Brett Stephens Email & Phone Number

California, United States

London, England, United Kingdom

I'm building aerial manipulators for inspection and maintenance of infrastructure in difficult to reach and/or hazardous environments. I lead the development of our autonomy pipeline (i.e. state estimation, sensor fusion, motion generation and control) that is required to perform within demanding conditions on high value assets.

London, England, United Kingdom

I developed control and motion strategies for aerial manipulators capable of contacting the natural and built environment. I focused primarily on impedance and passivity-based controllers along with the paths/trajectories required to facilitate contact with targets at height.

Dearborn, Michigan

Ford College Graduate Rotational Program: Electrified Powertrain systems - Waste heat recovery, low voltage load optimization.Motor Controls - Completion of dyno studies, model-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop development.Program Management - Explorer vehicle launch at the Chicago Assembly Plant.Exploratory solar vehicle - Design and build of prototype.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

I had ownership of the pre-customer warranty databases for the MINI R5x model line (~600 vehicles/day). By building a variety of tools to standardized the warranty analysis process, I was able to pinpoint high-priority claims. Such claims were then driven back to the source: I led the process of identifying the defective components/processes in the.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aeronautical Engineering

Aerial Robots Capable of Advanced Interaction: Control and Motion Strategies for Contact-Based Tasks

Master Of Science - Ms, Robotics, Systems And Control

Master Thesis

Aerial Robotics Lab: development of an interactive multi-modal micro air vehicle.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: UC Davis cycling, Formula Hybrid, Tennis Club.Emphasis in mechanical design and vehicle dynamics .