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Bray Labs

Bray Labs is part of the Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering. The building is comprised of research labs, staff and graduate student offices, and a neighborhood of design, build, and testing spaces. To see more, please visit the Bray Site. As a Graduate Fabrication Assistant in the space, I serve as a consultant for projects, develop and implement training procedures, and carry out a number of other internal projects.

Filament Holder

Part of an assembly for holding filament spools.

Fixture

Fixturing piece used in a superconductor lab.

Polymer Mold

Mold for use in polymer research

Laminar Flow

Used to demonstrate laminar flow in a fluids class

Probe Fixture

Fixture for holding two probes in contact with a cylindrical sample

Design and Fabrication Consultant

As a Graduate Fabrication Assistant, I often consult with students, both undergrad and graduate, and faculty on their projects and research. Often we’ll walk through their design process, and I will suggest areas for improvement related to design, materials, and fabrication techniques. In some cases, I will also fabricate the submitted jobs.

Nameplate

Green Zone training that covers hand tools and the laser cutter

Training

Bray Lab offers a variety of trainings to the Tufts Community. I have created the Green Zone training which introduces students to the laser cutter and hand tools. It is the most popular offering by Bray with over 500 students having been trained. I am currently developing the training procedures for the CNC mill (Haas Mini-Mill).

Bray Sign

Example project for the Haas Mini-Mill

Viewable Gear Box

Single print project to show some the capabilities of dissolvable supports

Fire Piston

Example for lathe

Hose Guide

Shopbot hose guide made of two threaded pieces

Clamp

Carbon fiber clamp for ShopBot

Additional Bray Projects

In addition to trainings and consulting work at Bray, I’ve worked on number of internal projects for Bray. These projects ranges from creating example projects to showcase various technologies to making changes to and updating machinery