Projects | Marshall Bahen

Major Projects

Flexible Hydrofoil

Design and build a hydrofoil that can deform under increasing water speeds to passively reduce camber and drag

Solar Car

Creating designs for the McMaster Solar Car using SolidWorks. managing large scale projects, team leadership, composites manufacturing, mechanical design.

Mars Rover

As an Electro-Mechanical Designer, I help to design, build and test Mars Rovers to compete at the University Rover Challenge and Canadian International Rover Challenge.

Design Projects

This section features a selection of smaller engineering design projects that highlight my approach to analysis, creativity, and practical implementation.

Reinventing The Wheel

Designed and built a robot that could not use driven wheels. Designed a mechanism that assembled four legs so they formed a wheel while being driven.

Medication Device

Created a device to help healthcare professionals and home users in drawing medication from a vial into a syringe. This task typically has poor ergonomics and safety risks

associated with needles and medications.

Renewable Technology Challenge

Redesigning a wind turbine blade.

Get a Grip

A system to autonomously sterilize surgical tools using telepresence and additive manufacturing techniques.

Revenge of the Recycling System

Design of a remotely operated system that reliably identifies, sorts, transports, and deposits recycling containers into designated bins based on contamination status and material type.

Power in Community

Redesigning common objects to better serve people with disabilities.