The HazARd clutter detection and caregiver decision support tools are designed to help caregivers of older adults automate the process of in-home safety analysis. This research phase develops and evaluates algorithms using data collected from an AR headset.
Explore diagrams of knots built from mosaic tiles. Knot mosaics discover relationships between properties of complex three-dimensional knots, which can help approach some questions in knot theory as well as raise new questions arising from the tile structure.
Developing new polymer composite materials plus additive manufacturing methods to fabricate such materials. The primary goal of these novel materials is to enable sliding with ultra-low wear and friction, thereby allow for dramatic improvements in energy efficiency and reliability of system these materials will be a part of.
Enhance the performance of tilting pad hydrodynamic thrust bearings (TPHTBs, used in hydropower generators) through introduction of optimized surface textures. Project focuses on computational modeling, mechanical design, manufacturing, and experimental testing.
Designing, optimizing, and testing a low-cost manual wheelchair suspension system that can integrate with existing wheelchairs to reduce vibrations while traveling over common walkway surfaces.
Removing wildfire-related pollutants with innovative solutions, such as powdered activated carbon adsorption combined with coagulation. The goal is to provide water treatment plants with the tools they needed to keep our water safe in the face of increasingly frequent and more severe wildfires
