Distinguished Student Work
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Space-Time Conflict Spheres for Constrained Multi-Agent Motion Planning
Anirudh Chari '24
Multi-agent motion planning (MAMP) is a critical challenge in applications such as connected autonomous vehicles and multi-robot systems. In this paper, we propose a space- time conflict resolution approach for MAMP. We formulate the problem using a novel, flexible sphere-based discretization for trajectories. Our approach ... Read More
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Investigating the impacts of microgravity on methanotrophic bacteria metabolism for methane gas oxidation
Daisy Li, Elena Zhu, Stella Ristic '25, and Joshua Suarez
An abundance of waste methane gas is produced on the International Space Station (ISS) as a result of the Sabatier Reaction, a part of the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). In order to manage this organic waste, this experiment seeks to understand how ... Read More
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Landscape Materials: Impact on Water Quality at Different Temperatures
Vignesh Tiruvannamalai '24
The purpose of this experiment is to analyze how commonly used landscaping materials (wood mulch, rubber mulch, and landscape stones) will affect the quality and chemical composition of runoff water they come into contact with, and how this will be impacted by different temperatures experienced ... Read More
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Identity Configurations of the Sandpile Group
William Chen '06
The abelian sandpile model on a connected graph yields a finite abelian group Q of recurrent configurations which is closely related to the combinatorial Laplacian. We consider the identity configuration of the sandpile group on graphs with large edge multiplicities, called “thick” graphs. We explicitly ... Read More