Résumé
Profile
A lecturer and researcher in electrical engineering, with experience across nonlinear control, multi-agent systems, image processing, and engineering education.
Work experience
Sessional Academic (Tutor)
07/2019 – Ongoing
I tutor and develop material for:
- Control and Dynamic Systems
- Modern Control
- Autonomous Systems
- Aircraft Systems and Flight
Lecturer
02/2018 – 12/2018
For two semesters I lectured and coordinated six units at PUCRS, Brazil:
- Control Systems Laboratory
- Robot Programming
- Rapid Prototyping
- Industrial Automation
- Discrete-event System Simulation
- Integrated Manufacturing Systems
Research Assistant
08/2015 – 01/2018
Research focused on automatic shadow removal from aerial images for the United States Air Force grant on the shadow problem. In January 2016, I visited The University of New Mexico and Transparent Sky.
- Development of near-real time automatic shadow detection software using OpenCV and CUDA.
- Teaching assistantship in undergraduate Signals and Systems.
Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering
02/2019 – Ongoing
Current research involves disturbance string stable control design of multi-agent systems.
MS in Electrical Engineering
08/2015 – 08/2017
Research in image processing and photogrammetry, partially funded by CAPES and the AFOSR.
Thesis: Real-time Shadow Detection and Removal in Aerial Motion Imagery Application
GPA: 8.7/10
Academic Exchange
09/2012 – 09/2013
One-year sandwich program in Electrical Engineering, including coursework and a three-month placement at the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education.
BEng Automation and Control
03/2009 – 07/2015
Five-year engineering degree focused on industrial automation and control theory. Final-year project: Project and Control of a Rotary Dual-Stage Actuator.
GPA: 8.2/10
Skills
- Control systems design
- MATLAB
- Teaching and curriculum development