Aaron Lin

Aaron Lin

Mechanical Engineering Student @ Boston University

Product

Product

Platform

web

Users

The primary users are engineering recruiters and hiring managers evaluating Aaron Lin for Summer 2027 mechanical engineering and aerospace internships. Technical reviewers may continue into project pages to inspect calculations, drawings, build decisions, and test evidence.

Product Purpose

The portfolio gives a fast, credible overview of Aaron’s mechanical engineering work and provides detailed project evidence for readers who want it. Success means a recruiter can understand his focus, find his contact information and resume immediately, and identify at least one project worth discussing in an interview.

Positioning

The site presents real engineering artifacts and clearly separates Aaron’s individual contribution from team outcomes. It emphasizes the path from requirements and analysis through CAD, fabrication, integration, and testing.

Operating Context

Visitors commonly skim on a laptop or phone, may arrive from a resume or LinkedIn profile, and may be working quickly through many candidates. Project PDFs, CAD images, prototype photos, and videos support deeper review without being required to understand the text.

Capabilities and Constraints

  • Static Jekyll site hosted with GitHub Pages.
  • Responsive light and dark themes with a persistent manual override.
  • Custom domain: aaronlin.space.
  • Primary routes: Home, Projects, Experience, and five detailed project pages.
  • Projects index is reverse chronological; the home page uses a curated order.
  • Contact information and resume must remain visible near the first viewport on primary pages.
  • Project claims must remain factual and grounded in supplied course or team documents.
  • The site must remain readable when images, video, JavaScript, or hosted fonts do not load.

Public Content Boundary

The site publishes only information useful for professional evaluation: Aaron’s name, professional email, LinkedIn profile, education, general location, resume, and approved engineering artifacts. Private phone numbers, physical addresses, credentials, local paths, source-document comments, machine metadata, raw resume source, and unpublished team material do not belong in the repository.

All downloadable files are part of the product surface. Their visible content and embedded metadata require the same review as page copy.

Current Project Set

  • 2.5-DOF Cartesian motion system — in progress
  • ARGO aerodynamic fairing — in progress
  • The Deskinator — completed
  • Room temperature monitor — completed
  • Converging-diverging rocket nozzle — completed

Brand Commitments

The public name is Aaron Lin. The voice is precise, understated, and technically confident. The portfolio uses real CAD, drawings, build photos, and test media; it does not use stock imagery or fabricated claims.

Evidence on Hand

The repository contains a current resume PDF, engineering drawings, CAD images, prototype photographs, reports, FEA results, and rocket hot-fire videos. Project source material also exists in Aaron’s Boston University course and BURPG folders.

Product Principles

  • Put engineering evidence ahead of decoration.
  • Make authorship, assumptions, and limitations clear.
  • Optimize the first scan for recruiters without flattening technical detail.
  • Keep contact and resume access obvious.
  • Preserve useful text and navigation when media fails.
  • Prefer a specific result, decision, or limitation over broad claims.
  • Publish only the minimum personal information needed for recruiter contact.