Pedro Casau
Assistant Professor at Universidade de Aveiro
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolPedro Casau is an Assistant Professor and research-focused engineer with 11 years of experience bridging nonlinear and hybrid control theory with vision-based control for autonomous air vehicles. He earned a PhD with distinction in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and has held research and teaching roles at Institute for Systems and Robotics, SCORE Lab, and as an invited professor at his alma mater. His work centers on controller design for robotic aerial platforms, combining theoretical rigor with practical experimentation in vision-guided autonomy. Based in Lisbon, he blends academia and applied research, often translating control-theoretic advances into tangible systems and student-led projects. Notably, his background in aerospace engineering informs a systems-level perspective uncommon among control researchers, aiding robust integration of perception and flight dynamics.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pass with Distinction, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pass with Distinction at Instituto Superior TécnicoGithub contributions (5)
pcasau/thrust-vector-control
Jul 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
pcasau/synergistic
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year
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