Basic Info

Education

Extra Details

Extra Details

Skills

Work Experience

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Brett Bussell

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Education

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M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

05/2021

GPA

3.7/4.0

Emphasis

Modeling and control of dynamical systems

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Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

12/2019

GPA

3.9/4.0

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Lagrangian Dynamics, Advanced Linear Algebra

Skills

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Programming

Python, MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, ROS, Bash, LaTeX

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Software

LabVIEW, VMware, Git, Solidworks, Fusion, AutoCAD

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Other

State estimation, Modeling/simulation, Technical writing and presenting

Work Experience

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Flight Controls Engineer (F/A-18), Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

10/2021 - 07/2023
  • Developed and maintained MATLAB scripts for aggregation and analysis of 400,000 Monte Carlo simulation runs, ensuring control laws meet requirements
  • Boosted Monte Carlo data aggregation rate by 6x using parallel processing, saving hundreds of hours of computation time and reducing code development timeline
  • Identified and resolved a small but critical design error in the control law Simulink model, preventing potential losses of millions of testing dollars and ensuring the project’s timely success
  • Refined control laws and analysis methodologies through targeted SWIL analyses using high-fidelity CASTLE simulation software and MATLAB/Simulink
  • Supported control law testing and validation during HWIL/PIL (pilot-in-the-loop) sim sessions at the state-of-the-art F-18 simulators at the Navy’s Manned Flight Simulator facility
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Instructor, UC Berkeley College of Engineering, T-PREP Program

08/2020 - 08/2021
  • Taught a 3 week crash course in MATLAB programming to a group of 30 incoming transfer students
  • Created a set of university-level lecture materials, including 12 lectures and live programming demos
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Student Researcher, UC Berkeley Hybrid Robotics Lab

03/2018 - 12/2019
  • Built a simulation of nonlinear vehicle dynamics (based on 3-state bicycle model) in MATLAB Simulink
  • Designed a cascaded PID control system that can autonomously drift at desired radii with varying initial conditions