I have taught at least two courses every semester. The average course evaluation score in the past five years: 4.70 (out of 5.0)
MEE211 Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)
MEE321 Mechanical Vibrations I
MEE322 Dynamic Systems and Control I
MEE422/522 Design of Robot Manipulators
MEE426/526 Mechatronics System Design
MEE427/527 PLC-based Robotics in Automated Systems
MEE624 Robot Dynamics and Control
MEE625 Robot Programming and Control
The advising spans over two semesters in their senior year.
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Aayush Patel, Alex Wills, and Ronak Shar, "Development of a 7-DOF Robotic Arm Teleoperated by a Haptic Feedback Device"
Hannah Higgins, Jason Ostenburg, and Mary Reinertson, "Short Range Wave Glider"
David Dominguez, Oluwapelumi Omosanya, and Anthony Yemi-Akiniyi, "IoT Wireless Sensor Network for Patient Care" (co-advising with Dr. Majumdar)
David Cultra, David Enriquez, and Rafal Krzysiak, "Low-Cost Small-Sized Robot Manipulator"
Daniel Nevarez, Benjamin Starcevich, Benjamin Bentley, Mark Lafrentz , “Shadow Track”
(1st place in the ME dept.)
Erick Gonzalez, David Kaliniec, Collin Seidelman , “Humidifying Incubator Shaker” (co-advising with Dr. Vahabzadeh)
(2nd place in the ME dept.)
Ian Kidd, Mhariel Pastrana, Ian Schabel, Benjamin Ziegler, “Semi-Autonomous Lake Monitor ”
Mark Alvord, John Nowobilski, Eric Garcia, Miguel Rodriguez, Ryan Smith, “SRCV - Sewer Line Cleaning Vehicle”
David Frey, Benjamin Schneider, Rachael Huffman, and Constantine Bovailis, “Plotty: An assistive whiteboard transcription device”
Reema Abdullah, Victoria Ewert, Joe Cicero, Josh Jones, and Rodrigo Perez, “G&W Electric Recloser Testing”
(2nd place in the ME dept.)
Samuel Jaros, Colin Zagel, Christopher Ulloa, Cody Chanthalangy, and Anhil Oraha, “Automated Sample Loader”
Adam Van Boekel, Alfredo Barrantes, Bret Gardner, Jonathan Korus, and James Harris, “Daubert Chemical Bag Sealer”
Jehanzeb Beg, Hugo DeLa Barrera, Maksat Halmammedov, and Dashrath Sheth, “Solar Panel Efficiency Driver”
Dennis Grekousis, Jacob Klein, Eric Morgensen, and Andrew Poull, “Alpha-Cup: Automated Coffee Maker”
(1st place award in the ME dept.)
Colin Narug, Dahlin Waters, Min Yi, and Thomas Cowden, “Automated Foil Package Sealing Device”
Carl Kerschner, Andrew Yoggerst, Damian Almaraz, Daniel Krupa, “Automatic Partition Rejection System”
Anthony Pickart, Paul Such, and Mohit Patel, “Digital Read-Out for Manual Machining”
John George, Taylor Norton, Roy Rosales, and Rachel Murphy, “RC Extender Arm for Shop-Vacs” (ME & EE dept)
Brandan Milmont, Malachi Larson, and Benjamin Farris, “Anode Balancing”
Hongliang Wang, “Optics Based Active Control System”
Dillon Gardanier, Eric Hochmann, Alexander Klein, and Alex Schneider, “Motion Tracking Optic”
Sean Halloran, Logan Prasser, and Gvozden Suvajlo, “GPS Tracker for Alzheimer’s Patients”
(2nd place in the ME dept.)
Josh Greco and Collin Slagell, “Sensor Automated with Integrated Neutralizing Turret (SAINT)”
James Piekarz, Mike Plouffe, and Rafael Ramalho, “All-Axis 3D Scanner”
Lauren Morrison, Dana Sievert, James Mortell, Aditya Bannerjee, and Nora Guzman, “Kinect Object Retrieval System (KORS)” (ME & EE dept)
(Student Choice Award & 2nd place in the EE dept.)
Justin Smith, Jay Bacheller, and Shawn King, “PD Controlled CVT Bicycle”
Brian Martin and Dave Haldeman, “Automated Outdoor Grill”
Kurt Neiweem, Michael Caballero, and Ignacio Solorzano, “Automatic Gel Electrophoresis Device”
Kevin McNary, Martin Zon et al., “Autonomous Ground Robot with Artificial Vision”