Custom Electric Motorcycle Conversion
A self-designed electric powertrain, designed as a drop-in replacement for a 250cc Honda Rebel engine. Also the power supply for our beach wedding in 2010... :-) |
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The Natural Garden - Original design for Power to Hydroponics carbon sequestration and utilization
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3D Modeling and Physical Design Portfolio
Residential, Small Businesses
Original House Design and Build
Ojochal, Costa Rica Designed, Modeled & Constructed 2022/2023 - Model + time lapse of build |
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Hexagon house, 3 bedroom with elevated floor. Open kitchen/living space, merges with outside deck. Radial plumbing and electrical for simple installation and renovation.
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Simple steel-framed 3 bedroom house design, with elevated floor and open kitchen/living space |
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Three story commercial space on constrained lot with high slopes. |
Automated hydroponic greenhouse, with central water/nutrient system, PV electrical and inline harvesting system |
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Machines
Electric Cruiser The next iteration of the electric Rebel, based on the Honda Fury, and packed to the hilt with batteries |
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Waste-to-Energy
Municipal-scale composting facility driving wind energy. Composting heats the air, which rises by chimney-effect up a central tower made of structural fabric. Direct-drive wind turbines at the air inlets produce electrical power from the resulting flow. |
"Stealth" Home Turbine
A novel wind turbine design from Alan Tratner, for attic placement in residential houses. This model is a scaled test version for use in a wind tunnel |
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Stealth Mini A smaller version with wind tunnel design, for aerodynamic evaluation |
Campuses, Systems and Facilities
Capabilities
Deliverables
- Residential and commercial lot models
- Scale models from lot plans
- Google Earth map and terrain placement
- Scale building and facility representations
- Room layouts
- Furniture arrangements
- Window, door, corridor sizing
- Routing for plumbing, electrical
Deliverables
- Sketchup model, with layered representations of objects for maintainability
- Model provides architect with layout of rooms and building envelope, plumbing and electrical routing recommendations, landscape and road design elements
- Ready for architectural and engineering review for materials, structural design, building code conformity, electrical and plumbing designs, and blue printing
- Video fly-throughs and tours of models in mp4 and mov formats
- Live guided web (“Zoom”) tours
- YouTube video with music and/or dialog soundtrack
- Architectural proposals, with key design element descriptions tied to the model