Engineering Portfolio

Tanmay Poddar

Second Year Mechanical Engineering Student at McMaster University with a strong interest in aerospace systems and applied physics

📍 Toronto, Canada ✉ tanmay@poddar.net
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Projects

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First Year Engineering Design Project 1 · Oct – Dec 2025

Robot Arm End-Effector

Designed and built a universal end-effector for a Q-Arm robotic system capable of grabbing, lifting, and moving objects of varying shapes. Led a team as project manager, overseeing CAD design, prototyping, and a full Python codebase for automated item retrieval.

CAD Design Python 3D Printing Project Management Rack & Pinion
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High School Shop · Grade 12

High School Projects

Semester-long machining and woodworking projects including a precision aluminum mallet turned on a manual lathe, and a maple finger lap joint box built using dado stack blades — learning measurement, tolerancing, and machine error firsthand.

Wood Lathe Metal Machining Woodworking Table Saw Documentation & Technical Drawing
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First Year Engineering Design Project 3 · Jan-April 2026

Mechanical Ball Launcher

Designed and built a ball launcher to address a real world issue for a client. Our client had specific mobility restrictions which we based the design around. 1P13 Project 3.

CAD Design Client Facing Design 3D Printing Design Process & Thinking
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About

I'm a mechanical engineering student based in the Greater Toronto Area, passionate about aerospace systems and applied physics. My goal is to contribute meaningfully to the future of airline transportation.

My engineering work spans physical fabrication — machining metal on a lathe, building wooden joints — to software and robotics, where I've led teams building automated systems with Python and CAD-designed hardware.

I believe the simplest solution is often the best solution, a principle reinforced through every prototype iteration and project setback I've learned from.

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LocationGreater Toronto Area
FieldEngineering — Aerospace
SkillsCAD, Python, Machining
InterestAerospace, Aviation & Applied Physics

Let's Build Something.

tanmay@poddar.net