Joshua Schapiro

Managing teams of software and bench test equipment engineers

- Principle Investigator for a small rover mission to the South Pole of the Moon. - Principle Investigator for two grants developing high‑power, wireless charging systems for lunar environments. - Technical point of contact for use of products for sales and proposals - Maintain consistency across projects using my products

- Principle Investigator for a small rover mission to the South Pole of the Moon. - Principle Investigator for two grants developing high‑power, wireless charging systems for lunar environments. - Developed system architecture of avionics, power, and communication system for large‑scale lunar rovers. – Conducted market research for small electronic systems in the space industry.

– Manage a team of up to 11 interdisciplinary US and NZ based engineers. – Organized and prioritized the teams efforts across development, support, and production efforts. – Work with stake holders across the company to gain knowledge of the company, industry and needs of the customers.

– Lead a team of up to 8 interdisciplinary US and NZ based engineers. – Organized and prioritized the teams efforts across development, support, and production efforts. – Work with stake holders across the company to gain knowledge of the company, industry and needs of the customers.

– Maintain a fleet of multi‐sensory inspection platforms as problems arise. – Implement small iterative changes to existing designs to improve reliability, ease of manufacture, and documentation.

- Making schools in rural Uganda safer, healthier and more productive learning environments for the students

ASC – Early stage prototyping ‐ Evaluating different technologies for use in product. – PCB Design for medication sensing , and user interface. XR2 – Continue development on a large pharmaceutical dispensing robot to ease manufacturing, reliability and inspection.

Design and Small-Scale Production of Environmental Monitors - Speck - Designed a low-cost, residential air quality monitor. Speck uses a graphic LCD with a touch screen to communicate data to its users as well as wifi and a data storage solution of my own design. After many pilot studies, Speck was patented, and commercialized with over 5k units sold. - CATTFish and Flamingo - Designed low-cost water quality monitors for residential and research purposes. Both monitors utilize custom waterproof sensors and data storage/transfer protocols of my design. After many pilot studies, both units were licensed to an outside firm by the university. - BreatheCam - Designed and implemented a network of outdoor time-lapse cameras around the city of Pittsburgh to monitor air quality. Designs ranged from IP cameras with custom mounting solutions to complete solutions using point and shoot cameras and embedded computers. Design and Small Pilot Study Implementation of Educational Tools - MindfulNest - Designed manipulatives to teach preschool children coping skills and how to be more mindful. Manipulatives were designed to pair with a tablet over Bluetooth to enhance the experience. - Message From Me - Designed self contained kiosks to send picture and audio messages from preschool children to their guardians. - HearMe Kiosks - Designed story telling kiosks to disseminate youth stories around the city of Pittsburgh. Design and Construction of Electric Vehicles - Community Conversions - Converted three cars to full-electric drive systems while designing a conversion kit side-by-side with local mechanics. - Super-Capacitor Research - Converted one car, and one pedal bicycle to a full-electric drive system with a hybrid energy management system containing both lead-acid batteries and Super-Capacitors.

Scaling of Speck Air Quality Monitor - Modified air quality monitor for ease of manufacturing, designed custom testing fixtures, automated calibration chamber and trained manufacturers how to manufacture them. Manufacturing facilities were arranged in both Pittsburgh PA, and Bangalore India. Design of Prototypes for New Products and Clients - Designed small scale prototypes for varying clients such as a VOC monitor, an air quality sensor capable of detecting ultra-fine particulates, and a sensor for furnace filters which was eventually produced in the 100,000's.