Posts By Derrick McQuern
Kendra Richards
Hi, I am midway through my junior year at Dixie State University where I am studying Computer Science. My research this summer is with Dr. Greg Welch and Dr. Gerd Bruder. We will investigate the impact that reducing the distraction factor and increasing physicalality has on the perceived physicality, and social presence of virtual entities. You can contact me at kendrarichards230@gmail.com
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Nicholas Shanklin
I am a rising Junior at Morgan State University held in Baltimore, Maryland pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering. This summer, I am working under Dr. Qun Zhou and Dr. Damla Turgut on Internet of Things peer to peer energy trading. We are predicting the future of energy trading and the production of it. We are incorporating machine learning to cover parameters of a household daily usage of electricity while simulating the circuitry of a solar panel. By employing these two techniques we will hope we can optimize the future of peer to peer energy trading.
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Panporn Orkweha
My name is Panporn (Pete) Orkweha and I am a rising senior in Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. I am majoring in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering with Computer and Math as minors. This summer I am working under the mentorship of Dr. Andrew Dickerson and Dr. Damla Turgut on determining fluid/structure interaction using machine learning. Specifically, we will investigate on how different parameters of water droplet and fiber would influence fiber’s maximum deflection using machine learning algorithm.
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Nafisa Mostafa
I am a rising senior currently attending the University of Central Florida, where I study Computer Engineering with a minor in Biology. Through this program, I am working under Dr. Turgut and Dr. Bölöni on an off-the-shelf walker that is augmented with IoT devices that helps a blind user navigate around obstacles. Specifically, I will help extend the navigational and outdoor capabilities of the walker.
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Nikhil Mahalanodis
I am Nikhil Mahalanobis, and I am a rising junior currently attending the University of Central Florida, with a major in Computer Science. This summer I am working with Dr. Gregory Welch and Dr. Gerd Bruder on our project “IoT and augmented reality: agents with pervasive awareness, appearance, and abilities.” The scope of this project is to analyze, using IoT devices, how humans interact with and respond to different virtual agent interaction, via Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technology. Hopefully this research will help to expand the world of being immersed in a virtual reality, and normally interacting with different virtual AI agents
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Kelly Fullin
My name is Kelly Fullin and I am a senior at Ashland University located in Ashland, Ohio. I will be completing a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science this coming fall. This summer I am working alongside Nafisa Mostofa under Dr. Turgut and Dr. Bölöni on a project titled “IoT-enabled smart mobility devices for aging and rehabilitation.” We plan to adapt last year’s walker for the visually impaired to improve its functioning in sunlit environments.
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Gregory Fichthorn
I am Gregory Fichthorn, an upcoming senior from Stetson University in DeLand. I am currently majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. This summer I am working on the project “IoT augmented physical scale model of a suburban home”. The goal of the project is to create a model ‘ScaledHome’ which we will use to gather and evaluate data that will allow homes to regulate temperature in a more environmentally friendly way than AC, such as automatically opening doors and windows.
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Eric Elliott
Hi! My name is Eric Elliott and I’m a rising junior at Brown University concentrating in computer science. This summer, I’m working with Dr. Qun Zhou and Dr. Damla Turgut on research involving IoT-enabled peer-to-peer energy trading. In this research, we’re investigating the application of P2P economy models on the energy market, and hope to design optimal trading strategies for market agents.
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Alexis Downing
Hello there. I am Alexis De’Andre Downing, a junior at Florida Polytechnic University, located in Lakeland, Florida. I am pursuing B.S in Computer Engineering and my concentration in machine intelligence. I am working on processing data from fluid structures/ interactions with machine learning. I will be working with Dr. Turgut and Dr. Dickerson as my faculty mentors. Also, I have my two graduate mentors and my lab partner. The main goal is to find the maximum deflection of the fiber and how different elements based from the bending energy formula affects it. A machine learning algorithm will be created and provided with training and testing data. If you have any questions, you can email me at adowning3566@floridapoly.edu
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Thomas Burns
I am a rising senior majoring in computer science and minoring in math at Rutgers University in New Jersey. This summer I am working with my partner Greg Fichthorn as well as Dr. Damla Turgut and Dr. Lotzi Bölöni performing research on a scaled smart home. We will be constructing our own model of a house which we will then simulate an environment and collect data using sensors with a Raspberry Pi 3. Our goal is to develop AI models through deep learning on the simulated data we collect to provide temperature maintenance through alternative methods than A/C.
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The support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation REU program under Award No. 1852002.
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