Karen Tan_ Spartan Superway

Week 1 Week one of senior project consists of meeting our teammates who have previously been assigned to us based on project interests. The half-scale was my first choice out of the other full-scale and small-scale teams but I was wary of whether the full scale would be of greater interests. My initial reasons for wanting to be in the half-scale team included the fact that with the half-scale, I would be able to learn about the Superway project on a broader scale. Since automobiles and mechatronics are not my specialties, my hopes with this project are to see what I can learn from it. But after I heard of the possibilities that the half-scale holds, I decided to be apart of the team.  Learning that the current bogie status will not make it up the 17-degree incline, my teammates: Oscar Balvaneda, Hector Gomez, Matthew Leal, and Karandeep Singh and I discussed the possibilities of including a new motor and possibly a different wayside power approach. Week 2 With our ambit...

Hi All, My name is Karen Tan.  I am someone who thrives to learn and try new things.  My passions involve design, environmental safety, and  outdoor adventures. I enjoy swimming and warm weathers and would like to volunteer and provide aid to other countries that need it. My next career goals are  to find internship opportunities in product or thermal  design.  Working on automobiles have been an interest of mine  that have not yet been explored. I would like to take  this opportunity with the Spartan Superway as my senior  project at SJSU to further my knowledge in this field  through and to see where this may take me in the future.   Looking forward to working with all of you. Thanks.