A selection of independent and side projects outside of my primary roles.
Search and Text You (2017)
Won grand prize at a hackathon sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the City of Huntsville, focused on flood-related disaster response.
The winning concept was an Android app that overlaid GPS positions transmitted via text message in augmented reality, designed for scenarios where bandwidth is limited and, in high flood waters, recognizable landmarks may be obscured.
RecMed: Medical Vending Machine (2016)
Co-built a prototype vending machine with several collaborators and developed its software interface.
Press coverage from the time:
The venture’s organizer was later found to have committed unrelated fraud, which drew renewed press attention to the project:
LazeeEye: Turn Your Smartphone into a 3D Camera (2014)
Assisted a friend and former coworker with development for a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign did not reach its funding goal.
MIT Independent Activities Period Course (2013)
Set up a fleet of 14 TurtleBots and taught an introductory course on ROS during MIT’s Independent Activities Period.
Project AUTOMATE at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Internal competition to perform search and rescue using a combination of ground and aerial robotics.