. I...

rebecca-mc

Feb 26, 20211 min read

Permanent Magnet Motor Field Analysis

For my final project in 6.640, I used the magneto-quasi-static (MQS) Maxwell equations to develop a boundary value problem of the...

rebecca-mc

Feb 26, 20211 min read

AUV Hydrodynamics Simulations

For my senior capstone class 2.013, I simulated the nonlinear hydrodynamics of a long-range AUV with a hybrid propeller-glider...

rebecca-mc

Sep 9, 20201 min read

Trajectory-Optimized Torque Vectoring Controller for a Two-Track Model FSAE Racecar

I used direct transcription trajectory optimization on a nonlinear state-space vehicle model in matlab to design a torque vectoring...

rebecca-mc

Mar 28, 20201 min read

2.671 Project: Field Weakening Control

I performed dynamic testing on a 100 kW motor to analyze the effect of field weakening control on efficiency, torque-speed curve, and...

rebecca-mc

Mar 28, 20201 min read

Bio-Inspired Robotics: "Peggy the Leggy" 1DOF Hopper

My team created a one-legged vertical hopping robot. The project analyzed the effect of spring stiffness on jumping efficiency (a measure...

rebecca-mc

Apr 21, 20191 min read

2.007 Robot: Magnetic Gripper Design

I designed a controllable permanent magnet gripper using the concepts of magnetic fringing and variable reluctance paths. In 2.007,...