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Amin Yahyaabadi

Vancouver, Canada


Work Experience

  • Sanctuary AI, Vancouver, Canada
    Robotics Control Engineer, 2022 - Now
    • Designed and developed the whole-body controller of Phoenix, the Sanctuary’s general-purpose humanoid robot
    • Developed the Phoenix hands’ controller operation logic, communication layer, and real-time control deployment

Education

Research Experience

  • An Intelligent Drone Testbed for Control Systems and Verification,
    University of Manitoba, 2018 - 2021
    Designed an intelligent drone testbed used for validation of new satellite or drone control algorithms and hardware.
    Identified the dynamics of the drone intelligently with minimal measuring using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO).
    Developed a custom onboard software for the drone to autonomously control the drone’s motion and operations.
    M.Sc. Thesis, Supervisor: Dr. P. Ferguson Download as PDF

  • Intelligent vibration control with self-sensing piezoelectric actuator,
    Isfahan University of Technology, 2016 - 2018
    Developed an intelligent control method for a distributed system using a self-sensing piezoelectric actuator and PSO.
    Modelled the dynamics of the system with a novel FEA+FDA method to test the controller.
    B.Sc. Thesis, Supervisor: Dr. S. Ziaei-Rad

  • Auto Code Generation for Onboard Space Object Detection and Flight Software Applications,
    University of Manitoba, 2018 - 2021
    Developed machine learning and analytical image processing algorithms for satellite’s onboard detection of resident space objects (RSOs) from commercial-off-the-shelf star trackers.
    M.Sc. Project with Magellan Aerospace, Supervisor: Dr. P. Ferguson Download as PDF

  • ManitobaSat Satellite’s Onboard Computer and Flight Software Leader,
    University of Manitoba, 2018 - 2021
    Designed a modular onboard computer (OBC) for ManitobaSat-1, a 3U sized CubeSat satellite. The OBC was a system on a chip that used an MRAM.
    Developed custom real-time flight software running on FreeRTOS to control all the satellite’s operations such as attitude and determination control.
    M.Sc. Project with Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Supervisor: Dr. P. Ferguson Download as PDF

Notable Projects

  • Rhino XR-3 5 DOF Robot Arm Real-time Control via Arduino
    Selected Topics in Robot Technology, Supervisor: Dr. S. Balakrishnan

  • Barrett WAM 7 DOF Robot Arm Simulation and Analysis
    Robotics, Supervisor: Dr. H. Mousavi

  • Model Predictive Control of Robot Arm using Neural Networks
    Neural Networks, Supervisor: Dr. M. Kamali

  • Intelligent Fuzzy PID Controller for a Bluetooth controlled DC Motor via AVR
    Intelligent Control, Supervisor: Dr. F. Sheikholeslam
    Mechatronic Systems, Supervisor: M. Danesh

  • Parallel Image Processing using MPI and OpenCV
    Parallel Processing, Supervisor: Dr. I. Jeffrey

  • Custom Simulated Annealing Investigation for Salesperson Problem - New Mathematical Proof of The Multidimensional Newton’s Weights Optimization Algorithm
    Applied Computational Intelligence, Supervisor: Dr. K. Ferens

  • Designing a Signal Processing and Measuring Instrument in Labview - Verifying The Instrument using Acoustic Analysis of a Trumpet in MSC ACTRAN
    Mechatronics Lab 2, Supervisors: Dr. M. Danesh
    Engineering Acoustics, Supervisor: Dr. A. Loghmani

  • Multilayered Composite Shell Dynamics and Crack Analysis under Impact via Abaqus
    Computer-Aided Engineering, Supervisor: Dr. R. Jafari

Honours and Awards

  • Fellowship for Education Purposes - $40,500, UoM, Canada., 2018-2021
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies Program Completion Scholarship - $2,500, UoM, Canada., 2021
  • International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES) - $6,000, UoM, Canada., 2018
  • Fellowship to Study at IUT for M.Sc Program without Entrance Exam, IUT, Iran., 2017
  • Ranked top 10% among the students of the Mechanical Engineering Department, IUT, Iran., 2017
  • Ranked top 0.3% among 260000 participants in Iranian University Entrance Exam for B.Sc. Studies., 2013
  • Qualified as very good in Mathematics Alympiad Final International Round in the Netherlands., 2012
  • Ranked 1st in Mathematics Alympiad National Round in Iran., 2011

