Miscellaneous

From October 23 -October 25, 2020 I competed in the MIT Policy Hackathon in the Future of Work track. The certificate of participation is here.

From September 25 -27, 2020 I competed in the ShellHacks Hackathon together with three team members. I worked on the design of the app using Figma.  Our project Diverse Voices won the following prizes:

• Best Use of Google Cloud (COVID-19 Hackathon Fund) by Google
• #HealthyConversations using Twitter API by Twitter
• Wolfram Award by Wolfram Language

From September 18 – 20, 2020 I was a mentor for two teams in the HackMIT 2020.

In December 2019, I was the only Graduate Student Judge at the ENGR 4580 Senior Design 1 Final Presentation by students in the Mechatronics Major at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

In August 2019, I was a judge at the inaugural edition of the Wilson County Fair STEM Robotics Challenge, Tennessee. The challenge included two categories : Robot Roundup and SUMO-Lego® Mindstorms Robot Challenge events. Competitors included an individual entrant and teams from a high school. Other kids also had the opportunity to create and play with various robots. Some pictures are shown below.

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In the Fall 2018 Semester, I used PBASIC to program the Basic Stamp Microcontroller in electronic circuits as part of a course on microprocessors. Assigned projects include an intersection traffic system with/without pedestrian crossing, a Las Vegas casino lighting sequence, security-gate at a gated community, a servo-seven-segment-LED combo, a windshield wiper, a stopwatch and a conveyor belt. Example projects videos are shown below.

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I used VHDL in the labs for the course Digital Circuits Fundamentals (Fall 2018 and Spring 2019).

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I facilitated the use of  LabView and the NI myDaq for labs in the course  Electronics and Instrumentation for Fall 2017 and Spring 2018.

In Spring 2018, I carried out a project with MAHLE Filter Systems, Murfreesboro, Tennessee as part of the requirements for the Lean Systems Certification.

In Fall 2017 – Spring 2018, I carried out a project with Allvan Corporation, La Vergne, Tennessee as part of the requirements for the Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.

I am currently doing the MOOC: EDX Harvardx CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science. Languages used include Scratch, C, Python.

I have completed the following MOOCs (all certificates are here):

• EDX OsakaUx: CNR101x: Cognitive Neuroscience Robotics Part A
• Lynda.com: Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Neural Networks
• Lynda.com: Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Machine Learning
• Lynda.com: Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines
• Lynda.com: Learning Bash Scripting
• Lynda.com: Learning nano
• Lynda.com: Learning Linux Command Line (2016)
• Lynda.com: Programming Foundations: Real-World Examples

I participated in the NASA International Space Apps Challenge Hackathon 2015 using  the Raspberry Pi in the Robotics Category.

During the GE Lagos Garage (2014), I learnt and assisted in training on SketchUp as a CAD prototyping tool.