Jack Williams Email & Phone Number

Palmerston North, Wanganui-Manawatu, New Zealand

Project overview at GreenTech:Camera intrinsic calibration quantification and methodology development.- Developed mathematical understanding of camera intrinsic and wrote aPython program that could simulate how objects in a 3D environment would be captured by a pinhole camera model and render an image with simulated camera distortion.- Research into the methods and tools currently employed to calibrate camera intrinsic parameters and quantitively evaluate results.- Implemented fiducial marker calibration methods in the Python simulation for feature influence and accuracy evaluation. Identified important aspects of calibrations and developed a calibration procedure for the cameras used on Greentech’s autonomous weeding robots.

Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand

I have worked with the Ballistics & Personnel Protection Section of DTA as a research/engineering intern for over 35 weeks. Below are some of the projects I have worked on during my time at DTA:· Designed and integrated components for a flash array radiometer for weapon muzzle flash detection. Tested equipment during weapons trials and developed testing procedures for capturing muzzle flash signatures.· Data collection of hazardous gas and particle blowback during weapons trial.· Assisted with the testing and selection of a low-cost skin simulant for use in ballistic fragmentation lethality trials.· Crack evaluation of ballistic body armour plates using x-ray imaging to determine their durability and suitability for use by the NZ Army.