Landmine Detection Rover

The goal of this project is to create an adaptable landmine detection platform to allow for autonomous marking and detonation of PMN-1 anti-personnel landmines without the need of endangering personnel and to make this landmine disposal operation economically feasible for poor regions of the world. This project is intended to be an adaptable prototype to be built upon by future teams. This project produced a prototype landmine detection and marking robot that utilized GPS localization, autonomous navigation and mapping, a prototype metal detection system and novel landmine marking system

Multichannel Sound Installation IQP

The purpose of this project was to advance the development of a multi-channel audio system that plays various wind-chime sounds based on external wind speed and direction data. The project draws upon the works of prior groups under the direction of Professor Frederick Bianchi at Worchester Polytechnic Institute, contemporary works of artists and other academics, and individual research and experimentation. This project should asses 1) the feasibility of constructing and installing a multi-channel weather driven sound-art exhibit, and 2) the immediate and long term implications of developing and deploying such an exhibit