<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Maysarah Sukkar's Portfolio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maysarah's Portfolio]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:25:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Award-Winning Automated Solar Panel Cleaner]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Lilypad: Floating Across a Solar Field Yousif Alhajji and I had an idea: a specialized system of robots that could clean an entire solar field without anyone lifting a finger. That idea became the Lilypad, and it won us an award at the 2026 MassRobotics Form &#38; Function Challenge, alongside the rest of Team Audentes: Wesley Cooke, Nathan Huang, Andres Permuy, Megha Venkatesam, and Kenneth D. Sebesta. The problem Solar prices have fallen steadily for two decades, but cleaning services...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/award-winning-automated-solar-panel-cleaner</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab599426e686d82873e3356</guid><category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_742e854d2558410fae77a1d9c40f7081~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supersonic CFD of a Mars Disk-Gap-Band Parachute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ansys Fluent · Onshape · SpaceClaim Introduction and Background In 1960, Clint Eckstrom developed the disk-gap-band (DGB) parachute [1]. Originally designed for high-altitude meteorology rockets, it has since become the parachute of choice for Mars lander missions. The DGB is well suited to supersonic speeds, has a low packing volume, and deploys stably. Advances in materials science, such as stronger Kevlar fabrics and threads, have also made it practical at higher speeds and larger scales....]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/supersonic-cfd-of-a-mars-disk-gap-band-parachute</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab59b461f93d48436e401bc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_1a0a58ee6ebe43bba23bf9e98648975a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_959,h_708,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Typhoon: A Polar Dual-Extruder 3D Printer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Typhoon: A Polar Dual-Extruder 3D Printer  Typhoon is a 3D printer built around a spinning bed and two independent nozzles. I designed and built it with Alexander Dornback as a graduate mechanical engineering project at Columbia. The goal was to make multi-material printing faster, cleaner, and far less wasteful. The problem: printing with more than one material Anyone who has printed in more than one material knows the aftermath: piles of tangled, multicolored purge strands and towers of...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/typhoon-a-polar-dual-extruder-3d-printer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab598411f93d48436e3fa97</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_24775ccc0cae4ed4b70fb015313c1ab0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small Vision-Based Rover]]></title><description><![CDATA[For my Industrial Automation class, my teammates Maxime Mobayed and Andres Permuy and I built a small vision-based inspection rover with web services.  	This semester-long build took a Raspberry Pi rover from raw motor commands to a web-controlled robot that reacts to QR codes. Each assignment added a layer on top of the last: motor abstraction, remote execution, web services, an operator HMI, and vision-triggered behavior. I did nearly all the development, deployment, and debugging from the...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/small-vision-based-rover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab59be20f6358bffa03d9a3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_a4b80e702efe459ca5e12fd16edc20c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision-Based Conveyor Sorting System]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industrial Automation, Columbia University | Spring 2026 Team: Andres Permuy, Maxime Mobayed, Maysarah Sukkar The full prototype: camera gantry, conveyor, rack-and-pinion bin sorter, and control board. Near the end of our Industrial Automation class, Maxime Mobayed, Andres Permuy, and I took on an extra credit project. In less than a week, we built a working proof of concept of a computer vision-enabled conveyor belt that detects, classifies, and sorts objects the way an industrial line...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/vision-based-conveyor-sorting-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ab598701f93d48436e3faf6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_9cebd73d7474486693d5cca027a516df~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glue Logic Safety System and Actuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[ME E4058 Mechatronics &#38; Embedded Microcomputer Control, Columbia University Team of 4 · Combinational logic · Safety-critical design Not every decision in an embedded system should run through the microcontroller. Firmware can hang, crash, or ship with a bug, and I/O pins cost money on every unit you build. This case study was about the layer between the processor and the real world: glue logic. That means small combinational circuits built from AND, OR, NOR, and XOR gates, which do their job...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/glue-logic-safety-system-and-actuation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf4494658226ab73497c1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_544e0099b5564637b79dc23bb255be67~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MagLev Control System]]></title><description><![CDATA[ME E4058 Mechatronics &#38; Embedded Microcomputer Control, Columbia University Team of 5 · Analog electronics · Feedback control The Problem Magnetic levitation is a classic unstable plant. The force between the electromagnet and the magnet increases as the gap closes, so any displacement feeds on itself: drift up and the pull increases, drift down and it weakens. Open loop, the system has a pole in the right half-plane, and the magnet either snaps to the coil or drops. Our goal was to close...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/maglev-control-system</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf45f860daee44b33ac32</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtube.com/shorts/oWO-WL8UgpU" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Haptics: Haptic Feedback for Robot-Assisted Endoscopy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Team: Maysarah Sukkar, Yousif Alhajji, Benjamin Pedi, Lily Snow, Kaedin Kurtz  Course: ME571 Medical Robotics, Boston University  Overview Robotic endoscopy separates the surgeon from what the instrument touches. Research consistently shows that force you can feel guides the hand more accurately than force you can only see. Happy Haptics sends contact forces from a mock endoscope to a pneumatic sleeve on the operator's arm, restoring a sense of touch. System Design Sensors: IMU with built-in...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/happy-haptics-haptic-feedback-for-robot-assisted-endoscopy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf40d860daee44b33ab74</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_7f732e45348c42c08375ba371706684b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_464,h_575,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[W.A.R. Machine: Omnidirectional Walking Assistive Robot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Team: Maysarah Sukkar, Lily Snow, Yousif Alhajji, Benjamin Pedi, Kaedin Kurtz Course: ME571 Medical Robotics, Boston University.  Overview Body-weight-supported treadmill training helps patients relearn to walk after a spinal cord injury or stroke. These systems are expensive, clinic-bound, and limited to straight-line motion. They never train sidestepping or pivoting, which daily life requires. The Walking Assistive Robot is a scale proof of concept for a foldable, home-friendly alternative...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/walking-rehabilitation-robot-scale-model</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf3e8860daee44b33ab24</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_5c11b303c5814460a5f1666cc35b3232~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Hands: Vision-Guided Finger Rehabilitation Sleeve]]></title><description><![CDATA[Team: Maysarah Sukkar, Yousif Alhajji, Benjamin Pedi, Lily Snow, Kaedin Kurtz Course: ME571 Medical Robotics, Boston University Overview Stroke and neurological patients rebuild hand function through repeated, guided movement. Mirror-therapy gloves already guide the impaired hand using the healthy one, but they require a second glove, which adds bulk and makes fitting harder. Happy Hands replaces the second glove with a webcam, so the healthy hand guides the impaired one without wearing...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/finger-rehabilitation-robot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf3b3860daee44b33aabb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:39:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKxkOVvhkQ" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Furuta Pendulum and Triple Pendulum]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a lead of the Nonlinear Control group's robotics team, I recently had the privilege of proposing a project of my own. Since Columbia's control system lecturers didn't have any hardware to test their students' projects, I decided it was prudent to develop a solution for them. Thus, I decided to make a Furuta pendulum after seeing a video by Ben Katz. I brought this idea up to my lab advisor, Professor Homayoon Beigi, who then remarked that I should make the system expandable to 3 links so...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/furuta-pendulum-and-triple-pendulum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf4b4aef6910f9dd7890d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:04:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_0181a9fad2f24736b813faacdeea1b03~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_746,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-Linear Control Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[During my first week at Columbia in the fall 2025 semester, I had the pleasure of meeting Professor Homayoon Beigi and being invited to join his lab. During this semester, I worked on controlling a robotic cart and arm using ROS2. 	The cart was built and developed by a fellow lab member, Onur Calisur, and he taught me a great deal about ROS2 and how to properly update and maintain the software on this mobile robot. My primary task was to make documentation about how to actually use the robot,...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/non-linear-control-group</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf4ddaef6910f9dd78989</guid><category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 22:53:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_a48e26e3353041c7a8f4a1e710bcee48~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_705,h_637,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bipedal Robot]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the fall 2025 semester at Columbia University, I began designing and building a bipedal robot inspired by the form of a walking UFO for MECE 4611: Robotics Studio. The goal of this ongoing project is to develop a compact, stable biped capable of dynamic motion and balance, using a mix of mechanical design, embedded control, simulation, and iterative testing. The robot has two four-degree-of-freedom legs, each with control over hip adduction, hip pitch, knee, and ankle. It is driven by...