About

Presently, I am working within Autonodyne’s Research and Development division, where I specialize in developing and refining autonomous vehicle behaviors specifically tailored for embedded platform devices utilized in UAS/UAV/Unmanned spaces.

While at Harvard, I have been advised by Dr. Stratos Idreos who runs the Data Systems Laboratory DASLab at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS). There I architected and published a novel self-adaptive control system for Autonomous Air Vehicles that automatically tunes the drone for best operational energy use.

I am particularly interested in the application of Evolutionary Computation to the optimization of robotic behavior in order to reduce solution space complexity and optimize power efficiency. From this, I am continuing to explore topics in Design Morphology, Genetic Algorithms, and Control System Theory.

Previously I had the wonderful opportunity to work in Software Support at Thomson Reuters, and on the Logistics Fulfillment Team within Target Corporation, as well as holding Research Assistant positions while I was an undergraduate student at Carleton University and at Statistics Canada.

In my free time I run a tutoring service to help emerging software developers, in addition to volunteering seasonally with the Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin.