Blake Hord's Portfolio
See my portfolio in pdf form here!2022
Melting Pot
2022
A dual-purpose flowerpot to showcase small picked flowers both alive and wilting
Impossible Maze
2022
A frustratingly difficult maze inspired by an Indiana Jones adventure
2021
CNC Rocket Components
2021
CAM and CNC milling of aluminum tank components for SSI liquid rocket engine
CNC Garlic Press
2021
Custom aluminum garlic press made from scraps of rocket component CNC project
2020
Ortega Rocket Engine
2019 - now
Co-lead of the liquid propulsion team in the Stanford Student Space Initiative - design, manufacturing, and test of our bipropellant Ortega rocket engine
Laser Projector
2020
A laser scanner to project the outline of a person's face onto the wall, using a Raspberry Pi camera to recognize a face and control a pair of galvanometers for a laser.
2019
Demo Hybird Rocket Motor
2018 - 2019
Working in the Stanford Propulsion and Space Exploration (SPaSE) Lab, I created a portable hybrid rocket motor with a transparent fuel grain for use in new Aero/Astro undergraduate classes.
Locking Pot Gripper
2019
For the final project of the class ME 203: Design and Manufacturing, I created a locking pot-gripper for use when camping. It is a waterjet-cut and sheetmetal-bent part with a locking mechanism made on a lathe.
