About me: I am
an autonomous
systems control
research
engineer specializing in
intelligent autonomous robot control. One of my primary research
interests is in Evolutionary
Robotics. I also pursue a
parallel career as an artist (see link to
artwork). I
received my Ph.D.
in electrical
engineering from North Carolina State University (NCSU) in 2003.
During my studies I conducted research applying artificial evolution to
create
control
systems for small mobile robots (see press coverage at TRNmag),
and worked under the direction of Eddie Grant in the Center for Robotics and
Autonomous
Machines (CRIM). Currently I am working with a
cross-disciplinary research and consulting organization (Androtics LLC and
Nelson Association).
The group has two arms, a consulting arm (Nelson Association),
and a research arm (Androtics LLC). The main focus of this organization is on applying new technologies
from the areas of chemistry, robotics, and
computer
science toward green manufacturing,
environmental remediation and autonomous sustainable systems. Within
the Nelson Association, my work focuses on robotics, intelligent
autonomous systems, and applications of soft computing methods (see
research interests).
