Research at Kettering - Agent Fate
Nicholas Alfonsi
Issue date: 3/1/10 Section: News
As co-op positions dwindle in the automotive field, Kettering students must turn new corners to find jobs. Research projects inside Kettering represent a growing employment opportunity for students. Among these projects is Agent Fate, led by Dr. Homayun Navaz of the Mechanical Engineering Dept.
The Agent Fate Team investigates the spread and persistence of chemical agents over time when released over various surfaces. Dr. Navaz and his team have developed a computer simulation program that mathematically predicts how chemical agents act on surfaces and substrates, both porous and non-porous. Combining these computer simulations and resulting data with an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) program and real-time environmental data, like wind and temperature, recorded in the field, the team has created an instrument that can predict the behavior of agents.
Dr. Ali Zand of the Chemistry Department oversees laboratory experiments to acquire data on the behavior of the agents. The data collected helps train the ANN program.
Agent Fate employs around twenty Kettering students at any time. Some students work in Agent Fate's downtown office, working with the computer simulations, while others work in Kettering's chemistry labs, conducting various experiments. During B section, eight students worked in the downtown office and seven students worked in the chemistry labs. And Agent Fate supports theses of graduating students. Travis Bethel and Jen Meyers work on Agent Fate theses this term in the Chemistry Department.
The Agent Fate Team investigates the spread and persistence of chemical agents over time when released over various surfaces. Dr. Navaz and his team have developed a computer simulation program that mathematically predicts how chemical agents act on surfaces and substrates, both porous and non-porous. Combining these computer simulations and resulting data with an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) program and real-time environmental data, like wind and temperature, recorded in the field, the team has created an instrument that can predict the behavior of agents.
Dr. Ali Zand of the Chemistry Department oversees laboratory experiments to acquire data on the behavior of the agents. The data collected helps train the ANN program.
Agent Fate employs around twenty Kettering students at any time. Some students work in Agent Fate's downtown office, working with the computer simulations, while others work in Kettering's chemistry labs, conducting various experiments. During B section, eight students worked in the downtown office and seven students worked in the chemistry labs. And Agent Fate supports theses of graduating students. Travis Bethel and Jen Meyers work on Agent Fate theses this term in the Chemistry Department.
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