Mechanical Control

BEN JAN

**** ********* ** *, ***********, ON, L*E 3E3

Tel.: +1-514-***-****, Email:*************@*****.***

SKILLS and HIGHLIGHTS

Over 4 years of work experience in bench testing, modeling and real-time control of mechanical and electrical

systems.

Extensive experience in MATLAB /Simulink, C language, and dSpace CONTROLDESK for real-time implementations.

Proper understanding of PID, LQR, pole-placement, and control of nonlinear effects, testing and troubleshooting

controllers in open- and closed-loop manners.

Strong knowledge of aircraft performance, stability and control including longitudinal, lateral and vertical dynamics.

Strong theoretical knowledge of aircraft engine control design and system analysis.

Solid knowledge on hardware implementations, data acquisition, troubleshooting and debugging.

Team player, self- motivated and fast learner.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Selected Courses (Audited)

Flight Control Systems, Avionics, Industrial Control Systems, Robotics

Software Packages MATLAB/Simulink, dSpace CONTROLDESK, Microsoft Office, C, C++, CATIA V5

Systems

Electrical and mechanical systems of Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO), Multi-

Input-Multi-Output (MIMO), robotic systems.

Selected Projects

Inverted Pendulum: System modeling and analysis. Designing and testing of PID

and LQR controllers using MATLAB/Simulink and hardware-in-the-loop

experiment. Tuning PID manually and using Ziegler-Nichols method.

Mobile Robot: Designing PID controller, and control for mobile robot navigation

using C language

WORK EXPERIENCES

Research Assistant at Concordia University, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, 2010 – 2014

Montreal, Canada

Mathematical modeling of electro-mechanical actuators

Simulation and testing electro-mechanical actuators using MATLAB/Simulink

and dSpace CONTROLDESK software packages

Real-time testing of the controllers

Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Demonstrator at Concordia University, Mechanical and 2010 – 2014

Industrial Engineering Department, Montreal, Canada

Leading tutorial sessions for undergraduate level courses: Modeling and Analysis of

Dynamic Systems Analysis and Design of Control Systems, Advanced Mathematics for

Engineers Mechanical Vibrations

Laboratory demonstrator of modeling physical systems course:

Managing a laboratory of 40 student’s capacity. Teaching the students how to

perform the experiments. Reviewing student’s laboratory reports.

EDUCATION

Master of Applied Science, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 2007 – 2009

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Interests

Music (Playing Clarinet and Oud), Soccer

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