Ongoing projects: Ensemble control for multiple nanowires and Neuromorphic Nanowire Network

1. Learning-Based Auto-Focus and 3D Pose Identification of Moving Micro- and Nanowires in Fluid Suspensions (2023)

• Developed a custom electrode to control the silicon nanowires to align with the AC-generated electric field to measure the rotational rate and cut-off frequency, serving as a calibration benchmark for subsequent control algorithms
• Utilized LabView, MATLAB and curve-fitting toolbox for data collection and analysis

2. 3D Pose Identification of Moving Micro-and Nanowires in Fluid Suspensions under Bright-Field Microscopy (2022)

• Presented a novel auto-focusing and visual posture estimation strategy for identifying three-dimensional (3D) poses for one or more moving micro- and nanowires under bright-field microscopes
• Utilized LabView and MATLAB to actuate a motorized microscope and a sCMOS camera
• Presented results at IEEE 18^th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering and awarded Best Student Paper

3. 3D Pose Identification of Micro-and Nanowires in Fluid Suspensions (2021)

• Designed AF and 3D pose estimation algorithms, based on passive autofocus techniques, for stationary micro- and nanowires
• Integrated classic passive auto-focusing (AF) algorithms, rule-based hill-climb methods, and an automatic and efficient scheme using LabView and MATLAB to estimate the positions and orientations of multiple micro-and nanowires in 3D microfluidic environments
• Published at IEEE 17^th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

4. Contactless Determination of Rotational Rate and Cut-off Frequency of Silicon Nanowires in Fluid Suspensions (2022)

• Developed a custom electrode to control the silicon nanowires to align with the AC-generated electric field to measure the rotational rate and cut-off frequency, serving as a calibration benchmark for subsequent control algorithms
• Utilized LabView, MATLAB and curve-fitting toolbox for data collection and analysis

5. Electric-Assist Fabrication of Permanent Inter-Connects using Metallic Nanowires within Resin (2021)

• Engineered inter-connects by embeddiEngineered inter-connects by embedding silver nanowires in resin, utilizing an electric field for vertical alignment
• Subsequently solidified the structure using ultraviolet light to create permanent inter-connects
• Employed liquid nitrogen to fracture the cured inter-connects at the center, enabling detailed observation of the nanowire-formed inter-connects under SEM microscopy

6. Intelligent Mobile Robotics for SLAM, Localization, Navigation and Speech Recogintion (2020)

• Leveraged a Turtlebot to autonomously map our laboratory environment utilizing the Robot Operating System (ROS)
• The robot was programmed to navigate to each of the four corners of the lab independently and then move into the corridor
• Implemented a speech recognition package to perform speech recognition to control the motion of the robot

7. Intelligent Mobile Robotics for color recognization and ball tracking (2020)

• Developed a specialized software package in ROS (Robot Operating System) to achieve color recognition capabilities
• Enabled tracking of a specific color ball while maintaining a pre-defined distance from the ball

8. A Rudimentary Study of Bridge Vibrations by Analyzing A Simply Supported Plate (2020)

• Conducted numerical analysis on a simply supported plate applying Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory to perform in-depth analysis of forced vibration scenarios
• Investigated the free vibration characteristics of the plate for detailed analysis of mode shapes and vibration responses

9. The Simulations of Motion of the UR5 Robot (2020)

• Executed simulations of the UR5 Robotic Arm in MATLAB to explore various poses and joint torques against time
• Developed a control system for precise motion control of the UR5 Arm

10. Automated Maze Navigation and Cube Manipulation Using a YouBot (2020)

• Implemented algorithms for the YouBot to navigate through a maze autonomously
• Programmed the YouBot to identify, pick up, and manipulate a cube within the maze
• Seamlessly combined maze navigation with cube manipulation tasks

11. A comparison of modeling methods for predicting the elastic-plastic response of additively manufactured honeycomb structures (2018)

• Participated in the development of a research paper on the comparison of three lattice modeling techniques, instructed by Dr. Dhruv Bhate and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory
• Responsible for the simulations of bulk modeling with ANSYS to validate the accuracy of this method
• Presented results at the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium in October 2018