I am a PhD student at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
I recently graduated from Harvard University with an undergraduate degree in Engineering Sciences.
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research
My research interests include embedded systems architecture, low-power system design, and parallel and distributed computing. Recently, I've been working on sensor networks, which conveniently covers all of these areas and more.
Past projects
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- Design of a solar-powered wireless sensor node for geophysical and acoustic monitoring. [Senior Design Project]
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- Contact detection with piezoelectric film embedded in robotic fingers.
- The effect of link flexibility and latency in teleoperated robotics.
- Stereoscopic object tracking for a compliant robotic grasper.
publications
- Contact Sensing and Grasping Performance of Compliant HandsPDF. Aaron M. Dollar, Leif Jentoft, Jason H. Gao, and Robert D. Howe. Autonomous Robots, vol. 28(1), pp. 65-75, 2010. doi:10.1007/s10514-009-9144-9
other projects
- Harvard Energy and Emissions Visualization. Interactive visualization of Harvard's 2008-2009 energy consumption and carbon emissions across the campus. Final project for CS 171.