Mission:

Autonomous mobile robots will help with critical, labor intensive, and dangerous tasks in the construction, electric power, defense, and manufacturing industries. This will greatly reduce potential injuries and death while improving productivity and workers' overall quality of life. Unfortunately, technical challenges in both hardware and software currently limit this vision in many application areas. As an experienced and proficient roboticist, my research mission is to make this vision reality by using model-based approaches to create new hardware and intelligent software for this next generation of autonomous robots.

Research Interests:

Autonomous manipulation, autonomous trajectory generation and motion planning, fluid-power, human-robot interaction, mobile robot design, modeling, mobile manipulation, model-based design & control, sliding mode control, and soft robotics.

Engineering Expertise:

Software: C++, C, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, ROS. Experienced with implementation on both Linux and Windows operating systems. Proficient with Solidworks and Fusion360 for CAD.

Control System Design: Expert in the design and analysis of linear and nonlinear control systems with an emphasis on implementation on complex hardware and short turnarounds. Ph.D. dissertation was on model-based nonlinear control design for improved performance in highly nonlinear systems.

Algorithms: Knowledgeable in using and training convolutional neural networks for computer vision classification systems such as You Only Look Once (YOLO), linear regression techniques for online and offline system parameter identification, and optimization techniques for design, e.g., minimal compliance optimization.

Robot Hardware Design: Expert in the machine design, fabrication, COTS hardware selection (motors, drivers, sensors, etc), the integration and deployment of complex robotics hardware for autonomous operation and autonomous manipulation.

Proposal Writing: Experienced and proficient in pursuing informal and formal proposal solicitations, totaling over $400,000 awarded while in academia.

Credentials: Ability to attain security clearance. Six sigma green belt certified.

Education:

Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2018.

Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI. M.Sc. in Engineering, 2014.

Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2012.