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		<title>Past Project: Input Shaper Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my ME degree from Georgia Tech, I had to take a class called Experimental Engineering (ME 4055). It was a senior level class where students worked in teams to complete a project that mimicked the research cycle of a PhD student or professor. The team was required to design and conduct a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Track Cycling Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, I began cycling at the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point. It has been some of the most intense and exciting racing ever. I have been participating in the Monday nights &#8220;Advanced Training&#8221; and then the weekly training races. All competitors are split into 4 groups: A, B, C, D, each decreasing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SLAM-5 Bot part 2: the control algorithm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After assembling the hardware for my SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) robot, I set about to write the code which controls the drive motors, senses obstacles, and records the robot&#8217;s path. Lego&#8217;s NXT kit comes with a rather basic visual programming language called NXT-G. This program, which constructs programs by creating essentially flow charts, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting In From The FIRST Lego Robotics Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month the FIRST Robotics National Championship was held at the Georgia Dome, only several blocks from my house, so I ventured over to report on the events lasting from Wednesday to Saturday. The entire extravaganza was sponsored by Vex, Lego, and NASA, amongst others. The National Championship in Atlanta is the culmination of regional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Science and My Octane Barista Certification</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I regularly find myself explaining to people about my experiences working at the most forward-thinking coffee shop in the city. To paraphrase my usual explanation: &#8220;Octane Coffee is dedicated to a continual evolution toward providing the best coffee possible by endlessly educating its employees and customers about the many facets of coffee cultivation, production, and [...]]]></description>
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