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Christopher Suzuki is a mechanical engineering student at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing a Master's degree. He has research experience developing autonomous drones using ROS and computer vision. His past work includes designing a robotic arm for a Lego store display and managing an internship integrating a new machine into a water treatment plant. He has publications in robotics conferences and relevant coursework in dynamics, vision, planning, and machine learning.

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Suzuki Chris Resume

Christopher Suzuki is a mechanical engineering student at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing a Master's degree. He has research experience developing autonomous drones using ROS and computer vision. His past work includes designing a robotic arm for a Lego store display and managing an internship integrating a new machine into a water treatment plant. He has publications in robotics conferences and relevant coursework in dynamics, vision, planning, and machine learning.

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Christopher Yusuke Suzuki

760.960.9042 • csuzuki2@andrew.cmu.edu • https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisuzuki62/


Education
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA (June 2024)
Master of Science: Mechanical Engineering – Research Program
Research: CERLAB – UAV, UGV Advisor: Kenji Shimada
Cumulative GPA: 3.49/4.00
California State Polytechnic University (CalPoly), San Luis Obispo, CA (June 2022)
Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering, Concentration Mechatronics
Cumulative GPA: 3.43/4.00
Work Experience
CERLAB (CMU) – Graduate Research Assistant (Dec. 2022 – Present)
• Translate and communicate directly with lab members and Japanese sponsors about the results, goals and
progress of the UAV research group.
CERLAB (CMU) – Graduate Student Summer Researcher (May. 2023 – Aug 2023)
• Researched and developed an Efficient Heuristic-Based Exploration Planner for a camera-based UAV
system that can avoid dynamic and static obstacles in real time.
Mech. Controls Sys. and Thermodynamics II (CalPoly) - Grader (Aug. 2021 – June 2022)
• Provided grading, tutoring, or instruction to other students in Mech. Eng. classes.
AB&I Foundry - Engineer Intern (June 2021 – Sept. 2021)
• Managed, analyzed and designed the integration of a new belt press machine to the water treatment
system of the plant, while designing an automated and robust safety features for the plant system process.
Intro to Metal Casting (CalPoly) - Lab Assistant (2020 Sept – 2020 Dec)
• Facilitated teaching and creating a diverse, inclusive, and hands on environment about the process of
metal casting while following strict safety precaution.
Legoland – Part Time Ninjago Attractions Operator (Seasonal 2018 – Seasonal 2021)
Academic Experience
CERLAB (CMU) – Graduate Student Researcher (Sept. 2022 – Present)
• Optimized and designed an indoor autonomous drone using ROS and computer vision to avoid static and
dynamic obstacles, while collecting point cloud data and generating a map of the environment.
Senior Project (CalPoly) - Interactive Lego Girl Scout Robot Arm (Sept. 2021 – June 2022)
• Designed and manufactured a robotic arm that would be replicated by Girl Scouts and attached to a Lego
Model of Girl Scout in their stores to interact with customer to purchase Girl Scout Cookies.
AFS Cast Steel Competition Team (CalPoly) - Team Lead (Sept. 2021 – June 2022)
• Organized members in learning industrial steel casting design procedures and coordinated with sponsors
with designing and reproducing historical pieces with a modern style.
VEXU Robotics Team (CalPoly) - Project Founder (April 2019 – June 2022)
• Developed a team to produce competitive robots using VEX components, manufacturing processes, and
innovative solutions to compete against other California Universities in the VEXU Robotics Competition.
Publications
• Zhefan Xu*, Christopher Suzuki*, Xiaoyang Zhan, and Kenji Shimada. (2024) Heuristic-based Incremental
Probabilistic Roadmap for Efficient UAV Exploration in Dynamic Environments - ICRA
• Zhefan Xu*, Xiaoyang Zhan*, Yumeng Xiu, Chris Suzuki, and Kenji Shimada. (2023) Low computational-
cost detection and tracking of dynamic obstacles for mobile robots with RGB-D cameras - RAL
• Zhefan Xu, Baihan Chen, Xiaoyang Zhan, Yumeng Xiu, Christopher Suzuki, and Kenji Shimada. (2023) A
vision-based autonomous UAV inspection framework for unknown tunnel construction sites with dynamic
obstacles - RAL
Relevant Coursework
• Graduate: Robot Dynamics, Computer Vision, Path Planning, SLAM, Machine Learning
• Undergraduate: Mechanical Controls Systems, Mechatronics Design
Skills
Programming Language: Matlab, Python, C++
Software: Solidworks, Inventor, Fusion, Cura, Simulink, Cloud Compare, ROS1, Flowcast
Fluent Language: Japanese

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