Projects

Lightning Rod

(in somewhat stagnant development)

A free, cross-platform Dropbox client that runs on a flash drive.

Teammates: Evan Benshetler, Mike ChenCasey ConleyBill Etter

Awards:

  • Finalist, AngelHack Hackathon, Spring 2012

Website


HAWK: Helicopter Aircraft Wielding Kinect

A quadrotor equipped with a Microsoft Kinect that creates 3D maps of buildings.

Teammates: Kelsey Duncombe-Smith, Bill Etter, Paul Gurniak, Matt Hale, Alfredo Muniz, Teddy Zhang

Advisor: Rahul Mangharam

Awards:

  • 2nd Place, Cornell Cup Embedded Systems Competition, 2012
  • Honorable Mention, University of Pennsylvania ESE Senior Design, 2011-2012

Website | Video | Code


enunciate.me

A widget that helps others learn how to pronounce your name correctly.

Teammates: Casey Conley, Varun Sampath

Awards:

  • Best Market Potential Award, PennApps Hackathon, Spring 2012

Website


uWave

A microwave hacked to play YouTube videos, completed in under 40 hours.

Teammates:  Varun Sampath, Ben ShyongTeddy Zhang

Awards:

  • First Place, PennApps Hackathon, Fall 2011

Website | Video | Code


SMS Person Finder

A crowd-sourced, text-message interface for Google’s Person Finder disaster victim database, completed in under 24 hours.

Teammates: Ted Lee + many others, see README

Awards:

  • First Place, Random Hacks of Kindness Silicon Valley Hackathon, June 2011

Website | Code


AutoPlug

A prototype automotive architecture for plug-n-play services.

Teammates: Gabe Torres, Teddy Zhang

Advisor: Rahul Mangharam

Awards:

  • Grand Prize, World Embedded Software Contest, 2010
  • Best Presentation, Rachleff Scholars Research Symposium, 2010

Website | Video


NEStalgia

A wireless rifle controller for the game Cabal on the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Teammate: Evan Benshetler

Website | Video


SEPTA Now

A real-time visualization of SEPTA’s regional rail trains, completed in under 40 hours.

Teammates: Varun Sampath, Ben ShyongTeddy Zhang

Awards:

  • Student Choice Award, PennApps Hackathon, Fall 2010

Website (in need of repairs)