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Off-Grid E-Bike Charging Station

Communication & LeadershipFirst-Principles Problem SolvingPython & Computational Engineering

How this project demonstrates each skill

Communication & Leadership
Skill

3-minute pitch to a 4-judge panel (energy researchers and industry). Looked up each judge's background beforehand and adjusted emphasis. Won, and the top 3 teams were invited to build the prototype.

First-Principles Problem Solving
Skill

Won the UVic/BCSEA hackathon (1st place). Designed an off-grid solar + wind + battery e-bike charging station. Sized every subsystem from provided weather data: demand, solar PV, VAWT, battery storage. Did V-model systems engineering with ConOps, FMEA risk register, and a BOM with real off-the-shelf components.

Python & Computational Engineering
Skill

Wrote seven Python scripts to size every subsystem from raw weather data: annual demand, solar PV, VAWT, battery, energy balance, and cost analysis for three system variants.

UVic / BCSEA hackathon, 2024. Team entry, 1st place. Top three teams were invited to build the prototype.

Design an off-grid solar, wind, and battery e-bike charging station from a provided weather dataset. The deliverable was a working systems engineering package: concept of operations, sized subsystems, a cost and risk analysis, and a 3-minute pitch.

What I did

  • Wrote seven Python scripts that sized every subsystem from raw weather data: annual demand, solar PV, vertical-axis wind turbine, battery storage, energy balance, and cost analysis across three system variants. Replaced the team's spreadsheet approach with something repeatable.
  • Drove the systems engineering side: V-model breakdown, ConOps, FMEA risk register, and a bill of materials with real off-the-shelf components.
  • Delivered the 3-minute pitch to a four-judge panel of energy researchers and industry reps. Looked up each judge's background beforehand and adjusted emphasis (research judges got the model and assumptions, industry judges got the cost and deployability story).

Outcome

1st place. Top three teams were invited to build the prototype. The project is the cleanest example I have of doing a full systems engineering loop end-to-end under a real deadline, from weather data all the way to a sourced BOM, and presenting it to a technical audience.