Jace Aldrich Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Al, Us

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Focusing on the intersection of motion planning and control

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Research and development involving robotic arms

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

· Designed and assembled a two degree of freedom motion platform to operate in parallel with a rehabilitative exoskeleton and virtual reality environment· Conducted finite element analyses to ensure participant safety across all possible platform orientations· Solved forward and inverse kinematics for the platform and defined low-level control laws for the platform· Designed a ROS (Robot Operating System) action server allowing for low-level, non-linear control of a… Show more · Designed and assembled a two degree of freedom motion platform to operate in parallel with a rehabilitative exoskeleton and virtual reality environment· Conducted finite element analyses to ensure participant safety across all possible platform orientations· Solved forward and inverse kinematics for the platform and defined low-level control laws for the platform· Designed a ROS (Robot Operating System) action server allowing for low-level, non-linear control of a six-degree-of-freedom collaborative robot arm as well as easily changeable control laws and parameters· Designed and taught a seminar to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students describing ROS’s framework, development process, command line interface, and common packages· Mentored undergraduate students in their various projects Show less

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Research and Develoment on a range of projects involving robotic arms and autonomous vehicles

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

· Combined Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and robotic components towards helping rehabilitate handicapped individuals· Created control algorithms for sensor data, robotic actuation, and FES stimulation in Simulink· Created and maintained the CAD design of a hybrid exoskeleton for the bicep and tricep· Assembled and tested the hybrid exoskeleton for data collection towards improving rehabilitative use· Created and conducted experiments to determine the effectiveness of… Show more · Combined Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and robotic components towards helping rehabilitate handicapped individuals· Created control algorithms for sensor data, robotic actuation, and FES stimulation in Simulink· Created and maintained the CAD design of a hybrid exoskeleton for the bicep and tricep· Assembled and tested the hybrid exoskeleton for data collection towards improving rehabilitative use· Created and conducted experiments to determine the effectiveness of the hybrid exoskeleton while refining it Show less

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

· Oversaw the day-to-day operations and long-term goals of the Randall Research Scholars Program Computing Lab for approximately 160 students in an open, research-oriented lab environment· Managed Windows operations such as Imaging, Hyper-V Virtual Machines, Active Directory, file shares, and backups for seven physical servers and over sixty virtual machines and desktop computers· Created and managed a System Center Configuration Management (SCCM) Environment· Led administrative… Show more · Oversaw the day-to-day operations and long-term goals of the Randall Research Scholars Program Computing Lab for approximately 160 students in an open, research-oriented lab environment· Managed Windows operations such as Imaging, Hyper-V Virtual Machines, Active Directory, file shares, and backups for seven physical servers and over sixty virtual machines and desktop computers· Created and managed a System Center Configuration Management (SCCM) Environment· Led administrative tasks and managed co-workers; ran meetings and allocated job roles to eight co-workers in an agile environment· Planned, operated, and successfully ran a fully remote three-day research presentation livestreamd successfully ran a fully remote three-day research presentation live stream· Managed 3D printing including part formatting, printing, and clean up Show less

United States

· Helped lead a team of engineers and designers to create a charge management system for fleet electric vehicles (EVs) in an agile development environment· Conducted industry research and competitive analysis regarding the fleet EV space to define a product plan· Created customer personas through customer benchmarking with the goal of developing useful features· Designed Algorithms and Processes to optimize charge usage, minimize recharge time, and lower the overall cost of owning… Show more · Helped lead a team of engineers and designers to create a charge management system for fleet electric vehicles (EVs) in an agile development environment· Conducted industry research and competitive analysis regarding the fleet EV space to define a product plan· Created customer personas through customer benchmarking with the goal of developing useful features· Designed Algorithms and Processes to optimize charge usage, minimize recharge time, and lower the overall cost of owning an EV in fleets· Split features into a progression state, creating a plan for a minimum viable product (MVP)· Developed a clickable prototype demonstrating both the visual and technical feasibility of a charge management system Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechatronics, Robotics, And Automation Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering