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PhD Computer Science

MSc Robotics and Computation

BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering (First Class Honours)

• Foundation year and first year of study at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China campus.

Lecturer (Teaching) in Robotics and AI

• Module lead for Computer Vision and Sensing, and COMP0219 Sensors, Sensing and Signal Conditioning.
• Module co-lead for COMP0250 Robot Sensing, Manipulation and Interaction.
• Supervision of MSc students on industrial projects.

Associate Lecturer (Teaching)

• Module lead for COMP0241, developing new content for the newly launched MSc programme at UCL East. Coordinated 3 PGTAs for 73 students and received highly positive feedback.
• Module co-lead for COMP0219, preparing and delivering material and assessment.
• Supported COMP0217 by developing lab sessions and the final project. Established the motion-capture software workflow and trained lab technicians to collect the final-project dataset with ground truth.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant

• Robot Vision and Navigation (COMP0130) for sensor fusion and SLAM.
• Virtual Environments (COMP0113, from 2021) collaborative VR experience design and development under Unity with Ubiq.
• Systems Engineering (COMP0016) (2022-2023)
• Machine Vision Engineering (COMP0137) (2023-2024)
• Extensively involved in the supervision of master student projects in MSc Robotics and Computation from 2019, including sparse SLAM with prior maps, semantic segmentation, path planning, lens calibration, and structure from motion.

Research Assistant

• Integration and experimentation of the Robotnik VOGUI platform with the OptiTrack system for an autonomous construction pick-and-place task with a UR-10e robotic arm on the mobile platform, including gripper integration with the UR-10e arm (2021-22).
• Implementation and experimentation of the ROS navigation stack on a custom-designed tricycle autonomous guided vehicle (AGV).
• Evaluation of various depth sensors for obstacle avoidance and visual SLAM.
• Design and implementation of an automated testing/calibration tool-chain for robot path-planning and control based on the OptiTrack system.
• Increased AGV docking accuracy to the set target, and introduced new functions including smooth path planning and obstacle avoidance.
• Design and implementation of an autonomous surveying pipeline using a FARO laser scanner and wheeled robot base.
• Investigation of methods for vision-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) with prior and semantic information.
• Quarterly deliverable presentations and demos to the funding monitoring officer.
• Supervision of master student projects in MSc Robotics and Computation, including SLAM, robot exploration, and lens calibration.

Robotics Engineer

• Investigation, construction, and validation of prototype AGV hardware and software.
• ROS control integration of the AGV prototype and ROS wrapper for the in-house optical tracking system.
• Implementation of a feature extraction algorithm for lens calibration, focusing on efficiency optimization and testing of alternative segmentation methods.
• Post-processing and quality analysis of optical tracking system performance.
• Investigation and validation of a low-cost optical-inertial tracking system for camera tracking.
• Onsite installation of the optical tracking system and Unreal Engine integration; product demonstration and customer support.
• Quarterly deliverable presentations and demos to the funding monitoring officer.

Electronic Intern

• Developed an automated test and data collection system for a new railway product using LabVIEW and NI DAQ devices.
• Reviewed product firmware and built unit test cases using the Unity test framework and CMock mocking framework.

Leading Engineering Curriculum Transformation: An Integrated Engineering Approach (UCL CEE short course)

UCL Arena for Lecturers on Probation (ALP)

UCL Arena: Core Teaching Skills