Curriculum Vitae

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Research Interests

Aerial Robotics, Motion Planning, Autonomous Systems, Artificial Intelligence.

Education

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (2020-present)
  • Advisor: Guilherme A. S. Pereira.
  • West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV. USA.
• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (2015-2019)
  • Experimental Analysis of Fan Noise and Performance at the EESC-USP Fan Rig Workbench.
  • Advisor: Paulo C. Greco Jr.
  • University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, SP. Brazil.
• B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering (2010-2015)
  • Propeller Aerodynamic Design and Performance for a Commuter Aircraft.
  • Advisor: Hernán D. Cerón-Muñoz.
  • University of São Paulo (USP), São Carlos, SP. Brazil.
• “Sandwich” year in B.Eng. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (2013-2014)
  • Brazil’s Science without Borders program.
  • University of Southampton (Soton), Southampton, UK.

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant (2020-present)
  • Field and Aerial Robotics (FARO) Laboratory. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University (WVU), Morgantown, WV 26505. USA. https://farolab.wvu.edu/.
• Independent Consultant (2019)
  • Mentor for Udacity’s Sensor Fusion Nanodegree Program. https://www.udacity.com/.
• Design and Development Engineer (2018-2019)
  • Birdview DroneScan. Botucatu, SP. Brazil. https://birdview.com.br/.
• Graduate Research Assistant (2016-2018)
  • Fan Noise Research Group, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo. São Carlos, SP. Brazil. http://www.saa.eesc.usp.br/.
• Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015)
  • Fan Noise Research Group, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo. São Carlos, SP. Brazil. http://www.saa.eesc.usp.br/.

Development Experience

• Design of Autonomous Vehicles and Robots (in collaboration with others):
  • Tether-powered drone.
  • Caged drone.
  • Automatic dispenser drones.
• Software Experience:
  • Languages: C++, Matlab, Python, JavaScript.
  • Libraries and Tools: Robot Operating System (ROS), Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL), Open-source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV), Point Cloud Library (PCL), Boost Graph Library (BGL), CUDA toolkit, Open-source Autopilot (PX4).
  • Simulation: Gazebo, CoppeliaSim, StarCCM+, ANSYS.
  • CAD: Solidworks, SolidEdge, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, CATIA.
  • Operating Systems: Linux, MS Windows.
• Experience with Commercial Robots and Sensors:
  • Aerial robots: DJI Phantom 3, Phantom 4, and Matrice M100 quadrotors, Holybro QAV250, S500, and X500 quadrotors.
  • Ground mobile robots: iRobot Create II, ClearPath Husky.
  • Manipulators: Universal Robots UR3.
  • LiDARS: Ouster OS1, Hokuyo UTM-30LX, YDLIDAR X4 and G4, Intel RealSense L515.
  • Cameras: Raspberry Pi Camera Module, Intel RealSense D435, D435i, and T265, MS Azure Kinect, and USB Cameras.

Publications

Baseline Acoustic Levels of the EESC-USP Fan Rig

Bernardo Martinez, Paulo C. Greco, Luciano Caldas, Luiz A. Baccalá, Rafael G. Cuenca and Rudner L. Queiroz. "Baseline Acoustic Levels of the EESC-USP Fan Rig," AIAA 2017-3384. 23rd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference. June 2017.

Design of an Instrumented Stator Vane for Unsteady Pressure Measurements using MEMS Microphones

Bernardo Martinez R. Jr., Luciano C. Caldas, Rafael G. Cuenca, Rudner L. Queiroz, Paulo C. Greco. "Design of an Instrumented Stator Vane for Unsteady Pressure Measurements using MEMS Microphones," ICAS 2018-0591. 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS). September 2018.

Parametric Investigation of the EESC-USP Aeroacoustic Fan Rig

Rafael G. Cuenca, Bernardo Martinez R. Jr., Paulo C. Greco. "Parametric Investigation of the EESC-USP Aeroacoustic Fan Rig," ICAS 2018-0147. 31st Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS). September 2018.

Fast Path Computation using Lattices in the Sensor-Space for Forest Navigation

B. Martinez R. Junior and G. A. S. Pereira, "Fast Path Computation using Lattices in the Sensor-Space for Forest Navigation," 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021, pp. 1117-1123, doi: 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561241.

NASA Space Robotics Challenge 2 Qualification Round: An Approach to Autonomous Lunar Rover Operations

Kilic, C., Martinez, B., Tatsch, C. A., Beard, J., Strader, J., Das, S., ... & Gross, J. N. (2021). NASA Space Robotics Challenge 2 Qualification Round: An Approach to Autonomous Lunar Rover Operations. IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 36(12), 24-41.

Parallel Sensor-Space Lattice Planner for Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance

Martinez Rocamora, B., Jr.; Pereira, G.A.S. Parallel Sensor-Space Lattice Planner for Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance. Sensors 2022, 22, 4770. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22134770.

Towards Finding Energy Efficient Paths for Hybrid Airships in the Atmosphere of Venus

B. Martinez R., A. P. I. Juan and G. A. S. Pereira, "Towards Finding Energy Efficient Paths for Hybrid Airships in the Atmosphere of Venus," 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2022, pp. 386-393, doi: 10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836111.

Certificates

• Deep Learning Specialization. DeepLearning.AI (Coursera, ~17 weeks).
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning;
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameters Tuning, Regularization, and Optimization;
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects;
  • Convolutional Neural Networks;
  • Sequence Models.
• Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning. University of Alberta and Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Coursera).
• Flying Car Nanodegree Program. Udacity.
• Design Sprint Nanodegree Program. Udacity.
• Control of Mobile Robots. Georgia Institute of Technology (Coursera).
• Robotics Specialization. University of Pennsylvania (Coursera, ~26 weeks).
  • Aerial Robotics;
  • Mobility;
  • Perception;
  • Estimation and Learning;
  • Computational Motion Planning;
  • Capstone Project.

Honors and Awards

• Statler Ph.D. Fellowship. (2021-present)
  • Sponsor: Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Sciences, West Virginia University.
• Graduate Research Assistantship. (2020)
  • Sponsor: West Virginia University.
• Graduate Research Scholarship. (2017-2018)
  • Sponsor: Fundação para o Incremento da Pesquisa e do Aperfeiçoamento Industrial (FIPAI).
• Master’s Studies Scholarship. (2016-2018)
  • Sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
• Undergraduate Research Scholarship. (2015)
  • Sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
• Science Without Borders Scholarship. (2013-2014)
  • Sponsor: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

Academic Service (Reviewer Work)

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).
• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
• IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).
• Journal of Navigation.

Memberships and Affiliations

• IEEE Student Member.
• IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Member.
• AIAA Student Member.
• West Virginia University’s Brazilian Student Association (BSA) Member.
• Brazilian Student Association (BRASA) Member
• Mentor for the BRASA Pré program, which prepares students to apply to international graduate programs.

Language Skills

• English Proficient/Fluent.
• Portuguese Native Speaker.
• Spanish Native Speaker.
• French Intermediate.