Primary Job Title Senior Research Engineer Primary Organization Autodesk Research
Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Evan is a Senior Research Engineer for the Autodesk Robotics Lab, tasked with exploring technologies, trends, and stories that will impact the future of automation. He is currently focused on prototyping and developing intuitive methods for controlling automated systems. As an example, he and his fellow researchers recently released Mimic, a free,
open-source plugin for Autodesk Maya that provides an animation-based workflow for programming industrial robots. Evan received both his Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and has been with Autodesk ever since. Evan is also a filmmaker. His debut short film, Artoo In Love, was the runner up for 3D World’s CG Awards, in the best VFX Short category, and was screened in numerous film festivals and at Industrial Light and Magic. The film was also featured by many online publications, including TIME, Mashable, and Huffington Post.
