Thomas Pierson
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Hello! Thanks for visiting my website.
I am a graduating senior in mechanical engineering at New Mexico Tech. While a student, I have built and published on an experimental acoustic sensing payload that will fly on the International Space Station. I have also worked with the Air Force Research Lab as a mentor/project lead working on autonomous space vehicles. I have many other sensor projects as well, so check out my portfolio for more information.
Research: I am interested in sensor design and implementation to characterize dynamic systems. I believe that sensor technology has plenty of room to grow with advances in nanotechnology, metamaterials, small-scale energy conversion, and sensing algorithms.
My goal is to implement these sensor advances to build safer and more efficient vehicles and systems. Sensor development allows us to perceive the world’s physical phenomena beyond what we are capable of now. Exciting!
Portfolio: I have had the pleasure of working on optical and acoustic sensing systems with Dr. Andrei Zagrai, Dr. Donghyeon Ryu, and many others as an undergraduate. Here are some of my projects that you can read more about:
ISS Guided Wave Experiment (SPIE SS/NDE Paper)
Mechanoluminescent Material Testing for Flexible Sensors
ISS Payload Mechanical Design (Conference Poster)
Bragg-Grating Optical Cable Pipe Flow Sensing (Conference Poster)
CubeSat Frame and Optical Sensor Packaging (Conference Poster)
Solar Direct-Contact Membrane Distillation(Capstone Project)
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