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Building Low Cost Digital Twins to Accelerate Robotics Innovation
Fatemeh Ghoreishi, an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly appointed with the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, was awarded $281,660 from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Innovation Institute, supporting a $352,075 project with matching cost-share, for OpenBayes Twin-in-a-Box: A Public, Decision-Grade Digital Twin and Manufacturable Compliant Manipulation Module for Massachusetts Logistics and Manufacturing. The award, granted under the institute’s Robotic Digital Twin Initiative, was one of six delivered across Massachusetts.
Automated Vehicle Mounted Sensor Array Wins First Place at SICK 10K Challenge
Ben Cometto, MS, robotics and James Tukpah, E’20, MS’22, PhD’27, computer engineering won first place at the SICK $10K Challenge for developing an automated, vehicle-mounted sensor system that uses lidar and hyperspectral imaging to map and measure the moisture content of vegetation in real time, significantly speeding up how assessment teams identify potential wildfire fuels.
Evaluating the Limits of Modern Traffic Metrics
CSSH/CEE Associate Professor Serena Alexander conducts research finding that while the new “vehicle miles traveled” (VMT) metric is an improved way to evaluate a development’s environmental impact, its success is limited by a lack of tool standardization, legal precedent, and community equity.
A Last Resort: Advantages and Disadvantages of Desalination in the U.S
CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly and others discuss the current megadrought state of the U.S and the possibility of investing in desalination as a next step.