What I’m working on: GAKIT
I’m leading development on GAKIT, an internally funded research project at MSU-IIT. Here’s what we’re building.
lesterjessh.spaceNotes along
the way.
What I’m building, working on, and figuring out. Newest first.
Current
Research
2025
Hardware & ML Building a low-cost spectrophotometer
My thesis brought together a physical instrument and software for working with its measurements.
Geospatial Trying satellite data for landslide mapping
GeoSafe started as a prototype for the PhilSA Space Business Innovation Challenge. Here’s what the map is actually showing.
Embedded AI Running drowsiness detection on a microcontroller
A small CNN, a MAX78000 board, and the firmware to put them together.
2024
Embedded & ML From an infrared sensor to a 3D shape
A look at the scanner and classifier we presented at COIL in 2024.