Mechanical Engineering · Maker
Hello, my name is Raine!

I love designing, prototyping, building, and teddy bears. Welcome to my collection of works and works-in-progress.

Hand-drawn teddy bear holding a smaller teddy bear
Selected Work
Co-Create

A custom LED graffiti sign, designed and built by hand. Featured as part of a one-night exhibit in the Belltown Art Walk.

RoleSole designer & fabricator
YearMay 2026
Tools3D printer, laser cutter, soldering iron
Featured at Belltown Artwalk Hand-drawn teddy bear
Lacrimosa

A kinetic sculpture and meditation on ritual and grief. I formed sheet steel and aluminum, TIG-welded the structure, and sand-cast the centerpiece to make something that feels devotional and alive.

RoleSole designer & fabricator
YearDecember 2025
ToolsSand casting, TIG welding, metal laser cutting, lathe, mill, slip roller
Lacrimosa sculpture Hand-drawn teddy bear Hand-drawn teddy bear
Florascence

A light-modifying device inspired by the iris: pull a cord and it blooms open or closes like petals to control the light in a room, a more expressive take on the dimmer switch. As project and design lead, I helped turn that single pull into the blooming motion through cams, followers, and petal linkages.

RoleProject & design lead
YearJune 2025
ToolsLaser cutter, 3D printer
Hand-drawn teddy bear
Art
What I Make

CAD + Design

  • SolidWorks
  • Fusion
  • Onshape

Fabrication

  • Oxyacetylene welding
  • 3D printing
  • Mill + lathe
  • Waterjet
  • Laser cutting

Analysis

  • Fusion FEA
  • MATLAB

Prototyping

  • Arduino + sensors
  • Soldering
  • Python
About

I'm a mechanical engineering student at Stanford who likes building things, breaking them to figure out why they failed, and being able to explain both.

My work runs across biomaterials, biomechanics, and interdisciplinary art. I like living in the space where engineering and art overlap. A lot of what I make, from kinetic sculpture to graffiti, is as much one as the other, and I'm most curious about how systems, mechanical or human, hold up under pressure.

I've worked on ingestible medical devices, CT-compatible biomechanical systems, and data-driven analysis of physiological signals. Outside of research I'm a Makery Mentor, helping other students with fabrication and creative engineering projects, and I lead a couple of student organizations focused on community and access in STEM.

EducationB.S. Mechanical Eng · Notation in Science Communication · 2027
FocusDesign · Fabrication · Biomechanics · Interdisciplinary arts
BasedStanford, California · open to relocate
SeekingSummer 2026 internship
Raine sitting with the Cal bear statue, holding a bear backpack
loyal to stanford but i do like the cal mascot :)