Bio
Aaron is a robotics engineer in the Autonomous Systems Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He specializes in mechanical engineering, systems engineering, and algorithm development related to small autonomous vehicles for air, ground, surface, and underwater applications. Aaron's background has focused on several national security topics such as automated welding of naval ships at Tennessee Tech University, development of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots at NSWC Indian Head, and development of new computed tomography processes for some of the nation's most critical weapon systems at Y-12 National Security Complex. He is currently involved in vehicle development, visual-inertial state estimation, and simultaneous localization and mapping.
Awards
2013 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year
Education
Tennessee Technological University
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - Thesis: Design of a Mobile Robotic Welding System
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Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
