ABOUT ME
My thesis project, under Prof. Anthony Bloch and Prof. Jessy Grizzle, is on nonholonomic and hybrid mechanical systems with applications to walking robotics. I am additionally involved in a research project with Dr. Maani Ghaffari dealing with robotic perception.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Geometric Mechanics
Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, and Poisson mechanics.
2015 - Present
University of Michigan
Ph.D. Candidate, Mathematics
Symplectic Geometry & Topology
Generating functions and momentum maps.
Constrained and Nonholonomic Systems
Geometry of constrained systems, the momentum equation, and volume conservation.
Hybrid Dynamical & Mechanical Systems
Stability and periodicity in planar systems, variational impacts, and nonholonomic billiards.
2011 - 2015
Ohio University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Robotic Perception
Continuous visual odometry using Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces and Lie Theory.