Michael
William
Terry

Designing and building the next generation of robotic systems for Google's datacenters

Awards: Bronze Tablet, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, 8x Dean's List, James Scholar

Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity: Vice President, Rush Chairman, Academic Chairman, Standards Board | Joe's Brewery: Kitchen Manager | Ewoldt Research Group: Volunteer Student Researcher | Illini Motorsports: Drivetrain Subteam

• Designed Rube Goldberg machine to navigate marble through 12 steps of distinct motion (linear, rotary, airborne, etc.) and successfully turn on lightbulb
• Conducted DOE testing procedures for airborne step to increase accuracy to 100% Watch Demo

• Utilized Beautiful Soup to parse CNBC article links for title and text, used NLP to denote an index to article
• Implemented machine learning algorithm to accurately predict stock behavior based on article index

• Built a scrolling seven segment display using logic gates to coordinate LED sequences and audio playback
• Utilized shift registers for sequential data flow and 555-timer oscillators to drive speaker output frequencies
• Validated logic in Multisim before breadboarding the final prototype

The automatic s'mores maker ingested full, unwrapped chocolate bars, graham crackers, and marshmallows. It roasted the marshmallow with a blowtorch, broke the graham crackers in half, and stacked the cracker-chocolate-marshmallow-cracker treat.

• Selected as the sole Sophomore leader out of a mixed class of 22 students (including Juniors & Seniors) to project-manage the semester-long Vex Robotics build
• Organized students into groups; created and assigned subtasks based on areas of expertise
• Facilitated communication and engineering collaboration between groups to ensure project stayed on track
• Led weekly progress meetings and provided technical guidance to teams facing design challenges
• Provided monthly updates to teacher on project progress and challenges
• Coordinated final presentation and demonstration of working prototype to engineering department

• Designed and assembled fixed work-cell environment for testing on 'container used for Google's automation'
• Created fiducials and wrote 15 FANUC programs for testing
• Created 4 computer vision programs which identify fiducial to 100% success rate; tested 800+ times to identify failure modes
• Cycle tested work-cell environment 2,000+ times, gathered data on potential wear and tear of components
• Completed ESD testing on container and made recommendations for improvements based on results

• Designed and 3D printed proof-of-concept protypes of parts to increase operator safety on lamination machines
• Developed and installed visual management boards to track productivity, safety, cost, maintenance, and quality at slitting, lamination, pouching, and press machines

• Compiled master list of 2,500+ recent acquisitions to expedite information lookup, removing duplicates and normalizing entries
• Identified discrepancies between current employee information and outdated org-chart and made corrections accordingly
• Prepared precedent transaction analysis and comparable company analysis for sell-side clients

• Created list of 167 potential assay kits for protein spherical nucleic acid model based on analyte, readout, and cell permeability
• Conceptually developed 5 live cell assays for intracellular measurement of butyrate, glycine, malate, lysine, and thiamine
• Received International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding High School Researcher Award