Human-Machine Intelligent Systems Lab
The Lab's Work

Research

What follows is everything the lab has published or shown: peer-reviewed papers, conference posters, undergraduate research projects, and the occasional piece of software.

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Explainable AI

How can a machine show its reasoning, not just its answer? We work on visual and interactive tools that help students, teachers, and decision-makers see what is inside a model.

Developing Tools for AI Explainability

Michael Cummins, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2025

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Teaching & Learning

Most of our students learn by doing real research. The work below ranges from intelligent tutors that give feedback on student writing, to course tools that we and the rest of the college actually use.

RAG vs. Fine-Tuning in Math Education: Developing and Validating Mentir AI

Michael Cummins, Matt Latta, Claire Shoemaker, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2026

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Interactive AI Theater Presentation

Levi Fritz, Shannon Zura, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2026

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Biomedical ML

Machine learning where care actually happens: ECG, sleep, wearables, and the messy realities of clinical and lab data.

Minute and Subject-Level Sleep Apnea Detection Using an ECG-Based Machine Learning Pipeline

Andrei Bogdan, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2026

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Wireless, IoT, and Computer Vision

Lower-level systems work that supports the rest of what we do: secure IoT layers, sensor frameworks, and a few computer vision detours.

Automated Moon Crater Detection: Exploring Algorithmic and Neural Network Approaches

Dylan Melby, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2023

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RF IoT Security Layer

Jonas Ling, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2023

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UCPlaces: Campus Orientation App Using ArcGIS

Arthur Artene, Tristan Ashcroft, William M. Mongan

Ursinus Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA)2023

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