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SUMMARY
Merrill Edmonds
D115, 98 Brett Rd
Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
contact@emptymerrilledmonds.com
(919) 257 0990
I'm currently a Robotics Researcher in the
Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) Lab @ Rutgers

Current Focus

Agricultural Robotics

Machine Vision

Research Interests

Machine Learning

Optimal Control

Multirobot Planning

Education at a Glance

PhD Mechanical and Aero Eng, Rutgers University (Exp. Jul 2021)

BSE Mechanical Eng, Duke University

EDUCATION

Rutgers University

PhD Mech. and Aero. Engineering

GPA: 3.85

Piscataway, NJ

July 2021

Duke University

BSE Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.65

Durham, NC

May 2012

Robert College of Istanbul

High School Science Diploma

GPA: 3.6

Istanbul, TR

June 2008

SKILLS

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

  • MATLAB
  • Simulink
  • LabVIEW
  • Maple
  • Mathematica
  • SolidWorks
  • Inventor
  • ROS

  • 100

  • 75

  • 45

  • 85

  • 75

  • 100

  • 90

  • 100

SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE

  • Robotics
  • Controls
  • Egr. Design
  • Materials
  • Fluids

  • 100

  • 95

  • 80

  • 55

  • 35

IDEs

  • Visual Studio
  • Eclipse
  • Arduino IDE
  • PyCharm

  • 100

  • 35

  • 55

  • 85

LANGUAGES

  • C / C++
  • Python
  • C#
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • CSS 3.0
  • VB
  • PHP

  • 100

  • 95

  • 65

  • 65

  • 45

  • 60

  • 10

  • 30

MICROSOFT PRODUCTS

  • Word
  • Excel
  • Powerpoint
  • Project
  • Access
  • Outlook

  • 100

  • 100

  • 100

  • 85

  • 35

  • 100

OTHER TOOLS

  • Libre Suite
  • LaTeX
  • git (Github)
  • svn (Tortoise)

  • 100

  • 100

  • 80

  • 20

3D / PRODUCTION

  • 3DS Max
  • Mudbox
  • Maya
  • Blender
  • Ableton Live
  • LMMS
  • MuseScore

  • 100

  • 50

  • 85

  • 75

  • 65

  • 65

  • 65

POSTPRODUCTION

  • Photoshop
  • GIMP
  • Premiere
  • AfterEffects
  • Illustrator
  • Inkscape

  • 100

  • 100

  • 70

  • 30

  • 80

  • 80

EXPERIENCE
Work
RAM Lab, Rutgers University
Title
Graduate Researcher
Date
Jan 2015 - Present
Location
Piscataway, NJ
Job Description
&
Responsibilities
  • Designed and built agile quadcopter platform for learning-based optimal control applications
  • Designed and developed multirobot/UAV testbed prototype
  • Developed and studied model predictive control (MPC) based trajectory optimization method
  • Built and programmed manipulator-based plant scanning system
Siemens Corporate Technology Princeton
Title
Graduate Research Intern
Date
May 2019 - Oct 2019
Location
Princeton, NJ
Job Description
&
Responsibilities
  • Design, fabrication, coding, testing related to food project in collaboration with Rutgers RAM Lab
Dept. Mechanical and Aero. Engineering, Rutgers University
Title
Teaching Assistant
Date
Sep 2015 - May 2018
Location
Piscataway, NJ
Job Description
&
Responsibilities
  • Responsible for: (1) course management, grading; (2) budget management, requisitions, receiving, distribution; (3) project management and advising; (4) annual MAE expo organization, logistics
  • Oversaw projects spanning all MAE topics. 240 students per class, divided into 40 groups
  • Created style guide and promotional material for the course and department
SHL Consulting
Title
Editor / Translator (Freelance)
Date
2011 Summer
Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Job Description
&
Responsibilities
  • Provided English translations of assessment reports under short deadlines.
  • Assisted the consulting team during periods of heavy workloads.
Sinefekt, Ltd.
Title
Post-production Intern
Date
2004 June-July
Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Job Description
&
Responsibilities
  • Modeled supplementary concept assets for a major Turkish movie.
  • Followed CGI/Color team through the post-production of the movie.
Projects
Cloud-Based Autonomous Robotic Evaluation System for Agriculture App
Date
2018-Present
Project Scope
Research Project
Role
Project Lead
Experience Gained
C++
Python
Robotics
Multirobot Planning
RAM Lab Agile Quadcopters
Date
2017-Present
Project Scope
Research Project
Role
Project Lead
Experience Gained
ROS
C++
Robotics
Control Theory
Strategy Simulation
Date
2012-2014
Project Scope
Tech Demo / Prototype
Role
Solo Project
Experience Gained
C++
Ogre3D
CEGUI
GLSL
Networking
Decision Theory
Optimal Control
Energy Harvesting Buoy
Date
2012
Project Scope
Experimental Prototype
Role
Data Collection and Analysis
CAD / Drafting
Experience Gained
MATLAB
Data logging
Basic circuit design
SolidWorks
Energy generation
Dynamics (Mechanics)
Project Management
Ship Scrubbing ROV
Date
2011
Project Scope
Proof of Concept Prototype
Role
Design
Manufacturing
Experience Gained
SolidWorks
SolidWorksSimulation
Underwater robotics
Magnetic Levitation Controller
Date
2010
Project Scope
Controller Design
Role
Coding
Testing
Experience Gained
C++
MATLAB
LabVIEW
Simulink
Modular Toy Design
Date
2008
Project Scope
Plastic Toy Prototype
Role
CAD
Rapid Prototyping
Experience Gained
SolidWorks