Inverted Pendulum

Team: Reed Cao, Robert Herkenham, Ryan Meredith, and Stan Smith

 

 

 

 

 

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Reed Cao

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Robert Herkenham

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Ryan Meredith

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Stan Smith

Reed Cao - The 20 year old 5'11" junior is a true-blood Troylet (born and raised in Troy, MI). With his roaring laughter, this man added some much needed comic relief to the group. During his free time (and also times people would consider work time), Reed can be found playing video games, checking his fantasy football stats, or browsing Imgur. For this project he was the YouTube liaison, utilizing a screen capture system to upload vPython simulations.

Robert "Buddy" Herkenham - The 20 year old 6'2" junior, from Burnt Hills NY, is the only non-Troy native in the group and tasked with the challenge of melding into the Troy locals group here at U of M. One semester later, this man is now considered an honorary Troylet. When Buddy has free time, you would think he would utilize it for something interesting - but instead he just runs a lot. Worked on the website and vPython portions of our project. Also kept Ryan company via Facebook during the project and was the team photographer.

Sir Ryan Meredith - The 20 year old 5'5" junior is the brains of this operation. From his humble beginnings in Troy, Michigan, this man has been able to shock the world with his wits and looks. He enjoys watching YouTube videos in his free time. For this project, Ryan was the go-to guy. His work includes but is not limited to: developing the website design and content, creating the first vPython Simulation, incorporating Pole-Zeros to the GUI, and developing a Matlab script to plot various graphs.

Stanley Smith - This 20 year and 355 day old 6'2" junior also HAILs from Troy, Michigan. He is a member of the prestigious Michigan Marching Band, and enjoys browsing reddit in his free time. For this project Stan was the Matlab guru, developing the Simulink Simulation of the Inverted Pendulum, as well as creating the Matlab GUI.