Daniel Shafrir
Engineer bent on making science fiction into just science.
Current Projects
Uber ATG
Self-driving Cars
Mechanical desiGn and analysis
Past Projects
OTTO
Self Driving Trucks
Mechanical dEsign and analysis
Tube Development
Mechanical design and analysis
Tube Development
Hyperloop Technologies
Design and Analysis
Development Engineer
Owned Tube Deformer machine- Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for all parts and assemblies. Oversaw manufacturing and testing.
Automated Welding
Development Engineer
Performed trade study to justify choices between manual welding, robotic welding, and orbital welding, along with different combinations of processes thereof.
Material Optimization
Development Engineer
Designed and tested a proprietary method of optimizing steel geometry for maximum performance/price.
Andy Lunar Rover
Carnegie Mellon University and Astrobotic
Testing
Radiation Lead
Proposed, designed, and performed radiation exposure experiments to simulate exposure dose on the moon over the length of our mission in order to minimize mission risk.
VR Team
Lead
Led a project to create a revolutionary demo where you can see through Andy's cameras in an Oculus rift, complete with head tracking. When the user moves his head, Andy moves his as well.
Engineering
Camera Mount Engineer
Built the power system for the rotating stereoscopic camera head. Modified the camera head gears to make the turning experience measurably smoother and safer.
