Sohail Sangha

Undergraduate Student
Mechatronics Systems Engineering
Simon Fraser University

sohails@sfu.ca
cell: 604-655-7278
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Undergraduate Capstone Project

 

 

Prosthetic Robotic Hand

Capstone is the final graduation project for undergraduate Mechatronics students at Simon Fraser University. Prosthetic hand was a partially self-driven project involving five senior mechatronics student aiming at building robotic prosthetic hand to compliment the university research carried by the primary sponsor; the MENRVA Research Group.

Project Video (youtube link)

 

Personal Projects

 

 

Technovus (Club)

Part of the club which brings together students from across fields under a single banner to learn the ins and outs of the DIY (Do It Yourself) culture, from learning how to program micrcontrollers, to working with 3d printers, building robots and as far as we can go. Working as an executive team member in charge of planning the logisitics, and team lead and researcher for various club projects dealing with robotics.

 
 

 

Autonomous Aircraft Project

This project was an attempt at constructing a vertical take off and landing capable drone. The project ran from June 2014 till November 2014. The project resulted in two different prototypes, which were developed and tested. The project focused on real-time control systems, embedded computing, electronics, gear boxes, stress analysis, and structural design, to name a few. The project is frozen in as of today, due to problems with inadequate facilities for rigorous testing and development.

 
 

 

mLogger

Java based cross-platform software developed for providing effective debugging and logging tools for microcontrollers.

 
 

 

Image Alphanumeric Reader

Matlab program capable of reading alphabets and numbers from a captured image.

 
 

 

Stereo Vision Project

Matlab program for measuring 3-Dimensional depth using colored region detection from two adjacent cameras.

 
 

 

Distance Measurement Using Lasers And Imaging

Matlab program to empirically measure distance to flat surface using cellphone camera and lasers.

 

School Projects

 

 

Optimization of Robot Way-Point Path
ENSC 426 Introduction to Engineering Optimization, Spring 2016, SFU

Use of optimization toolboxes and strategies in MatLab to optimize the navigation path of robot traversing a 2D plane using way-point navigation.
Download Report (.pdf)

 
 

 

Miniature Segway Modeling and Control
ENSC 483 Modern Control Systems, Spring 2016, SFU

Simulation and control of a miniature Segway in simulink using linear state space methodologies, followed by construction and attempt to program the controller on an embedded system.
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Robot Modeling and Control
ENSC 488 Introduction to Robotics, Fall 2015, SFU

Design and rendering of a mobile robotic arm in OpenGL. Project aimed at designing and implementing forward/inverse kinematics control strategies, state space path planning, familiarity with jacobians and robot C.G. checking in a simulated environment.
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Robot Arm
MSE 312 Mechatronics Design II, Summer 2015, SFU

The class involves the complete mechatronics design of a single degree of freedom system. The system is a robotic arm and students have to design and construct the structural truss from brass rods, followed with assembly of an electrical motor and electromagnet control circuit, and design of a real time control system using SimuLink to pick and place a metal puck as fast as possible.
Project Video (youtube link)
Download Mechanical Section Report (.pdf)
Download Electrical Section Report (.pdf)
Download System Simulation Report (.pdf)
Download System Integration Report (.pdf)

 
 

 

Robot Pen
MSE 450 Real-Time Control Systems, Spring 2015, SFU

Structural design, electronic assembly, and real-time control system development (featuring a non-linear controller based on sliding mode control SMC) for realizing a robotic pen with 3 degrees of freedom capable of writing on a horizontal piece of paper.
Project Video (youtube link)
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BlueLock
MSE 101W/102, Spring 2015, SFU

The class project was aimed at introducing student groups to the entrepreneur world using self directed projects. The team chose to design a padlock capable of being controlled from any bluetooth capable device such as a cellphone.
Project Video (youtube link)
Download Project Proposal (.pdf)
Download Final Report (.pdf)

 
 

 

Car Self-Parking System
MSE 320 Machine Design, Fall 2014, SFU

Design and structural study of a simple car self-parking system with implementation mindset. Involved structural analysis of components using personally designed matlab scripts and stress analysis in SolidWorks, selection of off-the-shelf components such as gars, pulleys, and motors using empirical formulas for machine design, and comparison to existing technologies.
Download Report Part 1 (.pdf)
Download Report Part 2 (.pdf)

 
 

 

Bytronic ICT
MSE 310 Sensors and Actuators, Fall 2014, SFU

Class project aimed at introducing students to software architecture design and development in LabView for industrial applications with help of Bytronic Industrial Control Trainer.
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Simulation Project
MSE 380 System Modeling and Simulation, Fall 2014, SFU

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Simulation Project
MSE 321 Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Fall 2014, SFU

Project concerned with the thermodynamic simulation of the air conditioning system in commercial airliners.
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Design and Fabrication of a Dynamic System
ENSC 282 Kinematics and Dynamics, Spring 2013, SFU

Design, analyze, simulate and fabricate a dynamic system which displaces a ball from the top left corner of a 12"X12" 2D vertical board for as long as possible to a rest in the bottom right corner. Simulation of the system was done using MATLAB, characterized by physical properties of the system which were acquired through individual component testing.

 
 

 

Simulated Fluid Mechanics Study for Elliptical Cylinders
ENSC 283 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Spring 2013, SFU

Project for simulated study of effect of parameters such as velocity, aspect ratio, and attack angle, on the drag and lift forces for an elliptical cylinder using ComSol.
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Truss and Frame Analysis
ENSC 281 Statics/Strength of Materials, Fall 2012, SFU

Group project for theoretical truss and frame analysis of luffing jib boom crane, Manitowoc 31000.
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Research Project
ENSC 231 Engineering Materials, Fall 2012, SFU

Research report on selection of suitable material and corresponding processing techniques for the production of flexible & stretchable conducting wires, as a part of a electronic circuit embedded in a soft robot.
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ENSC 182 Mechatronics Design I, Spring 2012, SFU

Various projects dealing with introduction to the mechatronics mindset using lego NXT bricks and mechanics kits.