Surveying Research

If you’d like to see some of the other work Daniel does at ITRE, here is another video (they are working on producing videos on the work they do to share with others):

http://youtu.be/UEhzM2hvzxc
 

License Plate Research

If you’re interested in some of the work that Daniel does, check out the link below which takes you to a video presentation of an experiment designed to test the readability of North Carolina's license plates with an Automatic License Plate Recognition system.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mg25Mm7n-I

Valencia, Spain

Daniel spent the past month in Valencia, Spain with a fellowship from the European Union at the Polytechnic University of Valencia as part of the Transatlantic Partnership for Excellence in Engineering.  The next series of blog posts will contain information from his trip.  I hope you enjoy them.  He also made a weekend trip to Porto, Portugal and went to Rome and Barcelona when I joined him for the last week.

The City of Arts and Sciences:






Torres de Serranos (Serrano Towers - gate of the medieval city wall):


Beautiful city street:


Central Market:

Generational Picture - Daniel & Sophia

Generational picture from Grandma Jane's house of Daniel and Sophia opening presents:

Sophia and Daniel at approximately 2 years old


Left - Sophia in Grandma Jane's Family Room, January 7, 2012
Right - Daniel in Grandma Jane's Living Room, October 1985

Daniel's Graduation

Sorry it's been a while since our last post. Daniel graduated with his PhD in Civil Engineering last month:

Push-ups with Daddy

http://youtu.be/IMp3EqzrOk4

Another Photo from the 4th of July in Robbinsville....

Courtesy of Julie's photography skills:

Transportation Print from GE Plant in Erie, PA

Grandma Jane recently gave Daniel a print from his grandpa that hung in his office.  It's print showing various modes of transportation from hot air balloons to trains to bicycles and more.  The print represents a mural that was painted in the building that grandpa helped design.  The print now proudly hangs in Daniel's office where he works as a transportation engineer.

Sophia and the Blue Car

Daniel (October 1984) and Sophia (June 2011)

A Day at the Park....

Daniel and Sophia at Urban Park and Godbold Park in Cary:

Godbold Park:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMwv9tB8J0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bkq8begZzY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QorNXH5hJ8

Urban Park:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbZVCdgmWdU

Push-ups

Sophia joining Daniel for push-ups:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VFM1Z9wFDw

Marla Dorrel Park - Town of Cary - Amy, Daniel, & Sophia

Sophia & Daniel at 1 Year

Happy Holidays!

Daniel with Training Wheels (October 1987)

Let's hope that Sophia doesn't try to constantly test the limits like Daniel did:

Daniel & Sophia

Sophia and Daniel on April 2, 2010 and August 6, 2010

(Thanks to Julie for taking the picture and recognizing that it was the same shirt and position as the first one)

Aqua Skipper on Lake Santeelah

Daniel rode the Aqua Skipper on Lake Santeelah last weekend.

2010-2011 NC State Recreation Guide

We made page 20 of NC State's 2010-2011 Recreation Guide!  I think this was from several years ago from one of the group fitness classes right after the new wing of the gym opened.

2010-2011 NCSU Recreation Guide

Brisbane, Australia - Aussie Rules Football Game

Daniel with the winning sign and jersey

The Gabba Stadium

Daniel went to a couple of AFL (Aussie Rules Football) games in Australia.  Once in Adelaide to see the Adelaide Crows beat the #1 ranked Geelong Cats and once in Brisbane at the Gabba to see a close loss of the hometown Lions to the Melbourne Demons.  During halftime, the cameras at the game searched the stadium for someone holding the "GOAL" sign and that person turned out to be Daniel.  So, he went down the edge of the field for a video on the jumbo screen to collect his free jersey and $100.

Adelaide - Australia Study Abroad Trip

Daniel in front of the Indian Ocean at Glenelg, which is the last stop of the city tram from Adelaide (just 100 yards from the beach)

Pier at Glenelg

View from Pedestrian Bridge to Adelaide University

Giant paint spill at the Fowlers Lion Factory

Flowers in the park

View of the flowers from below