Walelign Nikshi, Ph.D

Senior Controls Engineer II, Strategic R&D at ICON
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Austin, Texas, United States, US

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Eyob Amra

It is unlikely that you come across as a talent and a person like Walelign Messele. I know Walelign as a colleague and as a friend. I had the pleasure of working with Walelign for a year at Alten Mechatronics. He is a hard worker, devoted and very serious team player, his technical skills and ambition to solve problems standout from the rest. Besides Walelign is a friend you can trust.

Tesfaye Tadesse

During his studentship at Arba Minch University, He was a deligent and passionate student who achieved the best grades. I am confident in his a bility while recomending him for further studies or jobs.

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Experience

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Controls Engineer II, Strategic R&D
      • Feb 2023 - Present

      Investigation of Computer Vision for Nozzle Localization and Bead Perception.

    • Senior Control Engineer
      • Oct 2018 - Apr 2023

      ICON is an Austin-based technology company dedicated to revolutionizing homebuilding and making dignified housing the standard for people throughout the world. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is solving a plurality of problems in the contemporary building industry with their breakthrough technologies. For more information, visit www.ICONbuild.com and follow @ICON3DTech on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

    • United States
    • Automation Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Automation Engineer
      • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
      • Aug 2014 - May 2018

      My research focuses on the development of a novel actuation system, mixed conventional/braking actuation system, with an application to mobile robots and distributed manipulation systems. The new actuation system will be beneficial in reducing the weight, cost, control complexity for higher degrees of freedom system and regain the controllability under actuation failure. My research focuses on the development of a novel actuation system, mixed conventional/braking actuation system, with an application to mobile robots and distributed manipulation systems. The new actuation system will be beneficial in reducing the weight, cost, control complexity for higher degrees of freedom system and regain the controllability under actuation failure.

    • France
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Consultant Mechatronics
      • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

      - Mechanical design and development of control algorithm for soccer robot which is mounted on a wheelchair and help people with disability play soccer. - Design and development of control algorithm for Helping Hand (robotic solution for assisting the elderly and those caring for them with personal activities of daily living). - Design of control algorithm for stabilization of Quad-copter and navigation inside a building while avoiding obstacles and detecting humans autonomously. - Mechanical design and development of control algorithm for soccer robot which is mounted on a wheelchair and help people with disability play soccer. - Design and development of control algorithm for Helping Hand (robotic solution for assisting the elderly and those caring for them with personal activities of daily living). - Design of control algorithm for stabilization of Quad-copter and navigation inside a building while avoiding obstacles and detecting humans autonomously.

    • France
    • Engineering Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Mechatronics Engineer
      • Sep 2012 - Aug 2013

      - Design and implementation of a controller on AL5D robot arm for application of picking and giving a business card from/or to the customer in a semi-automatic manner. - Relocate an air vessel in the FTP truck chassis layout from its original left side with a vertical orientation to the right side with horizontal orientation - Mechanical design of tool handle for the long stroke (LoS) Manifold Positioning Tool to position the LoS manifold with respect to LoS motors. - Volume cleaning of ASML NXE3300 machine for CFD analysis. - Mechanical design and modeling of heat exchanger plate for flow analysis. Show less

    • Netherlands
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Master's thesis
      • Nov 2011 - Aug 2012

      - Mathematical modeling, system identification, and design of a controller for Philips Experimental Robot Arm (PERA). - Real-time implementation of the controller on PERA.

    • Internship
      • Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

      - Characterization and calibration of integrated force/torque sensors for smooth, high-performance control of Philips Experimental Robot Arm (PERA) .

    • Ethiopia
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Assistant II
      • Sep 2009 - Aug 2010

      - Taught undergraduate courses like; Thermodynamics, Technical drawing, engineering statics and dynamics. - Organized internship places for the students for their practical experience in industries. - Taught undergraduate courses like; Thermodynamics, Technical drawing, engineering statics and dynamics. - Organized internship places for the students for their practical experience in industries.

Education

  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Control Systems and Robotics
    2014 - 2018
  • University of Twente
    Master of Science, Mechanical Automation and Mechatronics
    2010 - 2012
  • Arba Minch University
    Bachelor Science, Mechanical Engineering
    2005 - 2009

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