Rosemond Ho
Mechanical Engineer | User-Centric Designer | Product Manager
Stanford University
Mechanical Engineering • BS ’18, MS ’21
Detail-oriented product designer of hardware and software products with global impact. Excels in cross-functional environments melding backgrounds in mechanical engineering and project/program/product management. Passionate about user-centered design and user experience.
Oni Ramen
Sept 2018 - June 2019
We were tasked to address the design prompt of food product innovation in restaurants and businesses. What resulted was an autonomous ramen-making machine, with a bowl dispenser, soup dispenser, and topping dispenser coming together to create the perfect bowl of ramen. With 2 servo motors, 6 DC motors, and a limit switch, the bowl of ramen is delivered along a linear track. This culminated in an experience combining quality and convenience of ramen at your fingertips. View Oni Ramen in action: Oni Ramen
Design for Global Challenges (ME 310) Project.
XStream Trucking
Product Management Summer Fellow
June 2020 - September 2020
The aerodynamic device, TruckWings, automatically opens and closes based on speed and driving conditions. The CarbonConnect is XStream’s IoT hardware device that tracks mileage and fuel economy, calculating fuel savings.
My Role: Directed re-design of the next generation of CarbonConnect by directing re-design of internal layout and switching manufacturing methods to achieve cost-down goal from $300 to $191 per unit. Conducted end-to-end user design interviews and research to inform re-design.
Quarter Pounder
August 2020
I devised this mechanism, the Quarter Pounder, in response to an interview design challenge. We were tasked to devise a machine that could bend a quarter in half with a 0.25 mm bend radius and less than 5˚ planar degree. This design was inspired by a bagel cutter in my kitchen. The quarter is held in the holder in the middle. The blade, guided by a linear tracks on the side, pushes down onto the middle of the quarter and enacts a force on a v-bend die that pushes the bent quarter through the channel and out the bottom.
Honors Thesis
June 2017 - June 2018
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, the leading causes of death include tuberculosis and lower respiratory infections. Improving the quality of housing by maximizing home ventilation can decrease the risk of contracting infectious diseases. My research involved conducting buoyancy-only computational fluid dynamics simulations to analyze ventilation rates for various window configurations; my honors thesis culminated in recommendations for window configuration design that balanced ventilation rates with resident security and privacy. I presented my findings at the annual American Physical Society’s Division for Fluid Dynamics Conference in 2017.
Wind Turbine Fin Optimization
April 2018 - June 2018
Tasked to do a multi-physics analysis of an engineering device using sensitivity analysis, comparison with a study from academic literature, and a geometric parameterization to reach a design recommendation. We used ANSYS AIM to run the simulations to analyze the effects of a wake-mounted splitter plate on the flow around a cylinder, in order to simulate the fins of a vertical axis wind turbine.
Computational Engineering (ME 123) Project.
Pocketful of Sunshine
April 2019 - June 2019
Tasked to create an interactive sound player-state machine. We made a light sensor that would play an alarm for audio feedback if the plant was not able to get the full amount of light necessary on the previous day. Using an MP3 audio module, slide potentiometer, light sensor, a Grove base shield, and an Arduino, we were able to “Pocketful of Sunshine” by Natasha Bedingfield to detect if the plant got its own pocketful of sunshine.
My role: Laser cutting hanging enclosure out of acrylic and helping with the electric schematic and coding.
Design of Smart Products (CS 377N) Project.
Just Hangin’ Around
April 2017 - June 2017
My mother loves growing plants. However, she no longer has the strength to carry down pots from their hanging positions, so she determines if the plant is sufficiently watered only when it is overflowing; this results in wasted water and lost soil. We needed a more functional solution to retain and measure the water volume per plant. I designed a hanging pot by TIG / oxy-acetylene welding the enclosure, turning steel stock to create spacers for the pot, and laser-cutting acrylic to create a viewing window. She can now water the plants, and when the water level appears at window level, this indicates that she has watered enough.
Design and Manufacturing (ME 203) Project.
Spray
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n’ Pray
January 2019 - March 2019
Mechatronic robot
Tasked with creating a robot that would navigate a Game of Thrones-themed course and shoot at a tower to bring it down. We utilized timing-based logic, and operated our ball shooter using a single motor and a servo motor.
My Role: Worked together to spec motor and design electric schematic for robots.
ME 210 (Mechatronics) Project.