Nick Eyre

About

I'm an engineering student at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, a tiny school just outside of Boston.

In my free time, I keep busy working on projects like robots, human powered vehicles, animatronic penguins, automatic t-shirt cannons and various mechanical or software projects.

I've been involved with the FIRST Robotics Competition since 2008 as a student then a mentor on Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs from San Jose, CA.

I'm also a part of Olin College's award-winning Human Powered Vehicle Team.

Projects

Robotic T-Shirt Cannon

Lead designer and project manager for robot which shoots 3 shirts per second and was in Sports Illustrated.

Human Powered Vehicle

Designed & built high-speed fared recumbent bicycle. Won 3rd place and award for design innovation.

Cycling Computer

Built data acquisition system for human powered vehicle as part of "Real World Measurements" class.

Lunar Rover Prototype

Helped to design, build & test lunar micro-rover prototype during NASA internship.

World Champion Robot

Lead designer and project manager for robot which won FIRST championship and industrial design awards.

Brand Identity Design

Developed comprehensive brand imagery and identity standards to unify and strengthen the brand of Robotics Team 254.

Modeling & Simulation

Built MATLAB simulations for systems including a Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Model of Legged Logomotion.

Shifting PTO Gearbox

Designed 1000+ watt capacity two-speed piston-actuated shifting gearbox with power take-off for FIRST robot.

Android Apps

Developed three Android apps in Java and distributed them on the Google Play store; downloaded over 10,000 times.

Mechatronic Penguin

Designed, prototyped and built biomimetic penguin toy for 4th grade students as part of "Design Nature" class.

Soccer Robot

Lead designer for award-winning competition robot which kicks soccer balls 50+ ft and does a "chin up" in <2 sec.

Robot Scouting System

Built a cloud-based scouting website for FIRST Robotics using PHP, MySQL & jQuery; used by over 200 teams.

Dynamic Simulation

Simulated a damped triple compound pendulum; used motion capture to compare simulation to experimental data.

Coil Gun

Built small coil gun to test effect of projectile material and geometry on launch performance.

Helmholtz Coil & Capacitor

Built working Helmholtz Coil & Capacitor and created AM radio with both for Physics E&M class.

Personal Website

Utilized CSS, PHP and JavaScript frameworks along with dynamic cloud hosting to build this website.

Eagle Scout Project

Designed heavy-duty benches for a local middle school and led team of fifteen to build, stain and install the benches.

Video Portal

Produced and collected videos showcasing Olin College from a student's perspective for entrepreneurship class.