Inverted Pendulum on a Cart: Modelling, PID Control and Simscape Validation
Published:
Lagrangian model, PID control in MATLAB/Simulink, and validation against a SolidWorks-based Simscape Multibody model (Oct 2026, Dynamics).
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portfolio
Automated Fuel Level Detection and Refill System
ESP32-based fuel monitoring with automated alerts (Aug 2024 to Dec 2025, Sandvik internal project).
Smart Fuel Level Detection and Alarm System for Gensets
Automated IoT-based monitoring system designed for industrial generator sets to optimize fuel management and prevent operational bottlenecks during heavy equipment servicing.
Overhead Transmission Line Insulator Failure Detection
Trained a VGGNet-16 deep learning model to classify insulator conditions with 98% training accuracy.
Automated Water Refill and Pump System
STM32-based water level monitoring and refill system (Jun 2026, Embedded Systems).
publications
Detection and Classification of Overhead Transmission Line Insulation Using Deep Learning
Published in University of Mines and Technology (BSc Thesis), 2023
BSc thesis applying a VGGNet-16 deep learning model to classify insulator conditions for predictive maintenance.
Recommended citation: Sam, M. K. (2023). "Detection and Classification of Overhead Transmission Line Insulation Using Deep Learning." BSc Thesis, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana.
talks
teaching
Assistant Python Instructor
Summer program, Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering (ELiTE), 2019
Mentored high school students in Python fundamentals and developed simplified curricula for first-time programmers.