Huayang Ocean Zhang

Hardware Projects

SpaceX Hyperloop Competition

Part of a 70 people team designing a pod that can run efficiently in a vacuum pod. The competition is held annually by spaceX as a way to attract enthusiastic engineers to this new form of transportation.

Northrop Grumman Mini UAV

The objective of the project is to create a collapsible mini UAV that would be dropped out of the Predator UAV in a cylindrical pod to ground personnel. This requires the mini UAV withstand transit, and a landing impact equivalent to a 10 foot drop. Once on the ground the UAV must be assembled within 10 minutes. The mini UAV would be capable of withstanding both hot and cold environments, while capturing video of the target area.

Mini Spectrum Analyzer

To create a mini spectrum analyzer using two band pass filters with center frequencies of 400Hz ± 50Hz and 800Hz ± 50Hz. The output of each filter was to illuminate an LED when the input signal contained the frequency of interest.

Software Projects

Drone Autonomous Basketball Senior Project

To utilize image processing to provide one dimensional autonomous movement of the drone along the basketball court. And to use ultrasonic sensors to stabilize the drone.

Panel Jumper Video Game

Using C# with Unity to create a 2D platformer game

M.O.I.S.T.

Winner of ATT Hack-o-ween Hackathon in San Diego. Price include: $1000 in Amazon gift cards, Membership to CyberTech ($1680 value)

Create an IoT sprinkler system with an Andriod APP to save water on lawn watering. Utilize G.E. SmartCity technology to generate location-based water evaporation data

Johnny Trash

Johnny Trash uses computer vision and Machine Learning to identify useless trash from recyclable trash.

honestscore.com

Honest Score brings authenticity and transparency to the Craigslist community by adding credibility scores based on buyer and seller feedback.

Business Projects

IBECC Business Ethics Competition

Google has positively affected society via its technological innovations. Long terms and conditions complicate the relationship between Google and end users; furthermore, simplifying aforementioned terms and conditions would be an ethical asset for both Google and end users.

Robotic Bartender--Barney

Building a robotic bartender that makes craft cocktails for average households.