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Aerospace Engineering Lab
Aerospace Engineering Lab
In his aerospace engineering lab, Luigi had the chance to conduct experiments in a wind tunnel and water channel.
Arduino Lab
Arduino Lab
In this lab, Luigi learned how to code in C++ and interact with the world with Arduino. This class allowed Luigi to write the code for the automated runway quickly and efficiently. He drew inspiration from his technical direction class to use an optical rotary encoder to measure the rotations of the spool after learning about their application in automated performer flying winches on cruise ships from Jon Shimon. More about this project can be found on the 3D printing page.
3D Printed Glider
3D Printed Glider
Luigi designed, printed, and then threw a 100% 3D-printed glider as part of his Senior Aerospace Engineering Lab. He learned a lot from the experience that will improve his engineering abilities for the future. The glider had a 4-foot wingspan and weighed 2.2 pounds.
Machine Shop
Machine Shop
As a sophomore at UB, Luigi took an engineering machine shop class called EAS160. In this class, he learned how to use a manual mill and lathe while making a machinist's hammer from aluminum.
Wind Turbine
Wind Turbine
In his freshman engineering seminar, EAS199, Luigi participated in a group project to generate the most power from a wind turbine kit. Luigi's group generated the most power in his lab section due to the custom-implemented improvements to the kit, including new 3D-printed housing for the turbine and skateboard bearings to reduce friction.
Study Abroad in Germany
Study Abroad in Germany
In the summer of 2023, Luigi did a study abroad at Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), where he studied automotive engineering. While in Darmstadt, Luigi worked on a team that took the output from object detection algorithms used in self-driving cars and compared these outputs to the "ground truth," or object bounding boxes that were defined by a group of data analysts who went through the testing data and painstakingly identified each obstacle by hand to be then able to compare the results of object detection algorithms, and then made a scoring metric to "grade" how well each object detection algorithm works on the data set. Luigi was also in a class where he learned about the research from the PhD students at TU Darmstadt.
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