UIUC ASME EOH 2026
Through the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the University of Illinois, I co-led and served as lead designer for our 2026 Grainger Engineering Open House project — an entirely freshman team taking on one of the chapter's most ambitious builds to date.
The result is a fully 3D-printed mechanical Iron Man helmet with over 70 individual components, designed from scratch in Autodesk Fusion 360. The faceplate features 5 animated moving parts driven by a single modified servo motor — a string routed through the front of the helmet spools onto the servo to open the mask, while rubber bands and gravity return each piece as the string unwinds. No additional motors. No extra mechanisms.
The helmet also integrates a voice-controlled AI JARVIS assistant — completely buttonless, it listens for commands, processes them, and delivers audible responses just like the films. From first sketch to finished product, the team worked December through April, developing real skills in CAD, mechanical assembly, electronics, and embedded programming along the way.
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