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MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
PORTFOLIO

NIHAL SHAVDIA
(778)-554-2226
nihalshavdia@gmail.com
https://linkedin.com/in/nihal-shavdia/
 Table of Contents
TECHNICAL SKILLS ............................................................................................................................................... 1
CAD (SOLIDWORKS) .............................................................................................................................................. 1
ENGINEERING DRAWINGS .................................................................................................................................... 2
MACHINING AND MANUFACTURING............................................................................................................................... 4
3D PRINTING, RAPID PROTOTYPING AND LASER CUTTING ................................................................................................... 5
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS ........................................................................................................................................ 6
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................ 6
SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................................................................... 7
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TECHNICAL SKILLS
CAD (SOLIDWORKS)
UVic Aeronautical Engineering Research Organization (AERO) Hexacopter Landing Gear Design

Isometric View of the Landing Gear Front View of the Landing Gear

Arm Assembly that Allowed for Mounting to the Frame and to Payloads
Manufactured and Assembled Landing Gear- Used for
the Unmanned Systems Canada Competition 2019
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ENGINEERING DRAWINGS

Very small Clevis for CfAR with peculiar geometry and alignment Waterjet Part with some complicated features

Assembly of Waterjet part above

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Revision A of a machined jig plate

Revision E of the plate- Neglection of simple and standard dimensioning can

decrease manufacturing efficiency and increase costs
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MACHINING AND MANUFACTURING

Carbon Fiber Spar for UVic AERO Hexacopter Carbon Fiber Plates for Centre for Aerospace Research (CfAR) Waterjet Stainless Steel Parts

Post-and-Plate Assembly for a Layup Rig Stabilizing Lever Arm Assembly

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3D PRINTING, RAPID PROTOTYPING AND LASER CUTTING

Flow simulation results on the nosecone

3D printing nosecone for the
UVic AERO fixed wing aircraft

Completed Nosecone on the fixed-wing aircraft Laser cut mold for fiberglass layup
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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS
Teaching high school students from public schools in Kenya about entrepreneurship as part of the Building Social Entrepreneurship
Volunteering Activity

Presenting about Entrepreneurship Group discussion on entrepreneurship and business ideas

Students planning business ideas and analysing risks Data logging with Excel spreadsheets at Rakal Stationary Ltd. (Mombasa,
Kenya)
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SOFTWARE

• SolidWorks
• UVic Aero projects and designing
• Machine Shop drawings and designing of parts
• Microsoft Office
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher
• Reports, Spreadsheets for data, presentations
• MATLAB
• Matrix calculations and functions from courses taken and club involvement
• C++ and C programming languages
• From programming courses
• Knowledge and use of RobotC
• Cura
• 3D Printing with Ultimaker 2, 2+ and 3
• Inkscape
• Programming and Maintenance of a Trotec Laser-Cutter
• Mastercam
• CAM of a CNC Mill for machining of complicated geometry
• OMAX LAYOUT
• Tool path creator for Waterjet operations