Designing a Strain Measurement System based on Circle Grid Analysis for Sheet Metal Forming Applications

Relmane Baptiste, is a 2014 graduate from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, specializing in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Baptiste designed a Strain Measurement System for his Senior Design Project. This design was based on Circle Grid Analysis for Sheet Metal Forming Applications, where he extensively utilized Multisim and Solidworks to complete his Senior Design Project. During his undergraduate studies, Mr. Baptiste also completed a workshop at NASA in Wallops Island, VA. The week-long workshop afforded himself and fellow participants the opportunity to build small scientific instrument payloads which were flown on a NASA sounding rocket. The experiments included a battery of sensors that captured environmental readings during flight. In addition to the workshop, Mr. Baptiste completed an internship with Booz Allen Hamilton in Linthicum Heights, MD. At Booz Allen Hamilton he performed research, test and analyses of Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) portable communication radios. Furthermore, he constructed, assembled and tested N-type coaxial cables for Rapydconnex communication system for administration and maintenance of critical communication systems. Mr. Baptiste is currently employed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD with CERDEC as a Modeling, Simulation and Test Engineer.