Noah Joel Janke
My Projects
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of incredible projects that have allowed me to grow and establish myself within this competitive industry. I hope you’ll enjoy viewing my projects as much as I enjoyed working on them. Go ahead and explore, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like to learn more.
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2020 Formula SAE Hybrid
Electric Race Vehicle
Role:
Team President and Chief Technical Officer
Awards:
TBD
Description:
My team and I are currently in the process of fabricating the 2020 formula electric vehicle for Lawrence Technological University. The project is not complete yet, but implements a number of technological innovations. The car will be utilizing 4 of the wheel motors I designed, one in each wheel. Additionally, we have designed custom inverters to drive each wheel motor. Additionally, the team has taken up making carbon fiber wheels to fit over the wheel motors.
Direct Drive Wheel Motor
Axial Flux Hallbach Array Electric Motor
Description:
After countless hours of research, I determined that an axial flux halbach array motor could produce enough torque so that the typical gear reduction used in most electric vehicle hub motor applications would not be required. I spent my junior year at Lawrence Technological University and the summer before and after designing all the details of this electric motor in Solidworks and then 3D printing components. To validate the design, I was able to build a fully functional prototype of the motor and lab test it on bench. Four of the motors are to be implemented on the Lawrence Technological University's Formula SAE Electric team's 2020 vehicle.
2018 Formula SAE Hybrid
Hybrid Race Vehicle
Role:
Powertrain Lead
Awards:
Sixth Place Finish
FCA Innovation Award
Description:
As the powertrain lead for the 2018 Formula SAE Hybrid team at Lawerence Technological University, I designed and built an innovative hybrid gear box and lightweight spindle assemblies. Most vehicles at competition use a dual chain drive system, but my innovate gear box design won us the prestigious FCA Innovation award at competition. As a result of the gear box design, I also ended up receiving a $2500 scholarship from Ford Motor Company. I spent the summer between Freshman and Sophmore year designing the gearbox in Solidworks and then machined and built it during the school year. I also designed and CNC machined new custom super light rear spindles for the car.
2018 Toyota Matrix Engine Swap And Upgrade
Toyota Matrix
Description:
I decided that I wanted to upgrade my 2004 Toyota Matrix to go a bit quicker. I did internet research on how to replace the standard 4 banger with an XRS engine that has variable valve lift. It required a swap out of the cars computer, some wiring changes, and a mounting tweak. I also decided to upgrade the air intake and also added a custom aluminum flywheel. This was my first project of this kind and I'm happy to say it started up perfectly on first try!
2016 CNC Router
CNC Router
Description:
This is the largest hobby project I've done so far. I did a full CAD design in Solidworks of a 3 axis CNC router and then I built it and programmed it. At the time of this video, the router itself was causing some electrical interference with some of the sensors so the demo video here is just using a pen to draw. I used some heavy duty stepper motors and controllers and programmed the whole thing with an Arduino microcontroller.
2016 Cyberhawks
Knighthawk
Role:
Design & Build Lead, Drive Team
Awards:
Two Time Regional Finalist
Excellence In Engineering Award
Industrial Safety Award
Description:
I was the lead designer and build engineer for the 2016 First Robotics robot at Hartland Arrowhead Highschool. I led both the design and build efforts. Knighthawk was an extremely challenging design and build. I led the team on both the overall robot design as well the full manufacturing of it. This year's challenge was perhaps the most challenging of all years. The robot had to be able to traverse 8 different obstacles, be able to intake a ball, carry it while traversing obstacles, and shoot it with precision at a target to score offensive points. If that weren't enough, the robot had to be able scale a castle tower. I am proud to say that the design and build was able to meet all challenges in an incredibly small package. Our greatest engineering feat was the robot's ability to scale the castle tower in a very short period of time. I designed and built a power takeoff (PTO) mechanism that allowed the robot's drive motors to power the tower ascent.
Competition Summary:
2015 Cyberhawks
Fuschia Inferno
Role:
Design & Build Lead
Awards:
Quality Award
Creativity Award
Description:
I was the lead designer and build engineer for the 2015 First Robotics robot at Hartland Arrowhead Highschool. I led both the design and build efforts. I designed an innovative slide drive that gave the robot the ability to navigate a grid like course with precision. I focused on major design aesthetics that allowed science to meet art. This was clear in the wiring layout that provided both function and artistry. This combination won the robot both a Creativity Award and an Quality Award at competition.
Competition Summary:
2015 MARV-IN
Omnidirectional 3-Wheeled Robot
Description:
MARV-IN was a fun hobby project. It was a home grown project that used an Arduino and 3 omni wheels. It was a fun programming project to work through the vector math and translate the joy stick input into appropriate motor output. Creating an omini-directional robot with only 3 wheels and this level of precision mobility was definitely rewarding. For the 4th of July, I even used its precision movements to remotely light fireworks on the driveway.
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2014 Cyberhawks
Loren
Role:
Build Lead, Drive Team
Awards:
Two Time Regional Finalist
Quality Award
Industrial Design Award
Description:
I was the lead build engineer for the 2014 First Robotics robot at Hartland Arrowhead Highschool. I led the full build effort including full robot wiring configuration. Our robot was equipped a large claw with fast ball intake mechanism and punch shooting mechanism. It used a standard west coast tank drive. The first rate wiring configuration and quality build resulted in both Quality and Industrial Design Awards at competition.
Competition Summary:
2014 Cyberhawks
T-Shirt Tank Robot - Reloaded
Role:
Design & Build Lead
Description:
Prior teams at Arrowhead built a T-shirt shooting tank robot. It was quite a hit at the basketball and football games. The electronic systems on the robot had become dated, however. As a summer project, just for fun, I organized a group of kids and we dissembled the robot in my basement and rewired it with a modern computer brain and modern components. We brought the robot back from the dead and re-energized it back into the basketball and football half-time shows. It was a great recruiting and outreach tool for our robotics team.
2013 Cyberhawks
Accipiter
Role:
Sponge
Awards:
Regional Finalist
Description:
As this was my Freshman year at Hartland Arrowhead and first year on the robotics team, I took it upon myself to learn everything I possibly could. I became adept at almost all of the shop machinery; I learned robot electronics; and I picked up some basic programming. This is where I fell in love with robotics and set the course for the rest of my life. This year's robot had a very innovative frisbee pickup mechanism that could turnover a frisbee into the poroper alignment no matter what its alignment on the ground. It also had a highly accurate shooting mechanism and unique elevator loading mechanism.
Competition Summary: