Personal Projects

Since I joined the Honors Program at RIT I realized that learning was not simply limited to the classroom.

Digital Signal Processing - An Engineers Workout - Spring 2024

As I am an amateur bodybuilder the desire to combine the two worlds of working out and engineering became natural. While surfing the web I came across a video about, electromyography, the measuring of electrical current through the body. When muscle tension is increased or decreased the electrical current through the body changes accordingly. Therefore the question arose being is it possible to create a optimal workout which is proven with electromyography. A workout that an engineer, lazy in nature, could optimally complete to achieve decent results.

Hardware Descriptive Language & Embedded Systems Design - Real Time Memory Based Audio Processor - Fall 2023 & Spring 2024

The first personal project was completed in the fall of 2023 during my hardware descriptive language class. After three co-ops on the topic I felt as though I was not being challenged enough. Therefore, I worked with the professor to create a real time audio processor comprised solely with VHDL. The system was completed and worked as intended. In the spring, with a similar desire from the fall, I worked with the professor to design a project that would challenge my embedded system design skills. The goal of the project was to shift focus from VHDL to rather a C++ program to control memory for inputting and outputting audio sounds. The goal of this project was to further the challenge given to myself in the fall and see the applications possible with VHDL code.