2009-2010: In collaboration with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, this student team designed a solar-concentrator to increase the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of solar thermal electric (STE) technology on the residential scale. Such technology already exists on the industrial scale, but has yet…
Design of a System for 3D Tracking of Personnel
2008-2009: In collaboration with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, this student team developed the tracking component of a system for incident commanders to identify the location of personnel on scene in a disaster situation. The students focused on estimating three-dimensional position through…
Design of a Low-Power, Low-Cost Bioaerosol Collector
2007-2008: In collaboration with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, this student team designed and developed a low-power, low-cost bioaerosol collector. The team researched existing technologies, prepared a conceptual design to harness solar and wind energy to direct airflow, evaluated multiple collection geometries,…