As a mechanical engineer, technology education researcher, and engineering systems developer, my research sits across mechanical engineering, technology education, and intelligent systems — asked in a way that’s meant to be tested, built, and used, not just written up.
Research → Applied Systems
Mechanical engineering supplies physical judgment. Technology education transfers that judgment to someone else. Intelligent systems extend it into continuous operation. None of the three counts as finished until practical application proves it — in a real system, or a real classroom.
Mechanical Engineering
Technology Education
Intelligent Systems
Practical Application
Physical judgment under real load and wear.
Working Principle“Knowledge becomes useful when it survives application.”
Six connected areas around one working hub. Hover or focus a card to trace it on the map.
Applying data-driven and AI-based methods to monitor equipment condition and support maintenance decisions.
Python-driven CNC automation and G-code workflows that connect manufacturing practice with how it's taught.
Keeping equipment running safely and predictably across its working lifecycle.
Sensing, automation, and system integration that extend mechanical judgment into continuous operation.
How technical and engineering concepts are taught, practiced, and retained — not just explained.
Thermodynamic optimization of energy systems, including working-fluid selection and heat-recovery configuration.
Framed by the problem, the purpose, and how each thread is actually being worked — not by results that aren't there yet.
Whichever area a question starts in, it moves through the same seven stages before it counts as research rather than a hunch.
Problem Identification
Finding the real, present question worth asking
Literature & Context Review
Checking what's already known before assuming it isn't
Research Design
Choosing the methods the question actually calls for
Data or System Development
Building the tool, model, or dataset the work needs
Testing & Evaluation
Checking the work against real conditions, not assumptions
Interpretation
Working out what the results actually mean
Practical Application
Carrying it into a real system or teaching context
A question doesn't have to stop at a prototype. It can move all the way through to a working, applied system — some threads move faster than others.
Where current research sits on this path
Not every thread stays at Concept or Prototype — BushLite WiFi is an example of engineering systems work from this practice that has moved all the way through to Application and Continuous Improvement.
Grouped by what they're used for — asking a question, or building and proving the answer.
Research Methods
How a question gets asked and checked
Engineering & Systems Methods
How an answer gets built and proven
Journal Articles
None published yet
Conference Papers
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Presentations
None published yet
Technical Reports
None published yet
Research Outputs
None published yet
Research outputs and publications will be added as they become available.
University Collaboration
Joint work with academic researchers and departments.
Industrial Research
Applying research to a real production or maintenance problem.
Technology Education Studies
Studying how technical concepts are taught and learned.
Engineering System Development
Building the software or hardware a research question needs.
Data & Prototype Partnerships
Sharing data, equipment access, or early-stage prototypes.
Applying artificial intelligence and data-driven methods to monitor equipment condition and support maintenance decision-making.
View Case StudyExploring Python-driven CNC automation and G-code workflows to strengthen practical, hands-on engineering learning.
View Case StudyThermodynamic optimization of energy systems, including working-fluid selection and heat-recovery configuration for industrial applications.
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