Matthew Chan

Mechatronics Engineering @ UWaterloo

East York, Ontario, Canada

About

Experience

  • Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · On-site)
    • Project Manager
      May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Autonomy Subsystem Member
      Sep 2025 - May 2026 · 9 mos

      - Implemented a robust RANSAC plane-fitting algorithm to process stereo vision point cloud data, enabling the drone to identify and map structural obstacles like walls in real-time. - Developed a cluster estimation algorithm to condense noisy GPS data into higher-confidence position estimates.

  • Controls Subsystem Member at Waterloo Rocketry
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Embedded firmware for active canard control system

  • Associate Fellow at University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    Developed a nonlinear Uncertainty and Disturbance Estimator (UDE) control system for package-carrying quadcopters to maintain flight stability in volatile winds

  • Quantum School for Young Students at Institute for Quantum Computing
    Aug 2024 - Aug 2024 · 1 mo

    Studied Linear Algebra and Quantum Mechanics, and its applications in cryptography and computing

  • SHAD Fellow at Shad Canada
    Jun 2024 - Jul 2024 · 2 mos