For this project, I designed and fabricated a small scale experimental model of an industrial roll refiner for rheological experimentation, which required a high level of precision (critical dimensions on the order of 40 microns) and the application of relatively high forces (on the order of 30kN).

The apparatus has design considerations for video microscopy. A python based GUI is used for motor control and data aqcuisition from the torque, displacement, force, and temperature sensors, which monitor the reactions of the system. Fabrication involved CNC and manual mill work, manual lathe work, general welding and fabrication, and a small amount of cylindrical grinding.

This work is through the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics at The City College of New York, under P.I. and institute director Dr. Jeffrey Morris, and is funded by a major chocolate manufacturer.

My graduate research project is an extension of a project I began as an undergraduate student: the design and fabrication of an open source atmospheric sensing UAV platform. The end goal is to achieve multi-drone simulatenous observations in the boundary layer of scalar values (PM2.5, ozone) and wind vectors. This research is under my graduate advisor, Dr. Prathap Ramamurthy.

In addition to my thesis project, we’re working on a number of ongoing air-quality remote sensing projects, and a short documentary on the urban heat island effect in Chennai, India.

During the latter part of my undergraduate degree I worked in Dr. Prathap Ramamurthy’s UFD (then titled “UFO”) lab. Our research focused on applications of fluid mechanics on large scale atmospheric flows.

My responsibilities included the phsyical rigging and data stream design of remote sensing devices, including eddy covariance systems, scintillometers, sonic anemometers, ceilometers, microwave radiometers, and radiosondes.

The largest experiment I was involved in was the CUBE-TRACER field campaign, a DOE and NSF funded experiment investigating the impact of the urban environment and aerosols on the coastal urban boundary layer in conjunction with NOAA’s ARM in Houston, Texas, 2022

More information on the experiment can be found at the lab’s site.

Throughout my undergrad education I’d occasionally freelance on commercial film work. The most fun gigs were when a friend came up with a novel idea for a lighting rig, or an interesting concept that required some fabrication. Here’s a link to an article featuring a job I did with my friend, D.o.P. Jordan Parrott.

As my research work began to take up more of my time, I found I didn’t have much bandwith for these types of projects, but I’m still always pitching weird music video ideas to cinematographer friends, and recently got to shoot a short documentary related to my research.

Before transitioning into science and engineering, I worked in the film industry, first getting peope coffee, and eventually finding myself a niche as an electrician as part of the lighting department.

Like most people in the industry, I cut my teeth on indie films, eventually working up to major films and TV shows under the jurisdiction of IATSE Local 52.

My roles varied from set to set, but broadly speaking, I was part of a team, or sometimes in charge of a team, that was responsible for the management of lighting equipment and safe distribution of portable three-phase power on stages and on location around the tri-state area.

Select Elective Courses:

• Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics
• Mass Transport
• Advanced Heat Transfer
• Advanced Stress Analysis

Select Elective Courses:

• Advanced Fluid Mechanics
• Microfluidics
• Computational Fluid Mechanics

Working under the CiPass Experiential Learning Department at The City College of New York, I developed the curriculum for, and taught a semester long rapid prototyping seminar series for undergraduate students. Students were exposed to a variety of hands on and machine fabrication methods, introduced to CAD modeling software, and tasked to design electro-mechanical prototypes to solve various problems. At the same time, students participated in soft-skills training lessons, stressing personal development, design thinking philosophies and teamwork.

Working under the CiPass Experiential Learning Department at The City College of New York, I developed the curriculum for a seminar series geared towards undecided undergraduates at our university. The goal was to stress skill based learning, and expose them to a number of opportunities at the school, including the school’s Makerspace.

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