Master's Work — Jackson Jewett

For our design class, we were tasked with designing a high-rise mixed-use structure in the Hudson Yards site in New York City.

Dual-Core Optimization

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Concrete Optimization

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Optimized Concrete Testing

For our Design for Robotic Assembly course, we wanted to program our 6-axis robot to cut styrofoam blocks with a heated wire. Our hope was to cut geometries in a more accurate and faster method than a CNC mill.

Robotic Foam Cutting

For my Introduction to Making class at MIT, my teammates and I wanted to build a physical game we could play against a robot. We built a game like Pong, where you use paddles to try to knock a ball past the computer's "goal." I have included a vide

Analog Pong

During the Fall semester of 2017, our Structural Engineering master's cohort was organized into groups and tasked with designing a long-span roof over an existing courtyard on MIT campus.

Long-Span Roof

Optimized Cantilever

Topology Optimization

Delamination failure due to excessive radial forces in curved post-tensioned concrete members has been a problematic and under-appreciated design consideration in structures such as nuclear containment facilities. I built a tool in grasshopper that

Curved Post-Tensioned Concrete

Design of Steel Structures: Pedestrian Bridge

The CommUnity Bridge