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Objective

Perform cutting edge research in robotics while continuously growing my hands-on experience

Education

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) December 2024
      Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics Engineering, 4.00/4.00
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) December 2019
      Master of Science in Robotics Engineering, 3.88/4.00
  • Christopher Newport University (CNU) May 2018
      Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, 3.53/4.00, Cum Laude
      Minor in Leadership Studies

Publications

  • Catherman, Neville, Bloom, & White, "Reinforcement Learning Adversarial Swarm Dynamics," Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon, March 2020, Raleigh, NC, USA.
    ieeexplore.ieee.org
  • Catherman, Kaminski & Jagetia, "Atlas Humanoid Robot Control with Flexible Finite State Machines for Playing Soccer," Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon, March 2020, Raleigh, NC, USA.
    ieeexplore.ieee.org
  • White & Catherman, "Mobile Robot Controller Performance over Unexpected Terrain Disturbances," Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon, April 2019, Huntsville, AL, USA.
    ieeexplore.ieee.org
  • Conner, Catherman, Enders, Gates, & Gu, "Flexible Manipulation: Finite State Machine-based Collaborative Manipulation," Proceedings of IEEE SoutheastCon, April 2018, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.
    ieeexplore.ieee.org

Internships

  • Waymo May 2022 - August 2022
      Roboticist Intern, Behavior Planner, Prediction, & Router
  • Waymo May 2021 - August 2021
      Roboticist Intern, Behavior Planner, Prediction, & Controls
  • Kuva Systems August 2019 - May 2021
  • SIC Drone January 2019 - June 2019
  • Cannon Virginia Inc. January 2018 - June 2018
  • NASA August 2016 - December 2017

Projects

  • # Pardon my comments, this site is a work in progress!

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