Swerve Robotic Platform

Software Developer and Roboticist

Fall 2017 to Spring 2018

Working with three other students on developing a highly nimble, high torque, high load supporting platform that is ROS-enabled with integrated autonomy targeted for the warehouse optimization and entertainment industry. I am building the software for the platform within the ROS framework, developing simulations in Gazebo, developing state estimation algorithms, and the team project manager.

Soccer Robots

Project Manager and Software Developer

Fall 2017 to Spring 2018

Designed and built a team of three soccer playing robots to compete in the ASME 2018 Student Design Comptition hosted at Penn State on April 14th, 2018. Held workshops to show the other team members the process of robot development from design, programming, manufacturing, integration, and testing.

Micromouse

Algorithm and Simulation Developer

June 2016 to Present

Working with a mechanical and computer engineer along with a professor in mechanical engineering to develop a fully custom robot and controls system to autonomously move the robot through a maze. Developed the simulation of the robot in a maze in MATLAB as a visualization tool for testing mapping and maze solving algorithms for optimization of algorithms and translated algorithm to C++.

Drexel Hyperloop Team

Steering Committee Member and Sponsorship Head

June 2015 to Present

Primarily involved in determining team direction and facilitated sponsorships. Developed the original organizational structure, interfaced between university advisors, university staff, and sponsors. Raised over $65,000 as sponsorship head.

Light Interactive Technology

Programmer and Team Member

March 2016 to Present

Developed a simulation in MATLAB that displays 3D contours using a discrete array of circular objects dangling from a motor at the top of the structure. This simulation was primarily used as a prototype of the full system and generated data used to build an animation of the product.

Three Omni-Wheeled Robot

Programmer

March 2015 to September 2015

Wrote controller for a three omni-wheeled robot for interfacing with a remote controller and encorders in Arduino C. Learned how to use PID and interrupts using an Arduino and dealing with remote controllers, encorder feedback, and data smoothing techniques.

Revolutionary Aerospace Student Competition Academic Linkage

Team Member and Presenter

Fall 2013 to Summer 2015

The main purpose of this competition is to develop space habitats or missions that could be used on future missions by the space industry. Our team was accepted two years in a row to attend and present at their yearly forum in front of NIA, NASA, SpaceX, and many other space companies.

ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition

Team Member and Rower

Fall 2013 to Spring 2016

The purpose of this competition is to build a light-weight concrete canoe that is able to meet the relevent safety standards of a vessel and compete with other universities for the best design, presentation, and best scores in the canoe races. As a member of this team, I have been involved with the mixing and spraying processes along with the team who will be competeing in the races.

ASME Minigolf Course

Programmer

May 16th, 2015

The Drexel ASME Chapter participated in a carnival event where our executive board made a miniature golf course that we brought to the event. The purpose of this event was to increase awareness regarding our student origanization. I provided the electonrics and progamming to make the gear spin as shown in the videos.

ASME Student Design Compeitition

Integration

April 25th, 2015

As a member of the Drexel chapter of ASME, I was a member of a team competing in the ASME Student Design Competition (SDC) for the 2014 and 2015 competition. For the 2014 competition I was in charge of integration, and for the 2015 competition I performed the programming. More info can be found at the links below.

Learning GUI's in MATLAB

Programmer

Winter 2015

To learn how to build GUI's properly in MATLAB, I built the snake and 2040 games using MATLAB which allowed me to interface algorithms and user inputs with the GUI. The files for these games can be found at the link below.

Automated Manufacturing of Cementitious Vessels

Researcher

June 2014 to September 2014

As a researcher in STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) research program at Drexel, I worked with Dr. Joseph Martin to look into an automated concrete spraying process for cementitious vessels to be used by the Drexel Concrete Canoe Team.

ASCE Mead Paper Competition 2014

Presenter

April 12th, 2014

For the 2014 ASCE Concrete Canoe Region 2 competition, I competed in the ASCE Mead Technical Paper Competition whose goal is to solve or analyze a previous, current, or future civil engineering problem. The submission was in the form of a paper, which is then presented at the regional competition. I placed 2nd at this competition

Freshman Design Project

Researcher and Team Member

March 2014 to June 2014

As a part of my freshman design project, I worked with a team of 3 other students to develop a 2 DOF room mapping mobile robot. We 3D printed the chasis that allowed for the 4 IR, ultrasonic, and accelerometer sensors along with 2 motors, an Arduino Uno, a servo, and a PCB to fit on an 8"x5" base that was able to gather distance data and maneuver around a room.

Hackathon on Embedded Systems

Programmer and Team Member

November 9th, 2013

The Drexel chapter for IEEE held their first hackathon in 2013 as a way to introduce local students to embedded systems with the goal of creating a larger interest in this field. I competed with a team of 3 other freshman where we learned basic programming and how to work with an Arduino Uno and sensors.