Thomas Pierson

Hey! Thanks for visiting my website.

I'm currently researching at Los Alamos National Laboratory on ML methods and agent scaffolds in satelite data. I'm also working on a SPAR project to build robot benchmarks for safety with Robocurve (YC S26)

I am deferring grad school at Carnegie Mellon University because I want to work on AI and robot safety. I think that the time window for international colaboration on AI security is short. I was a part of the first Cambridge AI Safety Hub Hardware Security Cohort

I grew up in Albuquerque and finished my undergrad degree at New Mexico Tech. I built the first piezoelectric wafer testing experiment in space, which flew on the MISSE platform of the International Space Station this year. I also organized and led a team to win $10k in funding for a NASA competition to build an optical damage detection sensor. I've worked with AFRL, SNL, and NASA for intern/Co-Op positions during school.

I am always open to new projects or meeting new people, so feel free to reach out to me!

Portrait of Thomas Pierson

This picture was taken by my girlfriend Helena!

Updates...

Paper accepted to CV section of IMAC

"3D Neural Rendering for Automated Ultrasonic Laser Scans", lead author

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HuLC Innovation Award

NASA HuLC Innovation Award

The team I led won the innovation award at the NASA Human Lander Challenge.

Presentation Video (57:30)Proposal
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SPIE Paper Published

“Structural health monitoring payload for the MISSE platform on the International Space Station”

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MISSE experiment on the ISS

SHM Experiment Deployed to ISS

Part of the MISSE substation.

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AFRL Mentorship

Project leader of a team of interns for the Space Vehicles Directorate.