Alumni

Sara was a Master’s student in the Autonomous Systems Lab. Her research interests are in control and optimization with a focus on robot motion planning.

Anni was a MASc student in the Autonomous Systems Lab. Her recent research focuses on robot motion planning under uncertainty.

Yifan is a MASc student in Autonomous Systems Lab. She received her bachelor degree from the University of British Columbia in May 2020. Her major was Mechanical Engineering with Mechatronics Option.

Pamela's research focused on understanding and analyzing interactive human motion and behaviour. In particular, she is interested in determining which motion patterns and coordination strategies observed in human teams can be used to build robotic systems capable of close, efficient, fluid, and extended cooperation with humans.

Ryan attended the University of British Columbia for his undergraduate studies and completed a BASc in Electrical Engineering in 2017. He then went on to complete a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo under the co-supervision of Stephen L.

Frank (YiFeng) Wang was a Master's student in the Autonomous Systems Lab co-supervised by Professor Chris Nielsen. His research focused on local planning and autonomous control for navigation in uncertain environments. Frank completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at the University of Alberta. 

Current location: Senior Software Developer at Darwin AI in Waterloo, ON

Thesis: Minimizing Turns in Single and Multi Robot Coverage Path Planning

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Alex completed his MASc in 2019.  He worked in both the Autonomous Systems Lab, advised by Prof. Smith and in the Adaptive Systems Lab, advised by Prof. Dana Kulic. 

Current position: Embedded Software Developer at Geotab in Kitchener, ON.

Andrew Downie was a master’s Student in the Autonomous Systems Lab. His research mainly focuses on Distributed Submodular Optimization.

He is now working at RBC Markets as an AI Engineer.