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Serge Alhalbi - Research Engineer in Tulsa, OK

Serge Alhalbi

Mid-level Robotics & AI Engineer specializing in autonomous systems

The University of Tulsa - Institute for Robotics and AutonomyOhio State UniversityTulsa, OK4 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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Robotics software engineer with deep ROS2 experience who owned the perception stack for an automated C. elegans manipulation system—building YOLO-based worm segmentation plus OCR label reading and integrating it into a MoveIt2 pipeline with real-time latency constraints. Also deploying ROS2 on an AgileX Tracer with ZED depth camera for vision-based person following and working on SLAM/sensor fusion, with additional production-style ML deployment experience (Dockerized FastAPI + PyTorch on AWS EC2 with CI/CD).

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Key Strengths

  • Owned and delivered an end-to-end robotics perception pipeline integrated into ROS2/MoveIt2 closed-loop manipulation
  • Improved real-world robustness of YOLO segmentation via dataset curation, augmentation, and labeling iteration under challenging lab conditions
  • Optimized perception latency for near-real-time robotics using CUDA acceleration, inference prewarming, and lightweight ROS interfaces
  • Increased OCR reliability by standardizing label design and adding dual Luhn checksum validation to prevent bad reads propagating downstream
  • Debugged and stabilized manipulation planning/execution by restructuring MoveIt Task Constructor logic and tuning planning constraints
  • Strong ROS2 systems integration across perception, navigation, and manipulation (nodes/packages, tf2 frames, QoS, DDS, namespaces) on real hardware

Reference Highlights

Strongly Recommended
  • Proficient programmer
  • Highly capable of learning quickly to fill technical gaps
  • Strong debugging skills (code and data)
  • Able communicator
  • Works well in applied engineering contexts
  • Self-directed; willing to figure things out independently
  • Requires minimal supervision
  • Strong potential for future growth
  • Would be rehired
  • Good at Python
  • Good at ROS/ROS 2
  • Excellent debugging skills
  • Solved many issues on the first prototype system
  • First to get the ROS 2 system running on the lab computer despite no prior team experience
  • Outstanding at working with hardware teams
  • Strong hardware design capability
  • Designed the entire system from scratch (grounding work)
  • Designed an end effector for proper functioning from scratch
  • Well trained in both software and hardware skills

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Experience

Research EngineerThe University of Tulsa - Institute for Robotics and Autonomy · Sep 2025 – Present
Graduate Research AssociateThe Ohio State University · May 2023 – May 2025
Research InternRiverain Technologies · Jan 2023 – May 2023internship
Instructor of Record (GTA)University of Dayton · Jan 2021 – Dec 2022part-time
Research in Autonomy InternUniversity of Dayton Research Institute · May 2022 – Aug 2022internship

Education

Ohio State Universitymaster, Mechanical Engineering (2025)
University of Daytonmaster, Applied Mathematics (2023)
Lebanese International Universitybachelor, Mechanical Engineering (2020)

Languages

EnglishFrenchArabic

Certifications

Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA)Machine Learning (Stanford Online)Deep Learning Specialization (DeepLearning.AI)AI for Everyone (DeepLearning.AI)Learning LabVIEW (LinkedIn Learning)Introduction to PLC and Industrial Automation (LinkedIn Learning)Python for Data Science (IBM)Introduction to Cloud Computing (IBM)Algorithms and Data Collection (University of Colorado)SQL (SoloLearn)Tableau Fundamentals Track (DataCamp)Duolingo English TestDELF B2 (Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française)

Publications

1 publication

Safe motion planningOptimal controlRRT*Control Barrier Functions (CBF)LQR

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Serge AlhalbiMid-level Robotics & AI Engineer specializing in autonomous systems