Omar Husain

This is not technically a design project, but it’s something that made me stop and realize how much I’ve learned in the last year.

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic our team of 6 engineers and 1 doctor designed a prototype of a ventilator solution that could potentially DOUBLE the number of patients who have access to ventilation. I am so proud of this team and the work we did in such a short time.

After listening to a podcast featuring the CEO of the self-driving car company comma.ai, and loving his vision and attitude, I decided to look at their website and learn more. On their careers page I found an old programming challenge that they created for potential hires. The goal was to create a computer vision model that would take dash-cam video footage from a car and predict the speed of the car in each frame.

Since machine learning has become a huge trend, I wanted to apply it to solve an everyday problem. The problem I had was that I was performing a lot of exercises in the gym but I wasn’t sure if I was doing them correctly. I was always worried about hurting myself with bad movements. I therefore decided to use computer vision to solve this problem.

Gear Box CAD Model 3D Print of the Gearbox

For two semesters I joined the uOttawa Rocketry team and I was able to participate in various aspects of the rocket’s design. Our goal was to build a hybrid rocket (liquid oxidizer, solid fuel) that would achieve a target apogee of 10,000ft, as part of the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition.