Project Brief

Composite Ballistic Shield

Bachelor's thesis focused on designing, manufacturing, and validating a lightweight ballistic shield using composite materials and STF-informed protection logic.

Scope

  • Project owner
  • Design and fabrication
  • Physical validation

Outcome

Delivered a fabricated prototype that passed firearms testing, with patent work in progress.

Engineering Problem

Reduce mass without losing ballistic credibility. The project had to produce a protection concept that could move beyond theory and survive physical validation.

Method

  • Defined a layered material stack using kevlar, carbon fiber, composite core strategy, and STF-informed protection logic.
  • Converted the concept into a fabricated shield article rather than stopping at paper design.
  • Prepared the prototype for live validation through firearms testing.

Proof

  • 4 engineered protection layers
  • 1 full prototype build
  • Live firearms test: pass

Engineering Value

This project demonstrates the ability to connect materials reasoning, fabrication work, and real validation into a single defendable engineering output.