Creating robust systems from first principles.
Emphasis on Design, SolidWorks, MATLAB, and FEA. Controls, robotics, vehicle dynamics — turning models into motion.
About
I’m Will Bricca, a UCSB mechanical engineer specializing in rapid prototyping, controls, and autonomous systems. At Dragon Q Energy, I move fast from concept to deployment. I have experience designing, building, and testing FPV drones and autonomous rovers that operate reliably in the field. My background includes research at Osaka University in soft system design, and I’m currently developing a fire-mapping drone for my senior capstone—an autonomous VTOL platform built for real-world wildfire surveillance.
Tooling: SolidWorks for design, MATLAB for analysis, and core design principles for rapid prototyping. Comfortable with hands-on fabrication—building with power tools, wiring, and testing hardware with mills, soldering irons, and multimeters.
Projects
Osaka Research
Experimental research collaboration based in Osaka — soft mechanisms and prototyping.
Junior Capstone Autonomous Baseball Retriever
Capstone project: vision-based centroiding and surface-aware PID to retrieve baseballs autonomously.
FPV Drone
First-person-view drone project focused on fast flight and FPV systems integration.
Contact
Email: briccawill@gmail.com