Predicting Collapse of Compromised Structures
2005-2009
Prototype system set up on a table: base station laptop, embedded electronics, 3D printed protective case
Signal processing on ambient vibrations in physical structures to detect and predict collapse in compromised structures.
From MATLAB simulations, to test burns, to designing and building a stand-alone, wireless sensor system complete with an ad-hoc mesh networking protocol, to physical case designs and building Windows software package.
The results were good enough to continue working on after I left Mudd and before I enrolled in my PhD program at Stanford.
Undergraduate Research Project with the De Pietro Fellowship at Harvey Mudd College, ran by Department Chair Ziyad Durón. (One of my most important and appreciated mentors)
Years later in biotech and neuroscience, nobody took me seriously when I would say I’d blew up bombs on bridges in undergrad. So here is some evidence :)
