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Contact

E: jamesryancoleman@gmail.com
L: ca.linkedin.com/in/jamesrcoleman
T: (646)710-0164

Profile

- Developed smart-room prototype to enhance quality of life for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), studied its effectiveness in a lab setting
- Won NASA 3D printed habitat challenge, integrated systems and provided electrical support
- Taught month-long seminar on smart-building technologies at MIT
- Developed sensor network for air quality monitoring at Princeton University
​- Deployed sensors and analyzed in-situ thermal performance of green-roof assemblies

​Skills

Hardware Prototyping
Eagle, PCB milling, PCB printing (Voltera), hand & reflow soldering, Particle.io, Arduino, Raspberry Pi

​Mechanical Prototyping
Design: Fusion, Rhino
Fab: 3D printing, CNC routing, laser cutting, wood working

Data Collection + Analysis
TimeScaleDB, InfluxDB, Pandas (python), Excel, ArcGIS

Data Visualization
D3 (JS), Matplotlib (python), Grafana, Power BI

Languages
Golang, Python, Javascript, SQL, C/C++ (embedded)

Publications

“Development of a Novel Emergency Department Mapping Tool.” Health Environments Research and Design Journal. 2019. 

“Sensing of Indoor Air Quality—Characterization of Spatial and Temporal Pollutant Evolution Through Distributed Sensing.” Frontiers in Built Environment 4. 2018.

“Examining Architectural Air and Temperature with Novel Sensing Techniques.” Energy Procedia, CISBAT. 2017.
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“Exploring Potentialities of Energy-Connected Buildings: Performance Assessment of an Innovative Low-Exergy Design Concept for a Building Heating Supply System.” Energy Procedia, CISBAT. 2017.​

Education

School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo            
(2013-Present)

Urban Planning at the University of Waterloo
(2012-2013)

Experience

IoT Developer: Smart Building Specialist
​AI SpaceFactory
(September 2017 - present)
​- Executed 100K grant to develop smart-room prototype to mitigate environmental sensitivities in children with ASD
- Combined environmental data with bio-signal data to assess effectiveness and potency of environmental changes
- Integrated bespoke and consumer smart-building technology
- Integrated industrial robot and custom hydraulic lift to win NASA 3D printed challenge
- Manage electrical engineer & computer vision engineer
- Coordinate industrial design and prototypes
- Contribute to industry guides and publications

IAP Lecturer
MIT
(Jan. 2018)
- Co-taught classes on the history, design, and construction of smart-buildings
- Taught essential software and electrical engineering needed to build IoT final project (Cloud connected sensor and actuator)

​Sensor Developer + Researcher
Princeton University - C.H.A.O.S. Lab 
(Jan. - August 2017)- Developed sensor network for measuring air quality
- Built data acquisition infrastructure
- Equipped sustainability pavilion with devices to provide feedback on the levels of energy being harvested on site
- Delivered sensing solutions for research projects in the lab
- Carried out data analysis and published findings
Research Intern
KieranTimberlake 
(May - Aug. 2016)
(Sept. - Dec. 2015)- Conducted novel Post Occupancy Analysis of urban hospitals Emergency Department
- Studied thermal performance of different green-roof assemblies through 4D analysis of soil and interior temperatures coupled with weather conditions
- Testing, design, procurement, and fabrication of       experimental tools and measuring devices
- Data analysis and visualization