Ethan Elgavish

Experience

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  Jimmy John's

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  In Shop / Delivery
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  Longhorn Racing Electric

  Sept 2018 - May 2021

  Steering and Ergonomics Lead

  - Worked on the design and manufacture of the steering system for UT Austin's Formula SAE Electric race car- Lead a team of approximately five members in the design and manufacturing of the steering and ergonomics systems of the car- Used Solidworks 3D modeling, simulation, and drawing packages to prepare design concepts for fabrication- Operated manual milling and lathing machines

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  Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Honors Summer Internship

  - Developed a simulation for preliminary work in the application of the SLAM algorithm for sonar- Ran tests comparing SLAM runtimes with various filters and various data association techniques- Independently developed a well-documented codebase of the SLAM algorithm

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  Aristocrat

  May 2021 - Dec 2021

  Robotics Intern

  - Developed a prototype of a customer facing mobile autonomous information and entertainment kiosk- Created wiring harness for power, computer hardware, and sensors

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  The University of Texas at Austin

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2024

  - Developed global optimization algorithm to improve the predictive power of biomechanical modeling - Designed suction-based wall climbing robot for nuclear power applications- Developed novel sensor deployment mechanism for the permanent installation of piezoelectric sensors- Built a simple ROS stack and hardware interface for teleoperation control

  • Research Engineering/Scientist Professional at Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group

    Jan 2024 - Mar 2024

  • Graduate Research Assistant at Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab

    Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Graduate Research Assistant at Nuclear & Applied Robotics Group

    May 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at Nuclear & Applied Robotics Group

    Jan 2022 - May 2022
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  Pike Robotics

  Jan 2024 - Mar 2024

  Mechatronic Engineer - Contractor

  Engineering services and consulting related to mechanical design & testing, in addition to a varietyof other mechatronic tasks, supporting development of a storage tank inspection robot.

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  Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

  May 2024 - now

  Research Engineer II