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/bipedal-robot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf428860daee44b33aba8</guid><category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:02:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_5198405376da41ccb6e1e0b4bd31de60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AgileX LIMO Motion Planning]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the fall 2024 semester at Boston University, our ME416 team — Miso Sukkar, Anvitha Nekkanti, and Aric Peng — was tasked with developing and testing path planning and control systems for the AgileX LIMO robot. The goal of the lab was to design feedforward and feedback controllers that would allow the robot to follow an optimal path, while also integrating motion capture data for real-time position correction and evaluation. Over the course of the lab, we explored the fundamentals of...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/agilex-limo-motion-planning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673c2950c8e1b24cf5c8ba70</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:32:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/ddHlA7uVzYQ" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Device Uplifting and Navigational Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the 2024–2025 academic year at Boston University, our senior design team, D.U.N.G. (Device Uplifting and Navigation Group), set out to tackle a challenge in general aviation: the difficulty of maneuvering aircraft within hangars. Traditional aircraft handling often requires several people, precise coordination, and a good deal of patience. Small misjudgments can lead to “hangar rash,” a term pilots use for damage that might look superficial but can be structural, and absolutely becomes...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/device-uplifting-and-navigational-group</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cdf38faef6910f9dd78695</guid><category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:30:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_4b72357401e54e1d82545e4ed7157863~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_720,h_566,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Quadruped Build]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the fall 2024 semester at BU, I was given the opportunity to build a project of my own at BU's RASTIC facility. I chose to build the Open Quadruped, initially designed by Maurice Rahme and Adham Elarabawy. This project was quite well documented and had very interesting design choices, such as the use of belts for leg actuation and 12-point Bezier Curves as part of a machine-learning reinforced gait. Their GitHub repos and an image of the finished project are below: Maurice Rahme:...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/open-quadruped-build</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673c288cc8e1b24cf5c8b812</guid><category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 03:53:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_0de1b465cd2848f18849f8798aa51ca0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Face Tracking Mirror Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the summer, I wondered if I could make a practical project that someone in my family could use. I also wanted to develop my programming skills, especially Python, as I had mainly used MATLAB during my undergraduate experience. 	After talking to my family about small problems I could solve, I landed on designing a mirror that tracked my mother's face so she could apply makeup with both hands without constantly readjusting the mirror. The solution to this problem was almost instantly...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/face-tracking-mirror-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6907ff3812b86a0f317c2984</guid><category><![CDATA[Recent]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:19:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_63452f81ab474f4b9d1af5e407e94c84~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[PCB Fabrication Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Collaborators:  Maysarah Sukkar, Yousif Alhajji With the recent opening of RASTIC, the need for in-house PCB (Printed Circuit Board)...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/pcb-fabrication-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">662006a6313620e7c24a3542</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_6598b52b5a1a4e46a4f6bb37551189ec~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[EK:210 Head Tracking Mouse Control Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Collaborators: Sarah Hanifin, Kaushik (KJ) Jasti, Jeremy Sajda, Maysarah (Miso) Sukkar This project aimed to create an accessible and...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/ek-210-head-tracking-mouse-control-project</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66200593b79ccbf8a7092bb5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:50:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_07e01878d15e47d69cc1a73963331305~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_437,h_502,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peltier Effect Combination Heater and Cooler]]></title><description><![CDATA[This project was born during a hackathon, where our team drew inspiration from a concept introduced by one of my professors. The...]]></description><link>https://www.maysarahsukkar.com/post/peltier-effect-combination-heater-and-cooler</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66200181ea4ee4d1a0a61846</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:39:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b85d8f_04cfed452eef4d9ebce398f0128b621a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Maysarah Sukkar</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>