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Shaun F

- Research Program Mentor

MS Master of Science candidate

Expertise

Mechatronics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Computational Physics

Learn how to do calculus numerically and use this power to simulate and solve real world physic problems. We can go over the basics of numerical methods and apply topics to solve real world physical systems ! We can model such things as a nonlinearized version of a pendulum, collision between solid masses, or some basic finite element analysis Prerequisites or Learn quickly: Coding, Intro Physics, Calculus Nice to Knows: Linear algebra and Differential Equations

A basic mobile robot

Using an Arduino based microcontroller we can design a simple robot to accomplish a simple task. Depending on the student's mathematical maturity and coding expertise we can develop a mobile robot that acts semi autonomously to follow a wall, line follow, or detect objects in its vicinity. Prerequisites or Learn quickly: Coding , Electronic Circuits Nice to Knows: PID control and Cad

Robotic Arm/ Hand

Using a microcontroller and servos we can build a tension system that simulates a human arm. We can design several ways to actuate this tension system either with a physical controller(i.e some potentiometers or physical strength) or through software (via a website or GUI). Prerequisites or Learn quickly: Coding, Some Electronic Circuit, Intro Physics Nice to Knows: Intro Physics and Cad

Coding skills

C++, C, Java, Python, Matlab, Mark Up languages (CSS, html, latex)

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