Engineering High School
Resume:
Christopher Tomaszewski
Roboticist
Pittsburgh
PA
15207
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Professional Experience
Co-Founder/Director of Innovation
Platypus LLC.
Pittsburgh, PA - Summer 2012 to Present
Developing cost-effective autonomous solutions for environmental monitoring using multi-
agent teams of Android-powered airboats.
Designing a solar recharge station with wireless power transmission and autonomous
docking capabilities to facilitate long term monitoring deployments.
Researching power efficient planning algorithms to allow airboats to take advantage of
river currents and wind to achieve longer operating times.
College Student Practicum Caterpillar Inc
.
Pittsburgh, PA - Winter 2011 to Present
Designing and developing the sensor fusion and tracking systems for the new Caterpillar
Detect object detection product.
Implemented a personnel tracking system based on active RFID ranging technology for use
on autonomous tracked vehicles.
Mobile Software Engineering Intern
Noblis
Falls Church, VA - Summer 2009
Developed an augmented reality visualization application for Google's Android platform.
Implemented basic KMZ parsing to display a 3D COLLADA object at a particular GPS location
in augmented reality.
Research Assistant
PIAP
Warsaw, Poland - Summer 2007
2008
Designed and coded navigation algorithms in C++ based on matrix transformations for use
with autonomous mobile robots.
Implemented obstacle detection and mapping via input from ultrasound distance sensors.
Engineering Intern
Alcatel-Lucent
Whippany, NJ - August 2007 to June 2008
Examined an issue with backup battery failure in warm climates and helped develop a cost-
effective solution.
Helped research alternative production materials and strategies to optimize the
production cost of cellular bay stations.
Publications
An Intelligent Approach to Hysteresis Compensation while Sampling using a Fleet of
Autonomous Watercraft
Abhinav Valada, Christopher Tomaszewski, Balajee Kannan, Prasanna Velagapudi, George A.
Kantor, and Paul Scerri
In Proceedings of ICIRA, October 2012.
Development of a Low Cost Multi-Robot Autonomous Marine Surface Platform
Abhinav Valada, Prasanna Velagapudi, Balajee Kannan, Christopher Tomaszewski, George A.
Kantor, and Paul Scerri
In Proceedings of FSR, July 2012.
Real-World Testing of a Multi-Robot Team
Paul Scerri, Prasanna Velagapudi, Balajee Kannan, Abhinav Valada, Christopher
Tomaszewski, John M. Dolan, Adrian Scerri, Luis Lorenzo Bill-Clark, and George A. Kantor
In Proceedings of AAMAS, June 2012.
Past Projects
Fire Identification and Localization Undergraduate Research
Winter
2010/11-Summer 2011
This two-stage project evaluates the viability of a household robotic firefighting
platform. The first stage entails the development of a fire identification system which
employs thermal and optical sensors to pinpoint the base of a fire. The future second
stage will integrate the fire identification system with an autonomous, mobile
extinguishing platform as part of a household firefighting solution.
Visual Odometry for Lunar Exploration Astrobotic Technology
Fall 2010
- Winter 2010
Developed a stereo vision system for use on lunar rovers to perform visual odometry. The
system used a feature based approach for onboard robot localization and was incorporated
into the rover's control algorithm for performing precise motion primitives.
Motor Control for Lunar Exploration Astrobotic Technology
Spring 2010
- Summer 2010
Designed, developed and tested motor control and temperature acquisition software modules
for lunar rover prototype. Implemented abrupt motor speed and direction change smoothing
to protect rover hardware.
ASME Autonomous Material Sorter Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Designed an autonomous system capable of accurately sorting common recyclable materials,
namely ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics and glass into distinct waste containers.
ASME Mars Rover Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
Designed and built a robot to traverse obstacles, gather rock samples and return them to
a specified location in the shortest amount of time possible.
Autonomous Firefighting Robot NJRSF
August 2006
to June 2007
Designed and built an autonomous robot which traversed a house model, located fires via
change in ambient temperature, and extinguished them with bursts of Carbon Dioxide.
Objective
To obtain a position where I can contribute to the fields of A.I., Planning, and/or
Robotics, and further the integration of autonomous systems into society.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
M.S
. in Robotics
Graduation Date: May 2013
GPA: 4.0
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S
. in Computer Science
Dual B.S
. in Mechanical Engineering
Graduation Date: May 2012
GPA: 3.13
Academy for Math, Science, and Engineering
High School Diploma
with Honors
Graduation Date: June 2008
Relevant Coursework
Planning, Execution, and Learning*
Machine Learning*
Space Systems in Action*
Advanced Mobile Robot Development*
Sensing, Sensors, and Perception*
Computer Vision
Robotic Manipulation
Artificial Intelligence
Engineering Design
* Indicates a graduate level course.
Skills
[Programming Languages]
C
C++
Java
SML
PHP
HTML
CSS
Perl
[Software Development]
Boost
OpenCV
Android SDK
Eclipse
Microsoft Visual Studio
Git/Subversion Version Control
[Engineering Software]
Solidworks 2012
Matlab/Simulink
ANSYS
[Foreign Languages]
Native Speaker of Polish
Proficient in French
Basic Knowledge of Spanish
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