Worked from July 2012 to August 2014

• Conducted research on reduction of inhibition in engineers during design and idea generation.
  • ASME paper published based on this research (Dated January 13, 2015). Co-Authored with Dr. Karthik Ramani and PHD Student Joran Booth.
  • Paper Name: Art Meets Engineering Design: An Approach for Reducing Sketch Inhibition in Engineers During the Design Process
  • Link: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IDETC-CIE/proceedings-abstract/IDETC-CIE2014/46346/V003T04A013/257227

• Conducted research on various methods of design abstraction prior to concept generation and reverse engineering of products.
  • ASME paper published based on this research (Dated January 19, 2016). Co-Authored with Dr. Karthik Ramani, Dr. Tahira Reid and PHD Student Joran Booth.
  • Paper Name: Empirical Studies of Functional Decomposition in Early Design
  • Link: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IDETC-CIE/proceedings-abstract/IDETC-CIE2015/57175/V007T06A018/257676

• Conducted research on the effects of contact friction on legged robotic platforms.
  • This research was done to support PHD student Steven Riddle’s final thesis.
  • No official paper were published.