Alexander Von Moll
Aerospace Engineer at Air Force Research Laboratory
Dayton, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Von Moll is an aerospace engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in multi-agent and cooperative/adversarial autonomous systems, currently researching UAV cooperative control at the Air Force Research Laboratory. He combines rigorous academic training—a PhD in Electrical Engineering, an MS from Georgia Tech, and a strong OSU aeronautical foundation—with hands-on software contributions, including backend improvements to the popular papis bibliography manager and full-stack enhancements to atom-script. His work spans controls research, systems engineering, and project planning across turbine engines and autonomous aerospace platforms, demonstrating both theoretical depth and practical implementation. Based in Dayton, Ohio, he brings a track record of modernizing legacy code and improving robustness in open-source tools, reflecting a pragmatic approach to reproducible research and operational systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Continuous Learning, Various, Continuous Learning, Various at edXGlen Este High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, 4.0 at University of CincinnatiMaster's Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 4.0, Master's Degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 4.0 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.S, Aeronautical Engineering; Computer Science & Engineering Minor, 3.967, B.S, Aeronautical Engineering; Computer Science & Engineering Minor, 3.967 at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (23)
atom-editor10
coffeescript10
python10
configuration-management10
bibtex10
script10
command-line10
file-manipulation9
filesystem9
javascript9
fileio9
debug8
debugging8
yaml7
cli7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
papis/papis
Oct 2018 - Nov 2020
Powerful and highly extensible command-line based document and bibliography manager.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 16 PRs, 34 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on improving the `papis` backend functionality. Their contributions include enhancing BibTeX handling, ensuring the presence of essential keys in document data, and fixing an issue related to header formatting. The changes also included modernizing code by switching to `getboolean` from `get` in the config and fixing an iterator issue related to Python 3. These modifications improve the robustness and usability of the document and bibliography manager.
pythonscholarcrossrefclicommand-line-tool
atom-community/atom-script
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
:runner: Run ( scripts | selections | source ) in Atom
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the atom-script repository. Their work included implementing features to control the default working directory (CWD) behavior, allowing users to configure the CWD based on different contexts such as the script's location or the project directory. The commits also involved code refactoring and bug fixes related to CWD determination, and incorporating the comments from other contributors. They also updated the grammar and added a profile run view.
atom-pluginscripttextmaterunneratom
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