Ryan D’Amore

Ryan D’Amore

Ryan is a Senior pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with a mechanical concentration. Last year he combined his interest in biodegradable polymers with his interest in Crocs (shoes). He designed, built and tested Crocs made from biodegradable plastics....
Sean  McNamara

Sean McNamara

Sean was a developing the next generation of Neural Prosthesis. His design will be more robust than previous versions making it suitable for testing with patients.  The design uses as artificial neural network to control the timing of a functional electrical...
Jake Toney

Jake Toney

Jake graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Concentration in Spring 2022.  He is used mathematical modeling to characterize the performance of a glass blowing furnace at the Jackson County Green Energy Park (JCEP).  Using these model he...
Pablo Valenzuela

Pablo Valenzuela

Pablo earned a MS in Technology degree from WCU in 2021. He developed the fourth generation neural prosthesis that included the addition of a neural network and machine learning to enhance the artificial intelligence (AI) of the device. Prior to this he earned a BS in...
Lindsey McGregor

Lindsey McGregor

Lindsey worked with our group to study how combustible fuel can be produced from organic waste.  She created computational models to characterize the performance of a small scale biodigester (anaerobic digestor) located at the Jackson County Green Energy Park (JCEP). ...