Robotics Engineer, National Robotics Engineering Consortium
Greater Pittsburgh Area
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- Robotics Engineer at National Robotics Engineering Consortium
- Past
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- Infrastructure & Perception Developer at Tartan Racing
- Software & Project Lead at Lunar Rover Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University
- Perception Developer, Robot Operator, Field Team Member at Red Team, Carnegie Mellon University
- RADAR & Software Lead at Duke Robotics Team
- Education
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- Carnegie Mellon University
- Duke University
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Jason Ziglar’s Summary
Jason Ziglar’s Specialties:
C++, C, C#, Ruby, Python, LabView, Java, Matlab, PSPICE, Latex, Windows, and Linux.
Extensive experience in robotic system design, field testing, robot operation, robust perception systems.
Experience soldering, circuit design/construction, embedded programming.
Jason Ziglar’s Experience
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Robotics Engineer
National Robotics Engineering Consortium
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
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Infrastructure & Perception Developer
Tartan Racing
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 5 months)
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Software & Project Lead
Lunar Rover Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Research industry)
January 2006 — August 2006 (8 months)
Conceived and proposed lunar rover mission for lunar crater exploration for NASA's RLEP Program.
Designed, developed, built, and tested tracked lunar rover prototype for crater descent.
Developed and proved methods for utilizing subsurface soil strength for safe descent of steep crater slopes for future lunar missions. -
Perception Developer, Robot Operator, Field Team Member
Red Team, Carnegie Mellon University
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
June 2005 — December 2005 (7 months)
Developed and integrated RADAR sensor for obstacle detection in off-road desert environment.
Developed Terrain Extrapolation Module (TEM), which robustly counteracted errors in pre-planned path and minimized the effects of blind spots in sensor data.
Tested robots for 6,000+ autonomous miles as one of four robot operators.
Participated in 2 months of field team testing and development of robot performance and reliability.
Team earned Pole Position and 3rd starting position in the DARPA Grand Challenge, and vehicles placed 2nd and 3rd in the DARPA Grand Challenge Event. -
RADAR & Software Lead
Duke Robotics Team
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Research industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Developed, tested, and delivered RADAR obstacle detection system for use on Carnegie Mellon's Sandstorm and H1ghlander robotic entries to the DARPA Grand Challenge.
Jason Ziglar’s Education
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Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. , Robotics , 2006 — 2007
4.05/4.00 GPA
- Activities and Societies:
- Red Team, Lunar Rover Initiative, Tartan Racing
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Duke University
BSE , Biomedical & Electrical Engineering , 2001 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Psi Upsilon, Robotics Club, DELTA Smart House, Fly Fishing, Aikido, Duke Association for Greater Gaming Education and Recreation
Additional Information
Jason Ziglar’s Interests:
Robotics, Technology, Gaming, Aikido, Fly Fishing
Jason Ziglar’s Groups:
Psi Upsilon, Tartan Racing, Red Team
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DARPA Grand or Urban Challenge Veterans
Jason Ziglar’s Honors:
Finalist for Best Paper, IROS 2008, 2008
1st Place, Urban Challenge Final Event, 2007
Pole Position, Urban Challenge Qualification Event, 2007
Pole Position, Grand Challenge Qualification Event, 2005
2nd Place, Grand Challenge Final Event, 2005
3rd Place, Grand Challenge Final Event, 2005
Jason Ziglar’s Contact Settings
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