In the United States, the word "earthquake" is extensively used. This natural disaster has a year-round impact on numerous states across the country. Earthquakes are simply more than a natural calamity; they also have a negative psychological impact. Earthquake safety measures are essential for ensuring citizens' safety. This paper proposes, a technique for evaluating earthquake safety activities and instructing individuals in selecting appropriate precautions. Earthquake protection using Reach.love plus Amazon Alexa is special in that it uses cutting-edge virtual reality technology. The platform developed by Reach.love takes earthquake prevention to a new and innovative direction. The feeling of presence in a VR headset linked within Reach.love, allows the user to feel that an earthquake is occurring right now. Additionally, each location includes audio instructions that explain what to do in specific scenarios. The user can practice and mentally train to respond appropriately when a real earthquake happens, comparable to a 3D drill. Finally, the user will be able to utilize Amazon Alexa for help within the rooms in Reach.love to improve the experience of earthquake safety training. For example, if the user speaks to Alexa during the simulation and says, "Alexa, turn off the audio instructions," Alexa will do so, and the user will no longer hear them. Alexa would be the user's personal assistant during the training of earthquake protection.

The Founders Lab is a team-focused, exploratory Barrett Thesis project that allows students the opportunity to discover and utilize their “inner entrepreneur”. This project empowers teams of students to come up with a business idea; create a strategic business model; conduct research on a target market; generate a brand style, logo, and other marketing-related materials; meet with business professionals as a way to receive feedback; and finalize a business plan with tangible deliverables. This project in particular focuses on the creation of an app that allows users to connect with others in competitive esports tournaments and participate in tutoring sessions for financial incentives. Throughout our experience participating in the Founders Lab, we were able to construct this business pitch.

Spatial audio can be especially useful for directing human attention. However, delivering spatial audio through speakers, rather than headphones that deliver audio directly to the ears, produces the issue of crosstalk, where sounds from each of the two speakers reach the opposite ear, inhibiting the spatialized effect. A research team at Meteor Studio has developed an algorithm called Xblock that solves this issue using a crosstalk cancellation technique. This thesis project expands upon the existing Xblock IoT system by providing a way to test the accuracy of the directionality of sounds generated with spatial audio. More specifically, the objective is to determine whether the usage of Xblock with smart speakers can provide generalized audio localization, which refers to the ability to detect a general direction of where a sound might be coming from. This project also expands upon the existing Xblock technique to integrate voice commands, where users can verbalize the name of a lost item using the phrase, “Find [item]”, and the IoT system will use spatial audio to guide them to it.

Spatial audio can be especially useful for directing human attention. However, delivering spatial audio through speakers, rather than headphones that deliver audio directly to the ears, produces the issue of crosstalk, where sounds from each of the two speakers reach the opposite ear, inhibiting the spatialized effect. A research team at Meteor Studio has developed an algorithm called Xblock that solves this issue using a crosstalk cancellation technique. This thesis project expands upon the existing Xblock IoT system by providing a way to test the accuracy of the directionality of sounds generated with spatial audio. More specifically, the objective is to determine whether the usage of Xblock with smart speakers can provide generalized audio localization, which refers to the ability to detect a general direction of where a sound might be coming from. This project also expands upon the existing Xblock technique to integrate voice commands, where users can verbalize the name of a lost item using the phrase, “Find [item]”, and the IoT system will use spatial audio to guide them to it.

Find My College is an app to help people who are interested in pursuing a collegiate degree; find a college/s that is right for them. This app is designed using the Ionic Framework, to allow access across all operating systems such as Android and MacOS. We wanted to create an app that people using Android or Apple can use, and this framework allows us to do that. The app is very user friendly and straightforward, which makes it usable to all types of people. It will be a free to use app that can be improved and adjusted if changes are needed/wanted.