VRSS Labs
I have been working as a research assistant under PhD candidate Igarashi Takaharu as a part of Professor Karen Marais’ research lab for a year (August 2023 - Present). The project I worked on aims to develop an accident modeling framework to improve and inform construction in space. Our framework is called FLAPP (Framed and Layered Accident Pathogen Propogation Model). It reveals inter-player dynamics by providing a temporal as well as organizational dimension to visualize accident propagation.
Contributions under this:
FLAPP Framework Design-
My responsibilities involved applying the earlier model of the FLAPP framework to existing accidents in order to analyze them, and then work on improving the model.
Auto-generation App Development-
My responsibilities involved applying the earlier model of the FLAPP framework to existing accidents in order to analyze them, and then work on improving the modelMy primary role was to develop an automated graphic generator that can convert tabulated data regarding the accident into a FLAPP graphic. This solution allowed the team to dedicate their time and efforts to searching for suitable case studies and applying and analyzing them by automating the tedious task of creating a FLAPP Graphic by hand. I made this app in Java, using the Java Swing Library.
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To learn more about this lab, you can visit their website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/VRSS
