Scanning Microscope for Self-Driving Labs (WIP)R-001
Designed, built and characterized a scanning microscope to feed a custom U-Net cell segmentation model.
Mechatronics Engineer
I enjoy making things...
Otherwise, you can find me riding my gravel bike, reading, swimming, or catching up on my movie list.
Skills
| CAD | Fusion 360Autodesk InventorR-001, R-002, R-003, R-004, PB-002, PB-003, M-001Altium DesignerR-002 |
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| Fabrication | 3D printing (FDM)R-001, R-002, R-003, R-004, PB-002, PB-0033D printing (SLA)R-002MillingR-004LatheR-003, R-004Laser cuttingM-001 |
| Electronics | ArduinoPB-002ESP32M-002Circuit designPB-002PCB designR-002Sensor integrationR-003, M-002 |
| Analysis & testing | DC motor controlR-003FEAInstron testing |
| Coding | PythonR-001, R-002, R-003, R-004, R-005, PB-004, PB-005, PB-006MATLABC++G-codeR-001, R-004 |
| Machine learning | TensorFlowPyTorchR-005Machine visionR-001, R-005Data augmentationR-005 |
| Design methods | Motion system designRobotic designR-004Parametric modelingR-004GD&TMechanism designR-002DFM / DFAM-001UI/UXPB-001, PB-004, PB-005 |
| Other | MQTTM-002 |
Master's Research
Hot-Swappable Robotic End Effectors for Self-Driving Labs (WIP)R-002
Surveyed research to unify multiple frameworks, creating a suite of swappable end effectors including a gripper and a set of pipettes.
Modular Centrifuge for Self-Driving Labs (WIP)R-003
Created a modular swinging bucket centrifuge capable of sustaining accelerations up to 1000 g.
Robotic Gantry for Self-Driving Labs (WIP)R-004
5 DOF gantry robot with a work envelope of 400 mm x 600 mm x 300 mm to act as the body of an SDL.
A U-Net model able to classify cells with 95% pixel accuracy.
Personal Builds
Nicholasgrzelak.caPB-001
This website that you are looking at. Built on the Astro framework using Agentic AI.
Catan CollectorPB-002
Have friends that take long turns in the hit board game Catan? Show them how long they are taking and get cool stats including dice rolls and player wins.
Coin Organizer (CAD$)PB-003
Too many coins lying around? Put them in a coin organizer to make grabbing change easy.
Medical CRMPB-004
Customer relationship management platform for hearing aid clinics to generate leads and schedule appointments.
Stock ScannerPB-005
Unified tracking platform for equities.
Text AnalyzerPB-006
Intro to Python project to scrape word counts in text messages.
Miscellaneous
Dice Poker BoardM-001
A 4-player board game that turns poker into a game of dice.
Smart BassinetM-002
A smart bassinet to combat Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
— approvals to date