I am a recent Electric Engineering Graduate from Miami University in Oxford, OH, graduating in May 2022. Since graduation I have been working as an Electrical Engineer at Nidec Minster Corporation where I have previously worked as a co-op. I work on Control System development projects mostly involving C++, C# (wpf), PLC ladder logic on Rockwell / Allen Bradely, Siemens (Simotion, Simit) and Beckhoff Twincat systems.
When I have free time I enjoy spending it on working out and personal projects including some self-hosted web projects, including this site and my gitlab site, as well as a few others. I also enjoy spending time working on some embedded systems projects and home-automation projects that are often one in the same. Some examples of this are, my ESP8266 powered coffeemaker project, and my doorbell project. I also own a Beckhoff CX-9020 PLC that I use for developing my PLC programming skills. This may eventually be used for home automation projects. I also intend to develop some more embedded systems projects in my free time (solar lighthouse and PCBs).
My Homelab and Iot connected home automation equipment is probably what I enjoy working on the most. This includes the VMWare ESXI server, several virtual linux servers within, and a Synology NAS that host all of my content as well as the Kemp Load Balancer and cloudflare DNS and SSL configuration to keep the site safe and secure.
As a teen I was a member of several organizations that helped spark my interest in electricity and engineering. One of these was an appropriately named 4-H club: Fusebusters. I completed several electrical projects with the Fusebusters club, ranging from a simple circuit demonstration board showing series and parallel circuits, to a lamp, to a full five-foot tall micro controller controlled, solar powered lighthouse that won the Auglaize County Fairs “Best Electrical Project” award. The annual electrical safety live wire demonstration given by our host organization – Midwest Electric Cooperative also sparked my interest in electrical grids. Another organization that kept my interest in electricity was Boy Scouts, where I earned my Eagle Scout and completed several badges related to Electricity and Engineering.