Conor Mcmahon
Graduate Student Researcher
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolConor Mcmahon is a graduate student researcher at UCSB with nine years of interdisciplinary experience applying robotics, LiDAR, and multispectral satellite imagery to vegetation monitoring and species classification in arid and Mediterranean ecosystems. He blends mechanical and aerospace structures experience—gained at SpaceX, NASA, and energy firms—with hands-on field ecology and computer vision to scale landscape-level surveys of drought stress and woody-plant composition. His background designing autonomous LiDAR inspection pipelines for underground tunnels informs robust data-collection workflows in challenging environments. Based in Austin, he pairs a PhD focus in geography with MS and BS degrees in mechanical engineering and biology, enabling a rare combination of ecological insight and engineering rigor. Colleagues cite his ability to translate robotic sensing techniques into practical ecological monitoring tools that anticipate stressors before they become visible.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geography at UC Santa Barbara
Github Skills (17)
analyzer4
deep-learning4
robot4
audio4
ros4
data-processing3
robotics3
hardware2
machine-learning2
spatial2
arm2
python1
histogram1
visualization1
spectrogram1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
UTNuclearRoboticsPublic/pointcloud_processing_server
Sep 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 9 pushes in 1 year 11 months
UTNuclearRoboticsPublic/laser_stitcher
Aug 2017 - Jun 2019
Contributions:55 commits, 27 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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