Bennet Outland

Curriculum Vitae

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Orbital Dynamics Research

I am currently studying the lifetimes of solar systems similar to those observed by the Kepler space telescope. While this is interesting from a fundamental science perspective, it also helps indicate the age of the solar systems we observe and how stable they are. I programmed a multiprocessing N‑planet application, used in concert with the Rebound package developed by (Rein et al.), to simulate planetary systems in parallel, which generated the novel datasets for this research.

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GitHub

I love creating open source projects! Please click the Octocat to look at my GitHub page. There, you can see the projects that I have worked on and possibly some projects in development!

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Robotics

I am passionate about robotic systems and their design! The image above is a code flowchart of a project I did in my Freshman year for an autonomous vehicle traversing through a course! I am a member of the Rocker Robotics club at South Dakota Mines. Specifcally, I have interest in autonomous systems and robotic simulation.

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Music

When I am not programming, I enjoy listening to and making music! I sing both tenor and bass ocassionally at Westminster Presbyterian. I also play the viola in the South Dakota Mines Orchestra and was a member of the String Theory small ensemble.

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Quotes and Passages I Like

“Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible.”
― Alan Turing

So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
(1 Corinthians 14:9)

“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, ”
(1 Peter 3:15)

“...Elementary does not mean easy to understand. Elementary means that very little is required to know ahead of time in order to understand it, except to have an infinite amount of intelligence.”
― Richard Feynman

“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.”
― Stephen Hawking

“I am not a visionary. I'm an engineer. I'm happy with the people who are wandering around looking at the stars but I am looking at the ground and I want to fix the pothole before I fall in.”
― Linus Torvalds

“A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.”
― Grace Hopper

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.””
(Matthew 28: 18-20)

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