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Minneapolis, MN — 2026
SHEET 01 / HERO / REV.A
A portfolio by

Dennis
Ungureanu.

Freshman mechanical engineering student at Century College. Continuously designing, prototyping, and creating as I get better at building more and more.

NOW — Robot Arm, Personal Project
Workshop
FIG 01.1
Workshop / 2024
SCALE 1:1
Discipline
Mechanical & Electrical Eng.
Year
1 of 4
Focus
Design · Robotics
Status
Open to intern
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Idea Design Prototype Build Idea Design Prototype Build
02 / About
Biographical
data.

I'm a mechanical engineering student driven by the question: how can I learn as much as I can in the span of my life?

I grew up fixing my bikes that kept on breaking, along with trying to smash apart anything else that I saw. By the time I reached high school I was working construction on the side, further enforcing my life theme of breaking things and trying to build them back. While in this time in my life, I got more into sales and built small snow plowing business—however unsuccessful it was.

After High School, I did a few sales jobs for a period of time, and I realized that although I loved talking and getting to know people, it wasn't as mentally stimulating as I had always wanted my job to be. I wanted more stimulation, more challenge, so I started studying engineering, and haven't looked back since.

Now in my freshman year, I split time between foundational coursework and the makerspace, where I'm learning about Electronics, AutoCAD, and the craft of 3D printing. I'm especially drawn to cyberpunk related themes, as when I read books, I start to think of the possibilty of such a creation existing, which then I try to recreate the design, figure the in's and out's of it, and make it work.

Outside of engineering, I play guitar, read a variety of genres, as well as collect old engineering books. Health is also a huge deal for me, as the healthier I am, the greater my creativity and memory retention rate, so on the side, I also enjoy going to parks, as well as work out occasionally.

Measured outcomes
0
Projects shipped
10
CAD hours logged
Hopefully 4.0 soon
GPA / 4.0
4 or 5 now pretty much
Tools in rotation
FIG 02.1 / INSPIRATION ASSEMBLY
DRAG TO ROTATE
— Personal principle
"Better to have tried and failed, than to have never tried at all."
03 / Selected work

Four
builds.

A selection of projects from coursework, club work, and personal experimentation. Each one taught me something I couldn't have learned from a textbook.

01

Robot Arm

Personal · Ongoing · AutoCAD · Arduino · Inverse Kinematics
02

High Powered Rocket

Club & Personal · Summer 2026 · OpenRocket · Rocket Design · Electronics
03

Time Tracker

Personal · Fall 2024 · MySQL · Python · Web Scraping · Data Cleaning
04

Web Newsletter

Personal · Fall 2023 · Python · JavaScript · Article Creation
04 / Capabilities

The
toolkit.

A working snapshot of where my skills sit today. Every category is something I've used on a real project.

Programming / Electronics A
C / C++ (Arduino)Intermediate
PythonIntermediate
Embeddeding / SolderingIntermediate
HTML / CSS / JSBeginner
Simulation / Analysis B
Python (NumPy/SciPy)Intermediate
MatplotlibBeginner
SolidWorks SimBeginner
CAD / Modeling C
AutoCADIntermediate
SolidWorksBeginner
Manufacturing D
Laser CuttingBeginner
FDM 3D PrintingBeginner
Also exploring
NumPy Pandas Blender KiCad DaVinci Resolve Onshape TinkerCAD Matplotlib PyTorch
05 / Contact

Let's build
something.

Looking for an intern, a research assistant, or a collaborator on a project? I'm currently open to summer and fall 2026 opportunities and student-team work.

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Project 01