R. Abraham Martin
Contact Information
Education
- Brigham Young University, Fulton School of Engineering and Technology
- Doctoral Student in Chemical Engineering
- Expected Graduation, April 2018
- Brigham Young University, April 2014
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
- GPA: 3.70 / 4.00
- Southern Utah University, April 2008
- Associates Degree in General Studies
- GPA: 3.95 / 4.00
Research Interests
- Unmanned Aerial Systems
- UAV path planning and optimization
- Optimized sensor view planning for UAV systems
- UAV based infrastructure monitoring
- 3D terrain modeling from UAV imagery
- Advanced Process Control
- Created an embedded process control experiment that runs from a USB connection on an Arduino board (see YouTube Video)
- Formulated the process control lab assignment and solution key
- Compared the performance of PID and Model Predictive Control (MPC)
Publications
- Martin, R.A., Blackburn, L., Pulsipher, J., Franke, K., Hedengren, J.D., Potential Benefits of Combining Anomaly Detection with View Planning for UAV Infrastructure Modeling, 9(5), 434, 2017, doi:10.3390/rs9050434. Article (Open Access)
- Martin, R.A.; Rojas, I.; Franke, K.; Hedengren, J.D. Evolutionary View Planning for Optimized UAV Terrain Modeling in a Simulated Environment. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 26. Article (Open Access)
- Martin, R.A., Hall, A., Brinton, C., Franke, K., and Hedengren, J.D., Privacy Aware Mission Planning and Video Masking for UAV Systems, UMS-01, Unmanned Systems: Mission Management and Planning Technologies, Jan 4, 2016, AIAA Infotech at Aerospace, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2016, San Diego, California, USA, 4-8 Jan 2016. Article
- Palmer, L.M., Franke, K.W., Martin, R.A., Sines, B.E., Rollins, K.M., and Hedengren, J.D., Application and accuracy of structure from motion computer vision models with full-scale geotechnical field tests. Proceedings, 2015 International Foundation Congress and Equipment Expo, Paper 301, ASCE, Reston, VA, 2015. Preprint
- Abbott, C.S., Haseltine, E.L., Martin, R.A., and Hedengren, J.D., New Capabilities for Large-Scale Models in Computational Biology, Computing and Systems Technology Division, AIChE National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 2012. Session | Abstract
Experience
- Intern: Idaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, ID, May 2014-August 2014
- Modeled hybrid nuclear-renewable energy systems in Aspen Plus.
- Web Developer: i5Services, Clearfield, UT, May 2011-January 2013
- Designed collaboration tools to facilitate client interaction with a database
- Improved efficiency of existing task management systems by over 40%
- Missionary: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Long Beach, CA, May 2009 - May 2011
- Supervised and trained approximately 20 other missionaries
- Simplified and taught advanced concepts daily
- Gave frequent public speeches to large audiences
- Planning Engineer: MetalCraft Technologies Inc. Cedar City, UT, Jan 2008 - July 2008
- Worked with a team to digitize component designs
- Managed and organized document backup system for more than 20 users
Interests and Awards
- National Merit Scholarship (top 0.5%/1.5M applied)
- Robert Byrd Four Year Academic Scholarship
- Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Award
- Skills
- Matlab, MathCad
- Agisoft Photoscan
- Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu Linux
- Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, PHP, MYSQL, HTML, CSS
