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• Manage team of 3 to develop rugged stereo camera hardware systems for mining solutions that use edge and cloud deep learning vision algorithms• Define, plan and monitor mechatronics and embedded software projects: minimize risks, allocate resources, and communicate status• Define stereo camera product requirements, and select and verify components accordingly (e.g., determined minimum illumination for sufficient algorithm performance, then designed night lighting setup)• Test and validate technical specifications and assumptions throughout the development process (form, fit, function vibration, thermal, EMC)• Design high-speed digital 4-layer PCBs with USB 3.0, Ethernet, transient voltage suppression, and power-conditioning• Design device enclosures and steel camera-mounting frames in SOLIDWORKS applying DFA, DFM principles, and verifying strength using SOLIDWORKS Simulation• Communicate requirements with suppliers, fabricators and testing facilities

• Supervised by Drs. Elizabeth Croft, Machiel Van der Loos, and Jean-Sebastien Blouin• Programmed a robotic human standing balance platform, which augments users’ balance motion based on measured ankle torques and a real-time dynamics model • Designed Stewart platform task space controller using inverse kinematics and PID• Overhauled readability of previous LabVIEW code by increasing subroutine usage and generalizing multiple 1-D dynamics equations into 3-D transformations• Developed familiarity of robotics research including optimal control, impedance and admittance control, non-linear system identification, motion planning• Discovered via human-subject experiments that people can unconsciously shift their standing balance control effort toward a targeted leg, which can aid post-stroke rehab• Improved EMC to improve SNR of surface electromyography readings• Developed extensive knowledge in neurophysiology: motor control, motor learning, and sensorimotor system• Co-designed a research plan for rehabilitating balance in stroke survivors using the robotic balance platform.

• Reviewed key concepts and how to solve textbook problems with students for 'fasteners and welds' module of a 3rd-year undergraduate mechanical design course• Engaged students with short review games• Mastered teaching material to improve ability to explain nuances and answer students' questions• Provided solutions online so that copying notes did not distract students from understanding the course content• Distributed unofficial feedback forms and received highly positive comments, e.g., Philip is good at “engaging the class” and “explaining clearly”, has “good spirit!!”, and is the “best TA in this course”

• Developed framework for evaluating embedded acoustic echo cancellers against recommended ITU standards G.168 and P.340 using MATLAB and signal processing

• Analyzed performance of Magnum’s and competitors’ H.264 compression algorithms• Integrated Doxygen into C++ source code of Magnum’s main project for easy generation of code documentation

• Ported VHDL code for real-time transformation of video on an FPGA from main product line of video broadcasting equipment to custom-ordered equipment• Programmed in C communication between FPGA, Coldfire MPU and ICs via SPI and I2C • Debugged prototype PCBs using schematics, oscilloscope, resoldering and fly-wires

• Prototyped cable harnesses to improve electromagnetic compatibility of a video projector and achieve FCC and UL compliance• Initiated engineering change orders following system tests of fit, form, and function

• Integrated data communication requirements and specifications of multiple military helicopter subsystems into a central document using Rational DOORS

• Designed and machined components of a 5-axis nanometer-precise CNC mill

• Designed CNC and CMM fixtures for 5’-long auto body castings using SolidWorks