Bio-Tile: performance based infrastructure

Bio-tiles are performance-based landscape infrastructures that collect sediment, filter storm water runoff, reduce coastal surface temperature, and promote biodiversity.

Art Pavilion

The Art Stage Pavilion is a structure that allows for different forms of art display. The pavilion consists of two layers, the Outer Shell and the Display Walls. The Display Walls rotate to vary the closure of the piece, and accommodate for art display and performance. *Project for Grace Arts Center.

Inauguration Scissors

The automation of ribbon-cutting for opening ceremony of the lab displays the design of a custom-made dynamic attachment for the end of the KUKA robotic arm. The attachment uses a pneumatic linear actuator to integrate with the robotic arm via a digital I/O (input/ output) mapping.

Arduino Drum

This project demonstrates how the use of small robotics including Arduino boards and actuators to play an algorithmic music piece written for percussion instruments at the speed which would be difficult for humans to play.

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Parametric Bench

This is the first full scale furniture design, and it is based on creating a fluid form by using solid materials.  The concrete is created using a foam mold carved by the robotic arm, while the wooden members were milled by a CNC machine.

Water Wand

An innovative instrument integrating temperature, depth, conductivity, salinity, and GPS sensors designed for the public use during the King Tides events to collect data on water level and pollution. The data is then transmitted via the instrument’s phone application to the scientific community.