Renens, Vaud, Switzerland
I am an electrical engineer with an interest in developing tools which can help answering scientific questions. My expertise is in exploratory robotics and acquiring in-situ data, particularly in the marine environment. Below are some specific projects I worked on: Underwater robotics: Published several peer-reviewed papers in the field of navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), cooperation using low-bandwidth, low-reliabilty communication channels. Designed, built, programmed, maintained and deployed AUVs. Participated in several large-scale research deployments. Designed and built a flash for true-color underwater photography (patent pending). Wireless sensor networks: Developed hardware for wireless sensor networks, particularly in the field of environmental monitoring and flood prediction. Marine bioacoustics: Designed, built and deployed recording equipment for marine mammal acoustic studies. Co-authored several publications on harbor porpoise foraging. Medical engineering: Designed and built a stimulus device (patent pending). Specialties: Hardware design: analog and digital, circuit simulation, microcontrollers (various), low-noise analog, switched-mode power supplies, PCB design Programming: C/C++, Assembler, MATLAB Teaching: supervised (PhD) students, held lectures on robotics and signal processing
Hydromea is developing robotic underwater sensing systems and provides underwater sensing services, deploying swarms of autonomous underwater robots collects physical/chemical water parameters with unprecedented detail and consistency.
Working on wireless sensor networks for environmental engineering. Participated in SwissExperiment (www.swiss-experiment.ch) which uses the latest developments in wireless sensor networks hardware and algorithms to implement new ways to efficiently acquire environmental data. Assisted and tought classes on distributed intelligent systems, robotics and signal processing.
PhD thesis:"Cooperative Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles" Student in the Joint Program between MIT and the "Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution" Participated in several research cruises (1 to 4 weeks long) which involved the deployment of multiple autonomous underwater and surface crafts. Carried out and published research in various aspects of underwater navigation and communication as well as intra-vehicle cooperation.
Developed a small-scale Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ("Serafina") for swarm experiments. Carl-Duisberg Scholarship
Programmed an application which converts circuit board libraries.