Liam Nolan
Mechatronics Engineer
I am a Robotics Engineer with four years of professional experience in surgical robotics. I am currently writing my thesis on using adaptive control methods in ROS for affordable surgical robotics. I am currently seeking fulltime work
- Location
- Innsbruck, Austria
- liamjosephnolan@gmail.com
- Phone
- +43 677 610 89511
- Website
- https://liamjosephnolan.com
- GitHub
- github.com/liamjosephnolan
Experience
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Mechanical Engineer at Ethicon Inc.
Worked on a Laparoscopic Surgical Robotic system. Designed, tested, and integrated multiple robotic subsystems while also supporting clinical procedure development efforts.
Highlights
- Project Lead of mechanical immobilization solution for surgeon console
- Team Lead of capital equipment packaging project
- Designed, tested & integrated robotic subsystems for surgeon console
- Designed and coordinated manufacturing of various PCB and optical test fixtures
- Diagnosed and repaired custom robotics system in a clinical setting
- Supported procedure development efforts in surgical labs
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Mechanical Engineering Intern at Auris Health
Worked as an Intern at Surgical Robotic’s Startup. Primarily involved in development and testing effort of electromechnical immoblization system.
Highlights
- Designed and manufactured custom electromechanical actuator to immobilize surgical system
- Assembled, tested, and characterized performance of robotic arms
- Tuned, characterized, and tested custom electromechanical actuator
- Analyzed assembly critical tolerance stackups in custom actuator assemblies
- Created, reviewed, and delivered part drawings for manufacture
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Mechanical Engineering Intern at Orbital ATK
Worked as an Intern at a Satellite manufacturer. Primarily involved in testing and construction of Satellite deployables.
Highlights
- Prototyped assembly methods for various satellite deployables
- Assembled and tested engineering development units
- Analyzed flight hardware for defects and insured assemblies were within tolerance
- Manufactured and assembled stiffness and thermal test fixtures
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Mechanical Engineering Intern at Breedt Production Tooling and Design
Worked as an intern at a design and manufacturing firm. Responsible for the design and manufacture of parts for external vendors.
Highlights
- Design, manufactured, and tested large scale industrial tooling
- Responsible for mechanical and electrical design of robotic hydroponic foam cutter
- Designed and manufactured rubber compression mold stripper
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Mechanical Engineering Intern at Breedt Production Tooling and Design
Worked as an intern at a design and manufacturing firm. Responsible for the design and manufacture of parts for external vendors.
Highlights
- Designed and manufactured parts for external customers
- Operated and maintained both CNC manufacturing equipment and manual machining equipment
Other Involvements'
FIRST Robotics Competition
President of FRC Team 2046 and Mentor on FRC Team 973
Highlights
- 2017 World Champions
- 2018 SF Regional winners
- 2015 Curie Divison Finalists
BattleBots
Engineer on two seperate Battlebots
Highlights
- Alexi, 3lb combat robot
- Zenith, 250lb combat robot
Education
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Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, SLO
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Master's in Mechatronics from MCI, Innsbruck
Languages
- English
- Fluency: Native
- German
- Fluency: Basic
Skills
- Mechanical Design
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Interests
- Outdoors
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- Robotics & Tech
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