Strengthening Artisan Network Initiative

Aid to Artisans U (ATAU) is an e-learning platform that was designed to educate artisans from underdeveloped countries on business skills, and connect them to buyers and markets. The goal of this project was to promote ATAU’s new networking features and build connections between artisans, designers, and buyers. The team used methods including supporting users, improving the ATAU website, and promoting ATAU’s networking features through email and personal interactions. The team identified core problems with ATAU’s networking platform and provided recommendations to mitigate these problems

Kinisi: A Platform for Autonomizing Off-Road Vehicles

This project proposed a modular system that would autonomize off-road vehicles while retaining full manual operability. This MQP team designed and developed a Level 3 autonomous vehicle prototype using an SAE Baja vehicle outfitted with actuators and exteroceptive sensors. At the end of the project, the vehicle had a drive-by-wire system, could localize itself using sensors, generate a map of its surroundings, and plan a path to follow a desired trajectory. Given a map, the vehicle could traverse a series of obstacles in an enclosed environment. The long- term goal is to alter the software system to make it modular and operate in real-time, so the vehicle can autonomously navigate off-road terrain to rescue and aid a distressed individual

A three-phases model for the simulation of landslide-generated waves using the improved conservative level set method

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51279050), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No. 2016B05014), Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation for Young Teachers in the Higher Education Institutions of China(No. 151073), Ministry of Water Resources non-profit specific industry appropriation(No. 201501036, No. 201501034 and No. 201501033), China Scholarship Council, and Qing Lan Project