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350 followers
Experience
Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
3.6
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Activities and Societies: RIT Taekwondo Club, RIT Launch Initiative
Minor: Mathematics
Courses
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Analytical Topics
CMPE-610
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Applied Programming
CMPE-380
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Assembly Language Programming (with Lab)
CMPE-250
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Circuits I (with Lab)
EEEE-281
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Circuits II
EEEE-282
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Computer Architecture
CMPE-550
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Computer Organization
CMPE-350
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Computer Science I
CSCI-141
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Computer Science II
CSCI-142
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Data & Communication Networks
CMPE-670
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Digital IC Design (with Lab)
CMPE-630
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Digital Signal Processing
CMPE-480
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Digital Systems Design I (with Lab)
CMPE-160
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Digital Systems Design II (with Lab)
CMPE-260
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Electronics I (with Lab)
EEEE-381
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Engineering Secure Software
SWEN-331
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Interface & Digital Electronics
CMPE-460
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Intro to Software Engineering
SWEN-261
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Multidisciplinary Senior Design I
CMPE-497
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Multiple Processor Systems
CMPE-655
Honors & Awards
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(Tied) 1st Place Technical Merit Award - 2016 ARM Student Design Contest at Imagine RIT
ARM University Worldwide Education Program
The ARM Student Design Contest is a yearly contest in which students are challenged to create innovative solutions using products built on ARM technologies.
The RIT Launch Initiative tied for the 1st Place Technical Merit award for our avionics system for our rocket, the objective of which was to deliver a payload to an altitude of 10,000 feet. This system is responsible for sensor readings, control systems, and communications.
Hardware:
- The main flight computer is based on…The ARM Student Design Contest is a yearly contest in which students are challenged to create innovative solutions using products built on ARM technologies.
The RIT Launch Initiative tied for the 1st Place Technical Merit award for our avionics system for our rocket, the objective of which was to deliver a payload to an altitude of 10,000 feet. This system is responsible for sensor readings, control systems, and communications.
Hardware:
- The main flight computer is based on an ARM Cortex-M4 chip manufactured by Texas Instruments.
- ARM processors satisfy the requirements for low power draw and for low cost.
- The TI Tiva microcontroller was originally chosen due to a desire for Ethernet networking between nodes. This requirement was dropped, however the Tiva remained more than sufficient for speedy control of peripherals.
- Peripherals include Flash storage, altitude and acceleration sensors, gyroscopes, pyrotechnic and hot wire charges, power and voltage monitoring, GPS positioning, RF communications, etc.
Firmware:
- The main processor runs an RTOS known as NuttX. We used an RTOS to ensure that scheduled tasks will run at a certain time. NuttX in particular was chosen because it is open-source and because it was already compatible with the Tiva platform.
- The Linux-like architecture of NuttX allows for quick and efficient implementation of drivers. This is important as many custom drivers are written for our system.
- The communications system was written as a custom "app" that sends data from the rocket to ground control over an RF connection.
Software:
- Software receives data in frames from an RF connection and logs them to a database in real time.
- The ground control application polls/queries the database and refreshes visualizations in real time.
- The application provides visualizations and analysis of location (GPS) data, altitude, temperature, pressure, humidity, and more.
- Uses OpenGL and Qt to render custom user interfaces. -
Spring 2015 Dean's List
RIT Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Awarded to students for a grade point average of 3.4 or above during Spring 2014-2015.
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1st Place Technical Merit Award - 2015 ARM Student Design Contest at Imagine RIT
ARM University Worldwide Education Program
The ARM Student Design Contest is a yearly contest in which students are challenged to create innovative solutions using products built on ARM technologies.
The RIT Launch Initiative was awarded the 1st Place Technical Merit award for our hybrid rocket engine test rig system. This system included a TI Tiva C-Series microcontroller board adapted onto a custom instrumentation board. The Tiva board was programmed to take analog sensor readings, and to send the captured data back to a…The ARM Student Design Contest is a yearly contest in which students are challenged to create innovative solutions using products built on ARM technologies.
The RIT Launch Initiative was awarded the 1st Place Technical Merit award for our hybrid rocket engine test rig system. This system included a TI Tiva C-Series microcontroller board adapted onto a custom instrumentation board. The Tiva board was programmed to take analog sensor readings, and to send the captured data back to a Windows computer via an Ethernet connection. This data was analyzed and graphed using a Visual C# application. This system will be used to control the mechanical components of the system, as well as to capture and analyze measurements, as we perform our first test in the summer of 2015. -
Fall 2014 Dean's List
RIT Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Awarded to students for a grade point average of 3.4 or above during Fall 2014-2015.
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Fall 2013 Dean's List
RIT Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Awarded to students for a grade point average of 3.4 or above during Fall 2013-2014.
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Spring 2014 Dean's List
RIT Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Awarded to students for a grade point average of 3.4 or above during Spring 2013-2014.
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Spring 2016 Dean's List
RIT Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Awarded to students for a grade point average of 3.4 or above during Spring 2015-2016.
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