RESUME

EDUCATION

PhD - Université de Technologie de Compiègne (2004-2008)

  • Heudiasyc Laboratory UMR 6599 CNRS, Compiègne, France.

  • Dissertation: Design, Modeling & Control of a Convertible Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) .

  • Advisor: Rogelio Lozano

  • Mention: ”Très honorable”.

  • Date: April 18th, 2008.

Keywords: Convertible UAVs, flight dynamics, nonlinear control, embedded systems, sensor fusion, experimental platforms

MSc Electrical Engineering (MSEE) - Laguna Institute of Technology (2000 - 2003)

  • Electrical Engineering Department, Laguna Institute of Technology, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

  • Dissertation: ”Comparative Study of Linear and Nonlinear PIDs Controllers for Robot Manipulators”.

  • Advisor: Victor Santibañez

  • Date: March, 2003.

Keywords Robot manipulators, kinematic/dynamic modeling, nonlinear PIDs, Lyapunov-based Stability

BSc Electrical Engineering (BSEE) - Laguna Institute of Technology (1995 - 2000)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Associate Professor (Oct 2013 - present)

    • Laboratoires de Systèmes Aériens Autonomes

    • Insitut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées

    • Ivry-sur-Seine, France

  • Project Researcher (July 2012 - Sept 2013)

    • Robust Control and Magnetic-based Sensing of 4DOF Piezogripper

    • FEMTO-ST Institut, AS2M department

    • Besançon, France

  • Visiting Researcher (April - May 2012)

    • Modeling and control of dexterous prehenseurs / Modélisation et commande de préhenseurs dextres

    • Comissariat de l'Energy Atomique (CEA)

    • Fontenay aux Roses, France

  • CNRS Project Researcher (September 2010 - March 2012)

    • (1) Modeling and Control of an Interactive Quadrotor Micro Air Vehicle (MAV)

    • (2) Control and Navigation of Gun-Launched Micro Air Vehicle (GLMAV)

    • Heudiasyc Laboratory- UMR CNRS 7253, Compiegne University of Technology

    • Compiègne, France

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (May 2008 - August 2010)

    • (1) Modeling and Control of Convertible UAV having 4 Tilting Rotors

    • (2) Development of miniature Submarine having 4 Tilting Propellers

    • UMI CNRS 3175 - French-Mexican Joint Laboratory (LAFMIA)

    • Mexico City

PROJECTS

    1. [To be submitted] PHC Galilé (IPSA(LS2A) and Udinese University ()

      1. Name: LOCA 3D

      2. Funding: 700KEuros (3 ans)

      3. Consortium: INRIA (Equipe TITAN), Université EVRY (IBISC), Société INNODURA (Coordinator)

    2. Organism: ANR-DGA

    3. [Accepted] Challenge ANR-DGA: MAîtrise de la Localisation INdoor (MALIN) - 2018-2021

      1. Name: LOCA 3D

      2. Funding: 700KEuros (3 ans)

      3. Consortium: INRIA (Equipe TITAN), Université EVRY (IBISC), Société INNODURA (Coordinator)

    4. Organism: ANR-DGA

    5. [Completed] AIMA 2015-2017:

      1. Name: Plateforme pédagogique EDUCOPTER

      2. Funding: 50KEuros

      3. Status: Completed

      4. consortium: IPSA

      5. Organism: BPI France

EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS

Mobile Robots Quad-/tri-/bi-/mono-copter MAVs, convertibles MAVs, mini submarine, Aerial Manipulators and Grippers

Embedded Systems Embedded Flight Control System and Inertial Measurement Unit

Microrobotics 4DOF Piezoelectric-based Microgripper and Embedded Magnetic Position Sensor

ENGINEERING SKILLS

The development of experimental vehicles has provided me a hands-on experience in building/assembling/modifying robots and electronic assemblies into various configurations for test purposes.

Software

  • Simulation: Matlab-Simulink

  • Programming: C, C++, Python

  • Com-protocols: RS-232 and I2C

  • Real-Time: ControlDesk (dSPACE)

  • CAD: Free CAD and SolidWorks

Hardware

  • Sensors: Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, Magnetic Compass, Infra-red, Ultrasonic Rangefinder, Inertial Measurment Unit (Microstrain), Microposition Laser Sensor Keyence, GPS

  • Microcontrollers: Rabbit-Semiconductor (Rabbit-3400 and -4300), Texas Instrument DSP, Arduino DUE

  • Micro-processors: UDOO (card featuring an ARMx4 and Arduino Due), Raspberry-PI

  • Real-Time: dSPACE

  • Wireless: ZigBee modem

CERTIFICATIONS

QUALIFICATION 2013 MCF SECTION 61:

[FR] Qualifié (Campagne 2013)- aux fonctions de maître de conférences par le conseil national des universités

(CNU) dans la section 61 (Génie informatique, automatique et traitement du signal)

[EN]

COURSE: Academic Teaching Excellence

[FR] Formation organisée par le British Council en coopération avec l’université d’Oxford

[EN]

SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION

1. Editorial activity

2. Journal Review Activity

  • Robotica

  • IEEE-Transaction on Mechatronics

  • Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technologie

  • International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

3. Talks

[T1] "Convertible Aerial Robots", Chiba University, November 22th, 2010, Chiba, JAPAN

[T2] "Towards the Integration of Manipulation Capabilities to a Quadrotor MAV" , GT-AUV meeting GDR MACS, ENSAM, November 10th 2011, Paris, France.

[T3] "Recent Insights on Interactive Unmanned Aerial Vehicles", Talk organized by the Royal Aeronautic Society, IPSA, Ivry-sur-Seine, FRANCE,

4. Lay-community Publications

J. Escareno, A. Belbachir and K. Trabelsi, "Présent et Future des Drones Civils", Journal des grandes écoles et universités (in French)

5. Outreach

6. UAVs contests

Participation in the 2 editions of the uav challenge organised by the french army (DGA) - Birotan Team

LANGUAGES

Spanish/English Professional bilingual proficiency

French Fluent