December 1, 2011

Mechatronics Lab graduate student wins 3rd prize in the Simulink Student Video Challenge.

Mathworks today announced its winners for the Simulink Student Video Challenge (See Here). The competition received 23 student entries. NYU-Poly graduate student Jared Alan Frank, who conducts his research in the Mechatronics Lab, won the 3rd prize for his submission "iPhone-Controlled Laboratory". Jared conducted his research under NSF's Research Experience for Teachers Site project at NYU-Poly. Since 2009, he has worked on the development of iPhone Apps for robot control in collaboration with NYC middle and high school teachers.
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September 20, 2011

ASME features our iPhone Apps for Robot Control (see video).

August 3, 2004

Dr. Ronald Occhiogrosso of HAFTR High and Middle School and Lennox Henry of Washington Irving High School were featured in the Daily News, August 3, 2004, demonstrating a SMART weather station balloon.

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July 22, 2004

Mr. Ram Avni of Middle College High School was featured in the Brooklyn Heights Press and Cobble Hill News, July 22, 2004, demonstrating a mobile robot with whiskers.

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July 20, 2004

Professor Vikram Kapila was featured on the front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 20, 2004, demonstrating an audio enabled Hexapod robot.

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March 1, 2004

Ms. Marlene McGarrity, a 2003 SMART alumni, wrote an article about her experiences in the SMART program. The article appeared online in tech-LEARNING, a resource for education technology leaders.

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November 25, 2003

Click here to read an article "Engineering Teacher Constructs Mechatronics Device," featuring Bob Gandolfo, a 2003 SMART alumni. The article recently appeared in Bob's school district newspaper, Plaintalk.

October 27, 2003

Sang-Hoon Lee, a member of Mechatronics @ Poly, appeared on the front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 27, 2003, demonstrating a Hexapod robot to the participants of 2003 student conference of National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST).

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August 6, 2003

A WABC news segment on the 2003 SMART program was broadcast on August 6, 2003.

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July 21, 2003

A NY1-News segment on the 2003 SMART program was broadcast on July 21, 2003.

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