NIC FISCHER

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PERSONAL DETAILS:

NAME: Nic Fischer ADDRESS: 4440 SW Archer Rd, Apt 2321

EMAIL: aboqva@r.postjobfree.com Gainesville, FL 32608

WEBSITE: nicfischer.me

TELEPHONE: 727-***-****

EDUCATION: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Mechanical Engineering DECEMBER 2012

GPA: 3.73 / 4.00, Advisor: Dr. Warren Dixon

Dissertation: Lyapunov-Based Control of Saturated and Input-Delayed Nonlinear Systems

MASTER OF SCIENCE, Mechanical Engineering DECEMBER 2010

GPA: 3.88 / 4.00

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Mechanical Engineering DECEMBER 2008

GPA: 3.63 / 4.00, Magna cum Laude

Thesis: Assessment of Image-Based Target Tracking Methods

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Lyapunov-based nonlinear control design Autonomous underwater

vehicles

Input-delayed nonlinear systems Vision-based control

Saturated nonlinear systems

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

NONLINEAR CONTROL Graduate Research Assistant, Nonlinear Controls and Robotics Lab2009PRESENT

THEORY

Nonlinear control theory development and laboratory experimentation. Focus on input

delayed

ncr.mae.ufl.edu

nonlinear systems and systems with actuation saturation limits. Specific experience in

the

following areas:

? Uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems with input-delays

? Continuous saturated control design for nonlinear systems.

VISION-BASED CONTROLGraduate Research Assistant, Nonlinear Controls and Robotics Lab 2007 PRESENT

ncr.mae.ufl.edu

Developed novel real-time visual navigation solutions. Designed robust nonlinear

estimators/observers for various classes of uncertain nonlinear systems. Focus on vision-

based

algorithms for monocular camera systems which provide real-time pose and velocity

estimation

for use in navigation and control.

AUTONOMOUS

Control/Vision System Development, Machine Intelligence Laboratory 2009 PRESENT

UNDERWATER VEHICLES

Control architecture design and implementation. Developed new theoretical robust

controller for

subjugator.org

fully-actuated underwater vehicles. Mechanical design and fabrication, vision-based

control

algorithm development including homography-based pose estimation and mission behavior

artificial intelligence.

PUBLICATIONS:

Summer

Robotics Camp Instructor, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL 2008 - PRESENT

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructed week-long robotics camps for elementary and middle school kids using Lego

Mindstorms NXT. Students are taught principals of robotics, controls and autonomy. Also

includes single-day workshops throughout the year for elementary students.

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., University of Florida2009 -

2010

Provided support for undergraduate-level dynamics and mechanical design courses. Held

office

hours and discussion sections to offer additional support to students.

AWARDS: Florida Alumni Fellowship DEC2008

University of Florida Graduate School

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAGraduate Research Assistant, Nonlinear Controls and Robotics Lab5/2007PRESENT

Gainesville, FL

Control law design/development, derivation of mathematical proofs to ensure stability,

robustness and optimality, experiments to validate design, and publish relevant results.

Mentor

new PhD and Masters students.

HONEYWELL Mechanical Engineering Intern, Guidance and Navigation CoE5/20068/2006

Clearwater, FL

Worked closely with a mechanical engineering team to design and maintain guidance

applications for military vehicles. Projects focused on electronic packaging. Operations

included

design drawing changes, material research, thermal, force, stress, vibration, material,

and

tolerance analysis and calculation.

RAYMOND JAMES Intern, Workstation Services, Broker Application Support, Distribution

Services 5/20038/2005

St. Petersburg, FL

General information technology support; VPN installation and troubleshooting; General

Microsoft troubleshooting via phone and remote management support.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

SUBJUGATOR PROJECT Team Leader1/2010 - PRESENTUniversity of Florida

Additional focus on Vision Systems, Nonlinear Control Design, Mechanical Design and

Fabrication, Software Development. Active team member since 2009.

HUMAN POWERED Team Leader5/20075/2009

SUBMARINE PROJECT

Team leader of undergraduate students to develop and fabricate a human powered submarine.

University of Florida

Project encourages the development of practical design techniques through computer aided

modeling, computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis in addition to

manufacturing

processes.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION: IEEE, Student Member, University of Florida Chapter 2010

PRESENT

ASME, Student Member, University of Florida Chapter

AUVSI, Student Member

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: FIRST ROBOTICS COMPETITION, Team Consulting 6/2011 - PRESENT

Provided constructive feedback and instructor for local competing middle school students.

Offered both workshop lectures and technical design and programming assistance.

GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL, Program Assistant, UFDept. of MAE1/200912/2009

Plan social events for the faculty and graduate students. Coordinate recruitment events

for

prospective graduate students.

ENGINEERING FAIR, Participant, UF College of Engineering1/2009PRESENT

Participated in several outreach engineering fair tabling events to help promote

mathematics

and science to elementary school, middle school and under-represented minorities. Helped

to

teach students about engineering projects such as autonomous underwater vehicles and

autonomous ground vehicles.

TECHNICAL SKILLS: Programming:

C, C++, C#, Matlab, Simulink, PHP, JS/JQuery, HTML

Computer Software:

Solidworks

Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 Microsoft Windows (Advanced Knowledge)

Microsoft Office Suite (Advanced Knowledge) Linux (QNX, Ubuntu)

Typing 60 wpm Mac OS X

COURSES: Control Systems: Nonlinear Control 1, Nonlinear Control 2 (Adaptive Control),

Optimal Control,

Robust Control, Control Systems Theory, State Space Methods, Introduction to Random

Dynamical Systems, Architecture of Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Dynamics: Analytical Geometry, Geometry and Mechanisms of Robot Manipulators, Screw

Theory and Application to Velocity and Force Control of Robot Manipulators

Math: Modern Analysis, Numerical Linear Algebra

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