Carlo Branca
Head of R&D at Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC- Claim this Profile
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John Sinopoulo-Wilson
Carlo is genuine scholar. His broad understanding of the sciences and how they effect the human species was unusual. We should all be so fortunate to know and work with someone so broadly educated. Dr. John Wilson
John Sinopoulo-Wilson
Carlo is genuine scholar. His broad understanding of the sciences and how they effect the human species was unusual. We should all be so fortunate to know and work with someone so broadly educated. Dr. John Wilson
John Sinopoulo-Wilson
Carlo is genuine scholar. His broad understanding of the sciences and how they effect the human species was unusual. We should all be so fortunate to know and work with someone so broadly educated. Dr. John Wilson
John Sinopoulo-Wilson
Carlo is genuine scholar. His broad understanding of the sciences and how they effect the human species was unusual. We should all be so fortunate to know and work with someone so broadly educated. Dr. John Wilson
Experience
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Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC
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United States
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of R&D
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Mar 2015 - Present
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Kimberly-Clark
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Electrical Project Engineer
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Jun 2013 - Feb 2015
Project electrical engineer in a diaper manufacturing plant. Day to day troubleshooting to support 24/7 operation Part of the team driving machine waste reduction, with particular focus on unwind waste and optimization Electrical engineer lead for packaging end installation Project electrical engineer in a diaper manufacturing plant. Day to day troubleshooting to support 24/7 operation Part of the team driving machine waste reduction, with particular focus on unwind waste and optimization Electrical engineer lead for packaging end installation
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Senior Engineer
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Jul 2012 - May 2013
Startup company applying its advanced control technologies toward the technology development and commercialization of a commutational ramp load actuator for hard disk drives. Design of experiments for the measurement of the model parameters for the HDD prototype Analysis and simulation of the dynamic model of the HDD in Matlab/Simulink for the purpose of developing a robust controller Development of a working prototype of the new HDD to be presented to potential buyers Startup company applying its advanced control technologies toward the technology development and commercialization of a commutational ramp load actuator for hard disk drives. Design of experiments for the measurement of the model parameters for the HDD prototype Analysis and simulation of the dynamic model of the HDD in Matlab/Simulink for the purpose of developing a robust controller Development of a working prototype of the new HDD to be presented to potential buyers
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Research Assistant
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Apr 2007 - May 2013
Research laboratory funded by a group of private companies including Procter&Gamble Kimberly-Clark, 3M, Rockwell Automation, etc.. Purpose of the laboratory is to provide a better understanding of the web handling process and provide software tools to help guide engineers in the analysis and design of web handling machines. Analysis, improvement and simulation and experimental validation of the dynamic model of a web handling machine. Implemented a model for a web handling machine in Matlab/Simulink and Delphi Developed advanced real time control systems on Allen-Bradley PLC to improve the overall performance of the machine and increase production and quality of product Led and supervised undergrad and graduate students in the development of projects related to the web handling field Show less
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ARCON Corporation
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United States
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Staff Engineer Intern
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May 2010 - Jun 2010
Arcon is a consultant company that specializes in analyzing engineering systems, identifying problems, and formulating and implementing solutions. The areas of expertise are air traffic control, digital voice communications, image processing and space surveillance and GPS navigation. Developed a model for a maneuvering airplane Designed a simulation software in Visual C++ for the implementation of the model of a maneuvering airplane; Assisted leading engineer in fixing bugs in the air traffic control simulation software developed by the company. Show less
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Research assistant
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Jan 2004 - May 2007
Research laboratory mostly funded by the National Science Foundation. Purpose of the laboratory is to study the problems related to the coordination of group of robots. One objective of the laboratory was to develop a cost effective unmanned vehicle for testing of the coordination algorithms developed in the laboratory. Developed an algorithm for the cooperation control of unmanned autonomous vehicles, investigated the use of advanced control and optimization technique to the coordination problem, designed a simulation to validate the proposed algorithm in Matlab/Simulink Designed interface for the communication of sensors over a CAN bus for a mobile robotic platform Led a group of 3 undergraduate students in the development of an embedded platform based on LabView for teaching purposes Show less
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Education
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Oklahoma State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering -
Oklahoma State University
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University of Rome Tor Vergata
Laurea, Computer Engineering