As both Team Lead and Electrical Lead, I directed a 20-person engineering team to design and build a functional model theme park ride, earning 5th place as a first-year team at the Ride Engineering Competition. I coordinated the mechanical, electrical, and design subteams while also taking direct responsibility for the ride’s electrical system.

In the competition, we’re tasked with creating an amusement ride that fits a given prompt and meets ASTM F24-2291—the same standards that regulate real amusement attractions.

To control the ride drive system with user control, I designed and implemented a Raspberry Pi ride control system with a state machine and event-driven architecture, integrating a UART PID motor controller for precise motion control and embedded safety logic.

Additionally, I developed a Flask-based UI displayed on a touchscreen, enabling ride operators to monitor system faults in real time.

I also engineered and documented the ride’s electrical system in KiCad, including a redundant hard-wired E-Stop and detailed schematics for wiring, power distribution, and interfaces to support design reviews and troubleshooting.

This diagram served as an early prototype to plan and reason through the electrical system. After selecting and specifying all system components, I developed a detailed electrical schematic in KiCad (shown below).