Interests in
prosthetics, rehabilitation,
and metamaterials
4.5 years of
data, sensor, and engineering
research
Researched under Dr.
Eleonora Tubaldi, Dr. Ken Kiger, Dr.
Daile Zhang, Dr. Ryan Said, Dr.
Jarred Young, and more
Research is all about exploring the unknown and
learning along the journey. My goal is to be at
the forefront of technological innovation and
uncover new technologies to help as many people
as possible. Although I understand that I have a
long way to go, I am determined to gain as much
research experience as possible to prepare
myself for my desired career in research.
Education
Teaching Fellow -
ENES100 (Introduction to Engineering
Design)
Former Academic Peer
Mentor for CHEM135 (General
Chemistry for Engineers)
I am blessed to have
had passionate and caring teachers my entire
life. I strive to one day match these teachers'
immensely positive impacts on countless
students. I plan to gain experience in research
and education to assist in my voyage of becoming
a professor.
Machine
Learning (ML)
ML Classification of
satellite lightning data
Presented ML Research
at 2023 American Meteorological
Society (AMS)
Machine Learning is a
very efficient means of unveiling connections
between data types. As data continues to
explode, the power of ML grows exponentially.
Being useful across almost every discipline of
science and research, ML is a valuable skill I
am trying to learn more every day.
Experience
University of Maryland,
College Park - Tubaldi Lab
Feb 2024 - Present
Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Maryland Robotics Center Fellow
- Bistable Arch Research
ThermaHive LLC, Glen Burnie, MD
May 2025 - Present
R&D Mechanical Engineer
- Temperature Controlled Beehive
National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) - Engineering
Lab
June 2024 - Apr 2025
Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship - 3D Sensor Noise Research
Space Power and Propulsion
Laboratory, College Park MD
Sept 2023 - Apr 2025
Research Assistant - Plasma
Propulsion Research
UMD Earth System Science
Interdisciplinary Center, College
Park, MD
June 2021 - May 2023, Sept 2023 -
May 2024, Sept 2024 - Dec 2024
Undergraduate Research
Assistant
- Atmospheric Electricity
Research Team
Vaisala
United States
Headquarters, Boulder, CO
May 2023 - Aug 2023
Giant Leap Intern - Lightning
Sensor
Data Analysis
UMD
Keystone Department, College
Park, MD
Aug 2023 - Present
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow
-
Introduction to Engineering
Design
UMD
Vertically Integrated
Projects, College Park, MD
Jan 2024 - Present
At-Home Fluids Research
Project -
Lead (Boundary Layer + Arduino)
UMD
Chemistry Department
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Academic Peer Mentor -
Chemistry
for
Engineers
Conference Publications
First Author - 2023 AMS - Terrence
Pierce, Daile Zhang,
“Developing a Blended Lightning Dataset and its
Applications”, American Meteorological
Society, Denver, CO, 2023
First Author - SPIE 2025 - Terrence
Pierce, Prem
Rachakonda, “Investigating the factors that influence 3D
stereo depth sensor noise”, SPIE, Orlando, FL,
2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3052823
Presenting Author - ASEE 2025 - Ken Kiger, Terrence
Pierce, et al., “Go with the Flow! Design and testing of
a modular kit for at-home hands-on fluid dynamics
instruction”, American Society for Engineering
Education, Montreal, Canada, 2025, DOI: http://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56666
Oral Presentations
Presenting Author - 2023 AMS - Terrence
Pierce, Daile
Zhang, “Developing a Blended Lightning Dataset and its
Applications”, American Meteorological
Society, Denver, CO, 2023
Presenting Author - SPIE 2025 - Terrence
Pierce, Prem
Rachakonda, “Investigating the factors that influence 3D
stereo depth sensor noise”, SPIE, Orlando, FL,
2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3052823
Presenting Author - ASEE 2025 - Ken Kiger, Terrence
Pierce, et al., “Go with the Flow! Design and testing of
a modular kit for at-home hands-on fluid dynamics
instruction”, American Society for Engineering
Education, Montreal, Canada, 2025, DOI: http://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--56666
Presenting Author - Invited Talk at Cooperative
Institute
Mid-term Review - Developing a Blended Lightning
Dataset
and
its Applications
Author - SMT 2025 - Michael Bonthron, Daria Holoman,
Terrence
Pierce, Eleonora Tubaldi, “New Stability
and Equilibria of 2D Metamaterials of Bistable
Elements”, American Physical Society, Anaheim, CA,
2025
Author - APS 2024 - Ken Kiger, Terrence
Pierce, et
al.,
“Go with the Flow! Empowering hands-on individual
fluid
dynamics education”, American
Physical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, 2024
Author - 2022 GLM Annual Science Team Meeting -
Developing a
Raspberry Pi-based Camera Network and Its
Applications
Poster Presentations
Presenting Author - 2024 AGU - Terrence
Pierce,
Daile
Zhang, Joseph Patton, “Combined Sensor Analysis of
Electrical Behavior for Thunderstorms in the
MidAtlantic
Region”, American Geophysical Union, Washington
D.C.,
2024
Presenting Author - 2023 AGU - Ryan Said, Terrence
Pierce, Martin Murphy, “A Sensor-Level Analysis of
Higher Effective Peak Current of Intracloud pulses
in GLD360 relative to the NLDN”, American
Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Presenting Author - 2021 AGU - Terrence
Pierce, Daile Zhang, et al., “A Case
Study Inter-comparing MALMA and GLM”, American
Geophysical Union, New
Orleans, LA, 2021
Author - 2022 AGU - Daile Zhang, Terrence
Pierce, et al., “Developing &
Deploying
Tools to Better Observe Lightning in the Washington
DC
Area
& Beyond”, American Geophysical Union, Chicago, IL,
2022
