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Leah Kazenmayer
My name is Leah Kazenmayer and I am a rising junior at The College Of New Jersey. I am majoring in computer science and minoring in mathematics. This summer, I am working with Gabriela Ford on a project led by Dr. Samiul Hasan and Dr. Damla Turgut. We are designing a prediction model by observing past vehicle data in Seminole County at intersections to determine future traffic. To accomplish this, we utilize Python, Google’s Colaboratory, Pandas, and NumPy to interpret and process the data. Over the course of the next several weeks, I will experience the life of a researcher; the REU will give me a better understanding of the atmosphere and routine of graduate school.
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Courtney Harris
Hi, my name is Courtney Harris. I am a rising Junior at The University of New Orleans, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Studio Art. This summer I am working with Gerd Bruder and Greg Welch on a new project to develop a demo that begins the creation of more advanced control over IOT devices through Augmented Reality.
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Gabriela Ford
My name is Gabriela Ford, I am from Colombia, and I am currently studying at UCF doing a double major in environmental and mechanical engineering with a chemistry minor. In summer 2021, I worked under the mentorship of Dr. Hasan and Dr. Turgut on a traffic model development from data collected on Seminole county. My partner was Leah Kazenmayer and specifically we analyzed large datasets through coding and worked on developing a predictive traffic model based on years of data collected.
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Connor Flick
Hi! I am Connor Flick, and I’m a current sophomore at Western Kentucky University majoring in computer science. I am working with Dr. Gerd Bruder and Dr. Greg Welsh this summer on our project “IoT and augmented reality: agents with pervasive awareness, appearance, and abilities,” which aims to capture user experiences of fully controlling IoT devices through a novel augmented reality (AR) interface developed in Unity. Our goal is to combine digital information and control with physical objects in a way that is intuitive for a user, demonstrating AR’s potential for cohesively enhancing the physical world for a typical consumer.
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Jacob Buckelew
My name is Jacob Buckelew and I am a rising senior at Rollins College, located in Winter Park, Florida. I am currently pursuing a B.A. degree with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics. Over the course of this REU program, I will be working under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Dickerson and Dr. Damla Turgut to build machine learning algorithms that can accurately predict fluid/structure interactions. The first phase of our project will involve dropping water droplets on 3-D printed surfaces as we tune various parameters to determine how impact force may be affected when a drop lands on the surface. With our data, we will train and test many machine learning models to gain a better understanding of the relationships between the input parameters and impact force. Therefore, this research will help us to understand how IoT sensors may be applied to fluid/structure interactions.
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Nicholas Boyum
I am a mechanical engineering and computer science dual major, and I will be graduating at the end of summer 2021 from University of North Florida.
This summer I’m working with my partner, Jacob Ori Buckelew, under the supervision of Andrew Dickerson and Damla Turgut.
We are using machine learning to try and predict the random nature of falling water droplets to see if a relationship can be determined between the characteristics of the droplet and its force of impact.
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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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The support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation REU program under Award No. 1852002.
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