University Projects:

Senior Design: Autonomous Vehicle Development

Goal: Level 3 autonomous vehicle capable of transporting guests across campus

Mechanical: Rapid prototyping of custom parts. Integrated LiDAR, Camera and RealSense sensors, while maintaining vehicle systems

Electrical: Wiring harness modifications for expanded sensor array

Software: Achieved vehicle localization by re-developing the NavStack. Integrated particle filter algorithms and a Computer Vision image segmentation feature

Electro-Mechanical Simulation of Human Circulatory System

Goal: To develop a simulated human circulatory system capable of reproducing physiological conditions. Simulator used in future research to test the performance of blood pumps (LVAD) as they interact with the native circulatory system

Mechanical: Fabricate custom parts to develop a test environment instrumented to accurately measure the flow of fluid and pressure at four points of interest

Electrical: Utilized a DAQ board to integrate an array of actuators & sensors

Software: Created a GUI for data collection & system controls of the simulator

Neural Net Research for RIT Campus Energy Expenditure

Goal: Utilize large data sets to forcast NET energy expenditure of the RIT campus

Why: As one of the largest energy consumers in Rochester. Local energy provider presented an opportunity for savings if days of peak usage could be identified

Challenges: RIT's 2-MW solar array has a large impact on the net energy, weather permitting. A subset of research involved training Neural Nets to predict the weather

Software: Utilized R programming (tidyverse) to perform a data driven time series analysis. Data visualization played a key role in sharing insights with stakeholders