Student Researcher
2015 - 2016University of Minnesota- Improved a state-estimation algorithm for a quadcopter drone.
- Composed code for the ARM architecture.
- Developed an extended Kalman filter to improved state estimation.
- Built a mathematical model in SymPy in the course of developing the EKF.
- Gained experience with embedded systems development and debugging tools, such as JTAG.
- Worked with multiple sensor types such as GPS, barometer, altimeter, compass, and IMU.
- Worked with brushless DC motors and their controllers.
Technologies: Microcontrollers, Drones, ArduPilot, C++, Arduino, SymPy, NumPyWeb Developer
2014 - 2016University of Minnesota- Developed and maintained Python-based websites.
- Focused on back-end development and server configuration.
- Worked with Django and Flask web frameworks; one website used both simultaneously.
- Designed development and deployment tools that became quickly adopted and relied upon by the entire team.
- Worked with website payment processing.
Technologies: Python, Ubuntu, Nginx, Ansible, uWSGI, Flask, Django, MySQLProgrammer
2013 - 2015GoFIRST (Student Group)- Developed code for a college-level IGVC robotics competition.
- Worked as part of a large engineering team with the goal of designing a robot to compete in the competition.
- Designed code in C++ to log error messages from the various parts of the code.
- Built a logging library that had to be compatible with multiple programming languages, including C++ and Python.
- Created the control code for a multiprocess architecture with each section being run in its own process.
Technologies: C++, ZeroMQ, Python
Frans Jozsef Elliott
Real-time Embedded Systems Developer in Saint Paul, MN, United States
Member since October 2, 2018
Passionate about robotics, Frans is an avid programmer with a broad skillset including embedded systems, robotics, vision processing, professional back-end web development, and server administration and configuration, GPU programming, and more. Concerning programming languages, he's partial to Python and C++ though they are not the only programming languages he can work with.
Frans is now available for hire
Portfolio
- University of MinnesotaMicrocontrollers, Drones, ArduPilot, C++, Arduino, SymPy, NumPy
- University of MinnesotaPython, Ubuntu, Nginx, Ansible, uWSGI, Flask, Django, MySQL
- GoFIRST (Student Group)C++, ZeroMQ, Python
Experience
- Linux, 7 years
- Python, 5 years
- C++, 5 years
- Real-time Embedded Systems, 5 years
- Git, 5 years
- C, 5 years
- Django, 2 years
- Flask, 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Git, Text Editors, Linux, BareMetal
The most amazing...
...thing I've built was a deployment tool—it gave my development team the ability to deploy code changes in a single console command and to all of the web servers.
Employment
Skills
Languages
Python, C++, C++11, C, Bash Script, C++17, Assembly, HTML, Java, CSS, PHPTools
Git, Vim Text Editor, LabVIEW, Ansible, Vagrant, Microsoft Visual Studio, Nginx, CMake, GitHub, lighttpd, uWSGI, Trello, Xilinx Ise, PSpice, VirtualBox, VMwareParadigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Functional ProgrammingPlatforms
Linux, Ubuntu, Windows, Unix, Mac OS, CUDA, Apache2Other
Linux Server Administration, Software Developer, Web Back-end, Embedded Systems, Real-time Embedded Systems, Server Administration, ARMFrameworks
Django, Flask, BoostLibraries/APIs
Tastypie, OpenCVStorage
MySQL, Redis
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science2013 - 2016University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN, USA
