Entries by Prof. McCarthy

Exponential Threat, Part 2

By Chris McCarthy, Edwin lords over the crew until Chase arrives. The backstory of Amanda’s conflict with Edwin comes out. And things go from bad to worse… Ambassador Trong walks onto the bridge of Amanda’s ship. His attaches, Liam and Sturgis, enter with him.  His pageant guard Maritha, walks just in front of him waving […]

Red Lines, Part 2

By Chris McCarthy Part 2: The Police Officer and Leo arrive at the house in Santa Ana. Leo remembers Celia, and finds himself in even deeper… They met randomly at a movie theater. They had both gone alone to a Thursday midday screening of Michael Keaton’s comeback film and critical darling, Birdman. Celia was not […]

Exponential Threat, Part 1

by Chris McCarthy Part 1: We find our heroes looking for help with a fast growing problem… Captain Amanda Markley looks through the thick pane of blast-proof glass in the lunchroom door. Inside the room, it’s silent. For now.  “What did you think the Magno in Magno-puppy meant?” Amanda asks.   Winston looks over his […]

Swimming Robot

Jiaji Li has completed the design, fabrication and testing of his Oar-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicle, better known as his Swimming Robot. The video below shows a rendering of the final design, testing of the coordination of the oars, which are driven in sets of three by two motors. And, finally, shows the robot swimming in […]

Red Lines, Part 1

By Chris McCarthy Part 1: From his perch in a luxury coffee shop, Leo spies on the man his ex-girlfriend left him for in search of answers, but when he just misses his chance to confront him, he finds himself face to face with a human trafficking victim and her captor and channels his toxic […]

Ruiqi Mao’s Panda Walker

This Eight-Legged Walker with two stepper motor drives controlled using a Bluetooth interface developed by Ruiqi Mao for his 2023 UCInspire project builds on work by Chenhao Liu, Jiaji Li and Ken Nguyen, and my senior project team of Tom Nguyen, Jonathan Chavez, Connor Linklater and Jonathan Lu. Chenhao Liu was a 2022 UCInspire fellow […]