Dominic Keeler

Design, test and Launch 8-10 ft. high-powered rockets.

• Write and present proposal for design and funding of high-powered rocket for NASAs Student Launch Initiative National Competition.
• Oversee and instruct team of 12 as they design, build, test and launch high-powered rockets to reach an altitude of over 3500 ft.
• Build a payload to accomplish tasks upon landing. The payload for the 2022-23 school year righted itself upon landing and took photos of the surrounding landscape.

• Research alternative battery anode materials to identify those having the best viability and retention under various experimental conditions of battery cycling.
• Analyze data and write up findings.
• Present findings to fellow ESRP participants and experts in the field.

• Design and build robots for FIRST Robotics competitions.
• Compete at FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC ) competitions. At regionals, the Whitney Young Robophins team won the Inspire and other awards for the last 3 years advancing to the Illinois State Competition.
• Mentored the Ruggles Elementary School FIRST LEGO Robotics Team to help them prepare for the Illinois State Competition. At the state competition, the Ruggles team won the Innovation Project Award.
• Conduct education and outreach through webinar presentations on CAD to over 100 middle school and high school students for the last two years. This year the webinars reached students throughout the Chicago Metro area, Wisconsin, Jamaica and Nigeria.
• Conduct exhibits and presentations at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and community colleges to over 1000 people.
  

Built and programmed a CNC drill press based around the Mini Rambo board to carve parts from plywood for use in FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robots and Whitney Young Aerospace Club rockets.

• Summer 2022 - Worked with a team to build and program a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) & FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robot from non-traditional parts which made use of encoders, sensors, object detection, and programming to travel in a perfect square by autonomous remote control.
• Summer of 2023 - Worked with a partner to design, creation, and documentation of a robot to balance on a single sphere through sensor inputs.

Created and programmed the Ice Duck chess engine to use artificial intelligence techniques and search methods to play chess against humans or other bots.