Duncan Mortier Michael

1000 Olin Way M.B. 778, Needham, Massachusetts 02492, USA

duncanmmichael@gmail.com +1 415 374 0108
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/duncan-michael/104/404/b02

EDUCATION:
Olin College of Engineering
Needham, Massachusetts
o Candidate for Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Est. Graduation: December 2017
Major GPA: 3.33
Relevant Coursework: Mechanical Design, User Oriented Collaborative Design, Dynamics, Transport
Phenomena, Mechanics of Solids and Structures, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems, Computational
Bayesian Statistics, Principles of Engineering, Introduction to Mechanical Prototyping, Modeling and
Control

WORK EXPERIENCE:
CyPhy Works Inc.
January-August, 2016
Danvers, Massachusetts
o Mechanical Engineering CO-OP
Work R & D on Pocket Flier, PARC, and two other undisclosed projects. Liaison directly with clients.
Lead mechanical design for UPS and an undisclosed prototype drone.
Olin College of Engineering
January-May, 2015
Needham, Massachusetts
o Materials Science Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Hold office hours weekly and attend labs in order to train students on the use of testing equipment
and help them interpret their results. Run additional tutorials on the content of previous classes.
RESEARCH EXPERENCE:
Perching Landing Gear Research
June-August, 2015
Needham, Massachusetts
o Designed landing gear to enable drones to land and take off from tree branches, telephone wires, and the
edges of buildings. The project funded by the Massachusetts Space Grant awarded to Olin College.
Electroencephalography (EEG) Research
September 2011-February 2013 Kamuela, Hawaii
o Use Emotiv EPOC EEG headset to study the brains reactions to different stimuli as well as its ability to learn
patterns from a computer and vice versa.
o Control Flight Simulator and Parrot AR-Drone via EEG FFT-Key mapping.

PUBLICATIONS:
Demonstrations of Bio-Inspired Perching Landing Gear for UAVs
o SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9797, 22 April 2016

April, 2016

PROJECTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Auris SCOPE
September 2016-Present
o Develop a novel robotic biopsy tool to increase the rate of cancer detection and improve patient outcomes.
o Investigate micromachining techniques
o Develop mathematical deformation model for soft systems
o Mid year presentation: Dec 2016
VTOL
January 2016-Present
o Design a vertical take-off and landing airplane for the purpose of taking off and landing in a pickup truck
while speeding down the highway.
CyPhy Works Persisting Arial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC)
January-August 2016
o Improve reliability of parachute deployment in all weather conditions
o Prototype new tether spooler with a faster response time
CyPhy Works Pocket Flier
January-May 2016
o Cut weight by redesigning landing gear, propeller protection, and cowl
o Flight test

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CyPhy Works UPS Delivery Vehicle
May-August 2016
o Design a delivery drone capable of 6+ miles of flight over water based on the PARC platform
o Redesign to run on batteries instead of tether
o Redesign interior to accept different autopilot
o Design package release system
Olin Baja
August 2015-Present
o Teach younger students to design suspension geometry
o Teach how to create engineering drawings
o Teach analysis (both FEA and from first principles)
o Assist in completion of these activities
o Hold design reviews
o Baja SAE Competition: May 2017
Ornithopter
January-May 2015
o Design and fabricate a remote controlled ornithopter
o Thrust provided by brushless motor driving two four-bar linkages at 324 flaps per minute
o Final design review and flight test: May 2015
The Spirit Staircase
January-May 2015
o Team design a product for and with people that live in tiny houses for the betterment of their lives
o Conduct user oriented co-design sessions with users
o Product proposal: The Spirit Staircase, an aesthetically pleasing staircase that doubles as an elevator and
stows itself away when not in use.
o Final Design Review: May 2015
CNC Jigsaw Solver
October-December 2014
o Team design a CNC jigsaw puzzle solver
o Design and construct a 4x8 foot, four axis CNC gantry
o Olin Expo Presentation: December 2014
N-dulum
December 2014
o Write a Matlab simulation of a 3D n-link pendulum.
o Final presentation: December 2014
3D Scanner
September 2014
o Design, build, and program a 3D scanner with two hobby servos, a laser range finder, and an Arduino Uno.
Under-Actuated Hand
March-May 2014
o Design and fabricate a claw able to pick up objects ranging in size from a pin to a basketball.
o Iterate three times with a variety of materials including 3D printed PLA and laser cut wood.
o Olin Expo Presentation: May 2014
Walking Lockbox
February 2014
o Design and build a box and eight-legged cradle combination that can walk when pushed
o Use five different wood joining techniques and five different fasteners.
o Final design review: February 2014
Laser Harp
December 2013
o Design a two string, four tone, analog laser harp.
Orbits
December 2013
o Write Matlab simulation of an n-body gravitational dynamics problem.
o Final presentation: December 2013
Robotic Otter
October-December 2013
o Design a remote controlled river otter toy for to teach fourth grade students about bio-inspired robotics.
o Olin Expo Presentation: December 2013
MacWorld/iWorld 2013
February 2013
o Present EEG controlled flight simulator and AR Drone
MacWorld 2012
January 2012
o Present findings on brain pattern learning

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SKILLS:

CAD: SolidWorks, SolidWorks EPDM, SolidWorks Workgroup PDM, Autodesk Fusion 360

Languages: Fluent English, Familiar with French, Matlab, Python, Arduino C

Manufacturing and Prototyping: Mill, Lathe, Sheet Metal Fab, Band Saw, Table Saw, Chop Saw, Spot Welding,
Composite Layup, 3D Printer, Vacu-form, Forge, Furnace, Casting, Diamond Saw, Diamond Grinder, Design for
Injection Molding,

Analysis Tools: Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer, Instron, Thermal Mechanical Analyzer, Scanning Election
Microscope, Hardness Tester, Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Fourier Transform Inferred Receptor, Mass
Spectrometer

Education: Curriculum Development

Miscellaneous Other: RC Pilot, Mixology, SCUBA Diving, Go Cart Racing

HONORS:

Olin Merit Scholarship: Tuition Scholarship totaling $84,000 over four years

May 2013