Implementing a secure “forgot password” and “reset password” backend (for a Vue.js front end) in NodeJS with AWS Lambda, SES, and DynamoDB. Background I volunteer with DigitalHumani’s Reforestation as a Service API project which connects websites and mobile apps to trusted reforestation organizations to have trees planted for $1 when a…

I set a goal for 2020 to read 10 books and managed to read 21! A few factors helped a lot. Leaving my job at Epic in February and being locked down for several months. This is definitely the most reading I’ve done since my college days (and studying Engineering…

A review of accessibility and JavaScript DOM manipulation The Problem(s) Like many folks, as I started out writing articles on Medium I wanted a way to embed a “feed” on my personal portfolio website without having to manually add articles each time I posted them. …

Originally Published Spring 2011 as part of my capstone engineering design project at Brown University Meeting Requirements Performance For apparent wind angles of 0–90deg (0 deg is in the direction of motion of the cart), the wing sail should create at least 50% more forward pulling force on the cart than the…

Final testing of the third prototype of the wing sail — Originally Published Spring 2011 as part of my capstone engineering design project at Brown University The first goal of the final testing was to see if the shrink wrapped balsa wing would meet the performance requirements that I set. I also wanted to get data on what angle of attack…

Designing and building the shrink wrap covered balsa ribbed wing — Originally Published Spring 2011 as part of my capstone engineering design project at Brown University Now it was time to build the wing in a more accessible way, since CNC hot wire foam cutters cost in the $1000’s. The method that first came to mind and that is used on…

Testing the second prototype — Originally Published Spring 2011 as part of my capstone engineering design project at Brown University Now that the problems with the foam wings were fixed and a soft sail rig was completed, their performance against each other could be tested. …

Designing and building the second prototype of the wing sail — Originally Published Spring 2011 as part of my capstone engineering design project at Brown University For the second stage of my project I sought to fix the problems of the first prototype foam wing I built, then construct a 4:1 aspect ratio wing and a soft sail rig. Once these…

Designing, Building and testing the first prototype of the wing sail — Originally Published Spring 2011 as part of my capstone engineering design project at Brown University Process I went through several steps and processes to decide on my first prototype. I knew that it made sense to build a working wing first because I had a preexisting hull. Initially I thought about…