Experience

VDL ETG Technology & Development B.V.

• Netherlands
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Mechatronics Engineer

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  VDL ETG T&D: VDL ETG is the provider of complex and high-tech mechatronic systems in which T&D is the development department. I worked on two different high-performance stages. One for the manufacturing of displays that we delivered to the US and one for demonstrating the maglev principle, which is currently on-going. For these two stages I was/am responsible for the design and integration of the motion control software for 6DoF standstill and up to 3DoF motion. This included all aspects of a high-performance control loop (SPG, Controllers (FB & FF), Decoupling, Balance Mass control, Actuator and Sensor interfacing) as well as integration of drives/IO modules, linear motors (1 and 3 phase) and non-linear motors. In addition, I designed and implemented non-real time functions, such as initialization, calibration and validation. After integration I learned how to perform an error budget analysis and model-based design/improvements. Currently I am industrialising and standardising the motion control platform and also integrating interferometry. In this first year I experienced how to work in the world of ASML, working together with multi-disciplinary teams to improve the Wafer Handler in atmospheric as well as vacuum modules. I performed tests on ASML systems in house but also at ASML in Veldhoven. In parallel I worked together with contamination and tribology experts for the development of test setups for measuring contamination. Show less



AAE bv

• Netherlands
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• System Engineer

  • Jun 2014 - Jan 2018

  AAE is an advanced hightech company, located in Helmond, The Netherlands, that creates and develops customer-specific machines (mainly for printing and assembly), high precision parts and proto and serial systems. As a systems engineer, I gained experience at this company in mechanical-, electrical- and software engineering. Next to this I learned a lot about working in an organisation, together with many colleagues and having contact with suppliers and customers. Past year I mostly did mechanical design. That is, translating technical specifications in a mechanical design, or changing mechanical designs to solve known problems. For this I made CAD models and technical drawings and prepare them for production. I gained experience in SolidWorks, ProEngineer and ISAH (an ERP system). For about two months in total I also worked as a mechanic and as an electrician to get some practical experience in those fields. For the first 2 years I was mainly working as a software developer. During this time I developed and implemented .NET applications, that controlled a linear motion system (NYCe4000 LMS system from Bosch Rexroth). Furthermore I got experience in programming Allen Bradley plc’s (Rockwell Automation), programming Siemens PLC’s and different kinds of processes, such as configuring and using linear motors (Nyce4000 LMS), servo handlers, servo motors, robots (Denso, Fanuc), welding processes and pneumatics. I have made machines fully operational and still service them. For this I made trips to Hungary and China. Show less



Eindhoven University of Technology

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Theoretical extension, practical validation and tool design of a stability-based loop-shaping method

  • Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  This research considers the existing Frequency-based Mapping of Bilateral Stability (FMBS) method. The FMBS method provides a stability-based linear controller design method for bilateral teleoperation architectures. The method enables taking into account the nonlinear bilateral stability criteria that are generally used for bilateral teleoperation architectures, while using linear controller design techniques, as opposed to the often-used a-posteriori evaluation of stability. A stability mapping is used, involving linear approximation of unstable regions. This approximation uses a single, rectangular-shaped area. However, it is shown that multiple and nonconvex stable regions can be present, which results in significant conservatism. Accordingly, the single-region FMBS mapping algorithm is extended to multiple regions.A tool is implemented that assists a control engineer in optimising bilateral controllers using the FMBSmethod. This FMBS tool includes a loop-shaping feature and contains the extended discretisation and mapping methods. Using this tool, the FMBS result of a control design for a single DoF rotational setup is analysed. Finally, the FMBS method is practically validated using a teleoperated robot for minimally invasive surgery. Experiments show that if conventional control design methods fail in performance optimisation, using the FMBS method this limitation can be visualised and, if possible, a superior performance can be achieved. Show less

• Influence of a disturbance observer on a MIMO bilateral controlled teleoperation system

  • Mar 2013 - May 2013

  This research consisted of a robust stability analysis of a bilateral control architecture in which a disturbance observer is incorporated to estimate the environment force for a MIMO bilateral teleoperation with dynamically coupled slave manipulator.



Florida Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Modelling and control of a Flexible Wing Aircraft

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  The goal of this internship was developing several control methods to prevent a flexible wing aircraft from fluttering. In this study, available complex state space models are reduced using various model reduction steps. After this model reduction different control techniques, namely Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control and L1-Adaptive control, are investigated using different examples and applied on the flexible wing aircraft. The goal of this internship was developing several control methods to prevent a flexible wing aircraft from fluttering. In this study, available complex state space models are reduced using various model reduction steps. After this model reduction different control techniques, namely Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control and L1-Adaptive control, are investigated using different examples and applied on the flexible wing aircraft.



Eindhoven University of Technology

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Traction control for omni-directional robots

  • Mar 2010 - Sep 2010

  The goal of this project was to prevent slipping of an omni-directional robot (the turtle in Tech Unitedd). The project consisted of analyisis of the motion planning of the robot, research on traction control and an initial control design. The goal of this project was to prevent slipping of an omni-directional robot (the turtle in Tech Unitedd). The project consisted of analyisis of the motion planning of the robot, research on traction control and an initial control design.