Aidan Whelan Email & Phone Number

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Leading the technical design, development, manufacture, deployment, maintenance, and evolution of the Televagal PhysioCam — a novel, non-contact sensor for evaluating the nervous system.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

• IU Socioneural Physiology Lab
• Managed a team of 3-5 research assistants
• Designed, constructed, and ran experiments with consenting and informed human subjects
• Conducted research for creating empirical measures of trust between humans and Artificial Intelligence
• Created programs in Python for analyzing a corpus of high-resolution facial video files and synchronized cardiac pulse data to identify focused regions of interest for non-contact (camera-based) cardiac pulse.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

• Explored techniques for more efficient training of convolutional neural networks by analyzing characteristics of high-yield training set images
• Improved image classification model performance by expanding training sets x16 with image manipulation
• Presented weekly progress reports to a faculty advisor, PhD assistants, and fellow student researchers

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

• Directed a team of students and managed team deliverables to provide extracurricular opportunities for student engagement
• Organized IU faculty, staff, and students to create safe, virtual engagement opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Led the development and implementation of the Luddy School's official student orientation, an event attended by approximately 150 new students and comprised of collaborative design competitions, information sessions.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Developed deep learning techniques for classifying behaviors in the brain using 1D convolutional neural networks
• Built an interactive sculpture system to respond to prefrontal cortex activity using a limited electroencephalography (EEG) sensor
• Co-authored published research on the effects of EEG sensor montage, sample length, and time/frequency domain interpretations when classifying mental states using convolutional neural networksMay 2018 - May 2021.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Assisted professors in the instruction and management of Intelligent Systems Engineering courses
• Held weekly scheduled office hours for assisting students
• Provided assistance for students in lectures and labs, emphasizing critical thinking and strategic problem-solving
• Guided teams of students through semester design projects, including schedule management, distribution of responsibilities, and the presentation of findings in a research symposiumENGR E-101: Innovation and Design.

Bloomington

• Maintained a fabrication lab facility in the Teter Living Learning Center, a unique makerspace facility located in a campus residence hall
• Assisted freshmen majoring in Informatics, Computer Science, and Intelligent Systems Engineering students in navigating their respective programs
• Helped facilitate group travel to company site visits, introducing IU students to the technology industry
• Participated as a panelist in the interview process for new directorial candidates for the Teter Living Learning Center

Bloomington, Indiana Area

As a Fabrication Lab Technicial in REDlab — an Indiana University makerspace designed to support engineering education and research efforts — I implemented safety measures in the fabrication lab workspace, assisted visitors in the operation of fabrication machines, and maintained and trained in the use of fabrication machines including 3D printers (SLA.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

• Served as an instructor in the Pre-College Guitar Academy at the prestigious IU Jacobs School of Music
• Taught classical guitar to students aged 10-17 in weekly or semi-weekly lessons using the Suzuki guitar method
• Prepared one graduating student for conservatory auditions with advanced guitar works and techniques; student was accepted at the Eastman School of Music at the University of.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

As an Audience Development Intern in the IU Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance, my responsibilities included the promotion of upcoming productions, communication with donors, and creating digital graphics for show credits.

Master Of Science - Ms, Intelligent Systems Engineering, Cyber-Physical Systems Concentration

Concentration: Intelligent Systems

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Intelligent Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Hutton Honors College; IES International Study Program, London, England (Summer 2018); Hutton International.