Dillan Lang

Projects

Work across engineering, design, and everything built along the way.

TE_K — Modular Wireless Robotics Kit

2026-01

TE_K — Modular Wireless Robotics Kit

Building a modular, wireless, snap-together robotics kit that removes wiring from mechatronics education entirely.

mechatronics / robotics / product

2025-10

Oplevel — Shaping a Data Platform Still Being Built

Building the client analytics pipeline at an early-stage startup while feeding directly into product, UI, and UX decisions.

data

Projector Lift

2025-06

Projector Lift

Designing and building a motorised lift to hide a ceiling-mounted projector in a height-restricted cavity when not in use.

mechanical / product

2024-08

AtkinsRéalis — Account Data Governance & Reporting Automation

Built CRM dashboards and automated data hygiene processes for a key defence account, making it the best-performing account in the portfolio.

data

Hospital Delivery Robot

2024-05

Hospital Delivery Robot

Simulated a hospital delivery robot in Webots, combining package detection, colour-based staff finding, and badge verification via a MATLAB neural network.

robotics / mechatronics

Railway Bogie Dynamics Simulation

2024-05

Railway Bogie Dynamics Simulation

Built a MATLAB and Excel simulation workflow to characterise railway bogie stability and ride comfort, then optimised a bogie design against both metrics.

mechanical

Pontus — Autonomous Ocean Plastic Capture Vessel

2024-04

Pontus — Autonomous Ocean Plastic Capture Vessel

Proposed and led a six-person thesis project building an autonomous plastic collection vessel, awarded best thesis project in the School of Engineering.

robotics / mechatronics / mechanical

Next-Generation PCR Concept Generation

2023-09

Next-Generation PCR Concept Generation

Researched market needs and generated concepts for a next-generation, modular PCR module, presenting the top three to senior stakeholders.

bio-mech / product

Cell & Gene Therapy Instrument Improvements

2023-06

Cell & Gene Therapy Instrument Improvements

Designed and implemented a range of improvements to BioMagnetic Solutions' FerroSelect instrument, iterating to meet EMC compliance, hygiene, and manufacturing requirements.

bio-mech / mechanical

2023-01

Reliability Programme

Led long-term reliability testing for a PCR instrument, investigating device failures and automating the analysis of hundreds of test data sets.

mechanical / bio-mech

Autonomous Vehicle Control System

2022-05

Autonomous Vehicle Control System

Designed and built an adaptive speed and steering control system on a scale vehicle, winning the best individual project prize in Mechanical Engineering.

mechatronics / robotics

Rapid PCR Verification

2022-01

Rapid PCR Verification

Led the mechanical phase of an FDA verification programme for a rapid PCR machine, designing custom test instrumentation for a large healthtech client.

mechatronics / bio-mech