Michael McDermott

Degrees

B.S. '22 Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. '24 Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Interests

Mountain Biking, Skiing, Hiking, Reading, Woodworking, Video Games, Manufacturing, Music, Electronics

My Favorite Project

Over quarantine I build a vacuum tube amplifier to power some speakers. I wanted to learn more about analog electronics, so I figured I would combine my interests of electronics with a love for music. The final result took lots of tinkering (almost 4 months of work) but when it was finished I had a two channel, 6v6 push pull tube amp that would power two speakers (stereo) at 25W each. The final result was definitely worthwhile!