High-Altitude Weather Balloon & PID Control
Jan 1, 2024
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A high-altitude balloon payload with sensor instrumentation and PID-controlled subsystems — an end-to-end exercise in embedded data acquisition and closed-loop control.
Authors
Ph.D. Engineer & Instructor of Record — Materials, Electrical & Civil Engineering
Stephen Timothy Gordon II is a Ph.D. engineer with interdisciplinary expertise across
electrical engineering, materials science, and civil engineering. His research develops
rapid electrical (ohmic) curing and additive manufacturing of fly-ash-based geopolymers,
and the electrical, dielectric, and inductive characterization of sustainable construction
materials. He has taught undergraduate engineering as Instructor of Record across seven
terms (300+ students) and is author or co-author of ten scholarly works — first author on two.