Software and Programming Skills

  • Programming Languages: C++, Rust, Python, Matlab, Julia, D, Go, Verilog, PLC, TypeScript, AssemblyScript
  • Technical Software: Simulink, Abaqus, LabView, Xilinx SDSoc - Vivado, Simpack, MSC Adams / Car, MSC Actran, Autodesk Inventor, CATIA, Proteus, Modelsim, Maple
  • Embedded Processors: Arm Cortex A9, Arm Cortex M3, Xilinx Zynq 7020 SoC/FPGA, Smart Fusion 2 SoC/FPGA, Pixhawk Flight Contrller (Px4), Parrot Mambo Flight Controller, Arduino Due /Uno, AVR Atmel STK500, Intel/AMD x86

Publications

  • A. Yahyaabadi, M. Driedger,…, P. Ferguson, “ManitobaSat-1: A Novel Approach for Technology Advancement,” in the Journal of IEEE Potentials, 2020, Download as PDF

  • A. Yahyaabadi, M. Driedger,…, P. Ferguson, “ManitobaSat-1: Making Space for Innovation,” in IEEE Canadian Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Edmonton, Canada, 2019 Download as PDF

  • A. Yahyaabadi, P. Ferguson, “An intelligent multi-vehicle drone testbed for space systems and remote sensing verification,” in Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) ASTRO, Montreal, Canada, 2019 Download as PDF

  • A. Yahyaabadi, P. Harrison, P. Ferguson, “Auto Code Generation for Onboard Space Object Detection and Other Flight Software Applications - A Feasibility Study,” in Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) ASTRO, Montreal, Canada, 2019 Download as PDF

Attended Conferences

  • Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) ASTRO, Montreal, Canada, 2019
    Submitted two papers and presented them:

    • “An intelligent multi-vehicle drone testbed for space systems and remote sensing verification” Download as PDF

    • “Auto Code Generation for Onboard Space Object Detection and Flight Software Applications” Download as PDF

  • ArcticNet (ASM) 2018, Ottawa, Canada, 2018
    Presented my work by the poster and oral presentation:

    • “A multi-vehicle drone testbed for space systems and remote sensing verification”, Proceedings P. 198 Download as PDF

Additional Experience

  • The Main Member of the Drone Testbed Lab at the University of Manitoba, 2018 - 2021
    • Developed “an intelligent multi-vehicle drone testbed for space systems and remote sensing verification”
    • Assisted other teams to use the testbed in different research areas such as:
      • Using hand gestures for controlling drone movements
      • Using artificial neural networks as the controller for the drones
  • Summer Internship in Bama Co, Summer 2014/2016
    • Condition monitoring and predictive maintenance planning of machinery and vehicles in Bama Co
  • Jury Membership at Isfahan Mathhouse, 2013 - 2018
    • Member of the Jury in Isfahan Mathhouse for choosing qualified participants for International Competitions (e.g., Alympiad)
    • Alympiad competition participants test grader in Isfahan Mathhouse
  • Teaching Assistant at the Isfahan University of Technology, Fall 2016
    • Statics, instructor: Dr. S. Akbarzadeh

Voluntary Experience

  • Volunteering as an Open Source Programmer
    • The leader of the Atom-Community organization that brings an integrated development environment to Atom
    • The author of the Zadeh, a library for fast fuzzy filtering and matching written in C++
    • The author of the minijson, a library for the fast minification of the JSON files written in D, C, and AVX2 and SSE4_1 SIMD.
    • The author of the AcuteML, an intelligent markup language for web development written in Julia
    • The leader of the JuliaMatlab organization, an open-source alternative for Matlab written in Julia
    • The co-owner of the JuliaMusic organization that provides music research tools (e.g. MusicXML.jl) in Julia
    • Other projects available on GitHub
  • Music Performances in Morrow Gospel Church, Sep. 2018/Jan. 2019
    • Two Rock/Blues performances in Blues Nights events, Winnipeg, Canada

GRE

  • Quantitative: 170/170
  • Verbal: 151/170
  • Analytical Writing: 3.5

Selected Courses

  • Applied Computational Intelligence: 4.5/4.5
  • Selected Topics in Robot Technology: 4.5/4.5
  • Mechatronics: 20/20
  • Robotics: 19.5/20
  • Neural Networks: 20/20
  • Intelligent Control: 18/20
  • Applied Vibrations: 19.6/20
  • Acoustics: 19.5/20
  • Machinery Dynamics: 19.3/20
  • Vehicle Dynamics: 18.3/20
  • Mechatronics Lab 1 and 2 : 18.25/20 and 19/20
  • Applied Electrical/Electronics: 19.03/20
  • Dynamics: 18.5/20
  • Computer-aided design: 18.1/20
  • Engineering Mathematics: 20/20
  • Differential Equations: 20/20
  • General Mathematics: 20/20
  • Advanced Dynamics (Audited)
  • Parallel Processing (Audited)

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