I'm a mechanical engineer who designs, simulates, and races what I build — from motorsport components to automated production lines that run twenty-four hours a day.
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I'm a mechanical engineer who lives at the intersection of CAD models and the shop floor. I design parts in SolidWorks in the morning, validate them with FEA by lunch, and watch them spin on a test rig by the end of the day.
A part that only survives in simulation hasn't been engineered yet. I design for the worst tolerance stack, the worst material batch, and the worst day the part will ever see.
Sketch geometry, define load cases, and lock the functional requirements.
Parametric solid modeling with full GD&T and tolerance stack-up.
FEA and CFD validation against real-world load and thermal cases.
Physical prototyping, test-rig data, and sign-off for production.
Tilt a card — every part here passed simulation before it ever touched a track or a line.
Designed a 3D-printed brake cooling duct that cut rotor temps by 60°C across a full race stint.
Redesigned a 6-axis robotic weld cell fixture to cut cycle time on a high-volume chassis line.
Topology-optimized a forged aluminum suspension upright, cutting unsprung mass without losing stiffness.
Specified and packaged a custom gearbox for a high-throughput conveyor line running three shifts a day.
Designed a quick-release wheel hub mechanism to shave seconds off pit-stop tire changes.
Designed an injection-molded damper actuator mechanism for a residential smart-HVAC product line.
Keep scrolling — the stack stays pinned while it separates, the same view I check before any part goes to the shop floor.
Lead mechanical design for motorsport components, from concept through race-day validation.
Designed fixtures and automated tooling for high-volume automotive production lines.
Rotated through design, simulation, and the shop floor while finishing a mechanical engineering degree.
Purdue University
2015
Dassault Systèmes
2017
ASQ
2019
NCEES
2016
Axel shaved two-tenths off our lap time with a part that weighed less and survived twice as long. That's the whole job, done right.
He's the engineer you call when the line is down and you need a fix that's still standing in six months.
Axel's tolerance stack-ups have saved us from at least three expensive tooling mistakes.
Race components, production tooling, or a mechanism that needs to survive the real world — send the brief.