SMELT System

• Skills: MATLAB, Technical Writing, Solidworks, Research, Leadership
• More about SMELT: Project Link

I was appointed as Sub Team Lead of Research, where I led a team to further develop the SMELT system into a Modular Recycling System. Through this team I contributed around a third of the contents for the proposal to NASA. I developed my technical writing skills and leadership ability.

While working with Penn State's award-winning SMELT system, I focused on driving innovation and improving performance. I developed a MATLAB heat transfer model to predict the system's thermal behavior, which directly supported the testing team's efforts. To enhance durability, I helped reduce system degradation by incorporating microwave-transparent materials into the waveguide. Looking beyond the initial scope, I proposed a novel microwave plastic pyrolysis system to process plastic waste left unaddressed by the core SMELT process. My continued research on this concept led to my selection as Team Lead for the project's second phase.