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Name Timothy Everett Adams
Label Graduate Student Control Systems Researcher
Email timothy.adams@mail.mcgill.ca
Summary A graduate research assistant interested in robust control.

Work

  • 2024.05 - Present
    Graduate Research Assistant
    DECAR Group
    Conduct theoretical and applied research of robust control in robotics and energy systems.
    • Control systems
    • Robust control
    • System Identification
    • Python
  • 2023.05 - 2023.08
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Mydlarski Lab
    Improve the design of a hot-wire anemometer fluid velocity measurement device.
    • Developped a MATLAB program to simulate the linearized circuit dynamics of a hot-wire anemometer fluid velocity measurement device.
    • Improve the design of a hot-wire anemometer circuit by redesigning the feedback amplifier network based on the simulation results.
  • 2022.05 - 2022.08
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Mydlarski Lab
    Design a low-cost hot-wire anemometer fluid velocity measurement device.
    • Designed an analog electronic circuit for a low-cost hot-wire anemometer fluid velocity measurement device.
    • Designed and assembled a prototype PCB of the hot-wire anemometer circuit using KiCad.
    • Benchmarked the performance of the anemometer prototype against a commercial unit in a turbulent jet and analyzed the data using MATLAB.

Education

  • 2024.09 - 2026.09

    Montreal, Canada

    Master of Science
    McGill University
    Mechanical Engineering
    GPA: 4.00/4.00
    • Optimization
    • Control Systems
    • System Identification
  • 2020.09 - 2024.05

    Montreal, Canada

    Bachelor of Engineering
    McGill University
    Mechanical Engineering
    GPA: 3.99/4.0

Awards

  • 2025.09
    McGill Engineering Undergraduate Student Master's Award (MEUSMA)
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    Internal funding award for M.Sc. students at McGill University based on the student's academic and research record.
  • 2024.09
    Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's program (CGS-M)
    McGill University
    Scholarship to support graduate students in a Master's program that demonstrate a high standard of achievement in undergraduate and early graduate studies.
  • 2024.05
    British Association Medal
    McGill University
    Graduation medal awarded for achieving the highest academic standing in the graduating class for the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
  • 2024.05
    Dean's Honour List
    McGill University
    Honour awarded to students that rank in the top 10% of the Faculty of Engineering based on CGPA.
  • 2022.05, 2023.05
    Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
    Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
    Award to support undergraduate research work experience based on academic excellence, research potential, and expected quality of training.

Publications

Skills

Control Systems
Classical Control
Optimal Control
System Identification for Control
Robust Control
Programming
Python
MATLAB

Languages

English
Native speaker
French
Fluent
Italian
Beginner