I'm a researcher at the MIT Agelab, wearing many hats - I dive into all types of automotive systems. Part mechanical engineer, part electrical engineer, mixing in some research and devleopment to taste. My interest and enjoyment in the automotive world stems from a childhood obsession with cars - not just looking at them, but working on and driving them too, hard.

Technical/Research Associate @ • Independently conceived, prototyped, built, iterated and tested RIDER, Real-time Intelligent Driving Environment Recording System. A new compact automotive data logging platform to capture GPS, Acceleration, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, Vehicle Telemetry Data throughout differing data types including CANbus data - along with audio and four HD video streams and IR vision with the ability to expand to new sensors. Built simple python scripts to test sensors/hardware. Capable of running computer vision algorithms for face/eye/road/object detection. • Continued development, support and expanding capabilities of the AgeLab AwareCar instrumented vehicle fleet and driving simulator. Including but not limited to installing, initializing, troubleshooting, and validating embedded instrumentation. While gaining vehicle telemetry data from hacked CANbus. • Assists the AgeLab staff with volunteer subject data collection in laboratory, simulation, field, and naturalistic experiments. • Performs data analysis on large data sets stored in SQL database, creating technical documentation for instrumentation set ups, forming and executing test plans, and assisting with the development of experimental protocols. • Collaborates with outside entities such as research groups, PhD and undergraduate students, software/hardware developers, prototype/manufacturing labs and workshops to further driver safety research globally. From May 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Greater Boston AreaMetallurgy Lab Technician/Research Assistant @ • Assisted Distinguished Professor Joseph Goldstein, Post Doctoral fellow and other undergraduate researchers in performing metallurgical experiments to form the Tetrataenite phase of Iron-Nickel found in meteorites. Research funded by ARPA-E. • Set up, calibrated, measured output from new and old furnaces. • Gained knowledge of grinding, polishing and etching techniques for use in optical microscopy and spectroscopy. From December 2012 to April 2013 (5 months) Intern @ • Performed experiments to collect and evaluate data from process equipment. Gained experience with sputter coating and SEM analysis, along with tensile testing machines. • Assisted other Engineers to conceive, design and build specialty electrical and electromechanical assemblies to add functionality and analytical capability to process instruments. • Interfaced regularly with technical colleagues to present and review results. • Maintained careful and accurate records of project activities including standard operating procedures for Lab Notebooks. • Troubleshooted technical problems within R&D and Manufacturing as needed. • Interacted with vendors/suppliers From July 2011 to September 2011 (3 months)

BS, Mechanical Engineering @ University of Massachusetts, Amherst From 2009 to 2013 EMT, Basic Trained @ Northeastern University From 2010 to 2010 Newton North High School From 2004 to 2008 Daniel Brown is skilled in: Matlab, Solidworks, ANSYS, Thermodynamics, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, MathCAD, Pro Engineer, Teamwork, Team Leadership, Materials Science, Tensile Testing, PowerPoint, Finite Element Analysis, Embedded Systems