Click here to see my academic projects and research papers.
Big Projects (Individual Pages):
Piracy (Restoring an old 24′ sailboat)
Naval Architecture (plywood kayaks)
Industrial Archeology (Sitka WWII History)
Dumpster Diving
Small Projects:
Storage Trailer:
A quick before and after of a small storage trailer I bought and modified. The interior was boxed in to provide dry, secure storage for some of my “junk”. I also built a custom rack on the top to hold a ladder and a small sailboat hull (Styrofoam Sea Snark). The last step was some extra waterproofing added to the outside.
Model sailboat:
A homebuilt racing yacht… kind of. This one is less than a foot long and has yet to be fully rigged, but it’s been a fun project so far!
This is completely scratch-built, no plans or guides other than my own designs. The rigging should all function accurately, and it does float!
I haven’t decided if I want fractional or masthead rig yet. Once I get some sails on there I’ll put up some photos of it chasing ducks on local ponds.
The hull is carved from Basswood (on a crummy benchgrinder), with a metal keel. Aside from some craft-store accessories like anchors and blocks, everything is handmade.
Space-Age props for 1930s Space Opera Villains:
These are some laser gun props I made out of Ax-Man stuff for Halloween 2008.
Mini-Sailboat Trailer
This worked well enough, once, then needed new wheels installed.
Homebrew Wifi Repeater
This is left over from an abandoned plan to “bounce” wifi around Funter Bay. We did manage to get a signal to go a couple miles over water, but needed something like this to get it around a corner. The system is made from two Linksys bridges (one “in” and one “out”) in a waterproof box, with the option to attach directional antennas to each.
Academic Projects
A few examples of my research projects in Computer Science and related fields. These are mostly Acrobat PDF versions of the research papers.
Technical Review of Ohio AUM GIS. (2007)
Gabe Emerson.
A review paper covering the State of Ohio’s Abandoned Underground Mine Geographic Information System. This was my final project in Advanced GIS at the University of Minnesota (Geog 5563).
Analysis of Wireless Network Use in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. (2007)
Gabe Emerson.
An area-wide study I conducted in the spring of 2007 on the prevalence of WiFi security measures in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some of my best and most interesting academic work to date.
Analysis of Computational Agents for Connect-k Games. (2007)
Michael Levin, Jeff Deitch, Gabe Emerson, and Erik Shimshock.
An investigation and experimental evaluation of various artificial agents for connect-k type games. (Essentially, an AI approach for the Go-Moku and extended connect-4 family of board games)
Sudoku Puzzles as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem. (2006)
Aaron Christensen and Gabe Emerson.
Description of a simple CSP-based AI for for solving Sudoku logic puzzles.
Database Models for Geographic Information System Applications. (2006)
Gabriel Emerson
A simple survey of existing GIS database approaches and comparative benefits.
Implementation of Security in Multi-User Operating Systems (2004)
Gabe Emerson
Another simple survey and discussion of 2004-era computer security concerns.
Effects of WWII on Alaskan Economic Development and Infrastructure. (2004)
Gabe Emerson
An undergraduate research paper for UAF’s Northern Studies class. Follows the same type of research as my Sitka WWII history project from high school, but in a more formalized and professional format.
AMD 64-bit Architecture (2004)
Gabe Emerson
A review and discussion of the AMD64 platform from UAF’s computer architectures course. .
