Electronic Longboard
Fully custom electric longboard designed and fabricated from the ground up.
Engineering Design Archive
Sam Goetsch's Design History
A living portfolio for prototypes, CAD systems, scientific builds, electronics, and the weird little design decisions that make a project worth remembering.
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2018-2026
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Make it exist first, then make it good
Welcome to my engineering and design project portfolio!
This serves as an archive of things made throughout the years of designing, building, tinkering and making. While not an exhaustive list, a majority of projects, complete and incomplete, will live here to be remembered and referenced. I hope this provides some inspiration to make more out in the world!
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2026
Personal / Engineering
Electronic Longboard
Fully custom electric longboard designed and fabricated from the ground up.HHMI - Janelia / Fabrication
Smart Mouse Shelter
With ever evolving breakthrough behavioral research being done on rodents at Janelia, the mice need a place to receive their reward and be captured as the test resets.2023
2022
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Electronic Longboard
Fully custom electric longboard designed and fabricated from the ground up.
Smart Mouse Shelter
With ever evolving breakthrough behavioral research being done on rodents at Janelia, the mice need a place to receive their reward and be captured as the test resets.
FabricationElectrical DesignAutomation
Weather Light
Weather light Summary
For FunFor a Purpose
Wooden Cutting Board
End grain maple cutting board with embedded magnets and matching cups to make cutting easy.
Quality of Life ImprovementProblem SolvingFor Fun
FPV Drone
Built up a few differnt FPV drones to learn about electronics, aviation, and control systems.
For Fun
Categories
Engineering
Engineering and Design
Fabrication
Manufacturing and Fabrication
HHMI - Janelia
Personal
Electronic Longboard
Fully custom electric longboard designed and fabricated from the ground up.
Weather Light
Weather light Summary
For FunFor a Purpose
Wooden Cutting Board
End grain maple cutting board with embedded magnets and matching cups to make cutting easy.
Quality of Life ImprovementProblem SolvingFor Fun
FPV Drone
Built up a few differnt FPV drones to learn about electronics, aviation, and control systems.
For Fun
Design Rythem
From stray idea to working hardware, each project has a little arc.
Idea Conception
A project usually starts as a small annoyance, a shop need, a sketch in the margin, or a wild what-if that keeps coming back.
Design Approach
This is where the idea gets pinned down: constraints, measurements, CAD models, material choices, mechanisms, and the tradeoffs that make the design honest.
Prototype Time
The fun messy middle. Fast prints, cardboard stand-ins, test rigs, ugly brackets, wiring experiments, and the first version that proves what breaks.
Functional Fabrication
The final pass turns the lesson into something real: cleaner parts, better fit, stronger details, and a build that feels ready to use.