Michael Farquharson

Michael Farquharson

Graduate Student studying Teleoperation and AI

McGill University

Biography

Michael Farquharson is a graduate student studying robot control theory at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines. His research interests include Mobile Robotics, Teleoperation, and Artificial Intelligence.

Interests
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Robot Control Systems
  • Dynamic System Modeling
Education
  • MSc in Mechanical Engineering, 2023

    McGill University

  • BEng in Mechanical Engineering, 2021

    McMaster University

Skills

Python 3

100%

MATLAB

90%

Java

60%

C++

30%

Linux Systems

50%

3D CAD

90%

Mechanical System Design

80%

Electrical System Design

30%

Software System Design

50%

Prototype Fabrication

90%

Economics

60%

Accounting

80%

Statistics

70%

AI/ML

10%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
McGill University
Sep 2021 – Present Quebec, CA

Responsibilities include:

  • Helped complete research related to teleoperation, and mobile robotics
  • Produced simulations using C++ and Vortex studio
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
McMaster University
Sep 2020 – Apr 2021 Ontario, CA

Responsibilities included:

  • Assisted in facilitating an excellent education experience for students in Engineering 1P13
  • Provided feedback and support to students during online project labs, related to material science, computer science, and engineering presentations
  • Lead student breakout rooms through activities, answering any questions that the students had
 
 
 
 
 
Data Analyst Intern
Bombardier Aerospace
May 2019 – Oct 2019 Ontario, CA

Responsibilities included:

  • Worked independently to solve complex data manipulation problems in order to reduce task time
  • Created short python scripts to clean and sort various data input streams as well as perform different forms of analysis on the cleaned data
  • Resulted in huge time savings for the department, was able to reduce the task time from months of work per year to less than an hour
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
McMaster University
Jan 2019 – Apr 2019 Ontario, CA

Responsibilities included:

  • Assisted in facilitating an excellent education experience for Innovation 1X03 under professor Kenneth Owen
  • Evaluated written reflections and brainstorming activities related to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on feasibility of ideas and quality of work
  • Provided feedback on group research project, which was to complete the initial steps of starting a theoretical business
 
 
 
 
 
Summer Research Student
McMaster University
May 2018 – Aug 2018 Ontario, CA

Responsibilities included:

  • Awarded Heater Fellowship to work under Dr. James Cotton doing reaserach into waste heat recovery
  • Developed an analytical thermal system model of a patented waste heat recovery system using Modelica and Excel

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