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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Extend a computer aided control design methodology for new applications in robotics and control theory for dynamics in complex systems. • Produce academic publications on control design and analysis applications published in peer review journals.• Provide input to structure and control design based on dynamic simulation using mathematical models.• Support and improve the design of control systems for optimization problems in complex scenarios.

• Collaborated in the development of a new methodology based on Genetic Programming and Control Theory for the design of nonlinear controllers using various modeling and control technologies.• Proposed nonlinear control strategies for robotic applications using a novel control design technique.• Results were recognized with the Silver Award at the 17th Annual (2020) “Humies” Awards for Human-Competitive Results Produced by Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, in the 2020 GECCO conference.• Facilitated courses in control (modern control, intelligent control, digital control), and in mathematics, for undergraduate and graduate students, with positive reviews from the students.

• Conducted research on stiffness control for robot manipulators under saturated inputs using fuzzy logic control and performed simulation runs to validate mathematical models and adjust parameters and control algorithms.• Facilitated lectures for undergraduate and graduate students on control design for nonlinear systems including a workshop on Model Predictive Control.• Designed control systems for continuous and discrete time models using linear and nonlinear tools.

• Guided undergraduate and masters students during their Control Systems laboratories and resolved questions and assisted in hardware and programming issues. • Integrated results from PhD thesis for lab classes as a teaching tool for saturation and backlash nonlinearities.• Mentored 4 M. Sc. students during their degree dissertation assisting with theory concepts and experiments. • Analyzed and designed Model Predictive Controllers for nonlinear systems using MATLAB, LabVIEW and Simulink.• Designed and simulated open and closed-loop controllers for embedded control prototypes.

Phd, Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Control systems

Master, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electronic Engineering