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If We Knew What it Was We Were Doing, it Would Not be Called Research, Would it? - Albert Einstein Hello! Thank you for visiting my page. My name is Sam, I am a second year graduate student at the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, where I conduct research at the intersection of Controls , computer vision and robotics. At UIUC, I've worked on several control and computer vision systems , including Model Predicticve Control (MPC), Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) and L-1 Adaptive Control. I have also worked with several machine learning algorithms for image processing , object detection(YOLO), Instance and Semantic object segmentation (UNET and Mask R-CNN), object tracking(DeepSORT), agent training (Reinforcement Learning) and data manipulation (GAN). I graduated suma cum laude in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin , Nigeria. During my undergrad, I had the opportunity to work on developing control algorithms for agricultural applications. After graduating from the University, I joined Solina Centre for International Development and Research(SCIDaR), Abuja, Nigeria,as a consultant. At SCIDaR, I applied Engineering principles and common sense to help strenthen health systems in the North Eastern part of Nigeria through the funded tripatite MOU by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Aliko Dangote Foundation and Yobe State Government of Nigeria. After working a few years, gaining expertise in project management and data analytics, I proceeded to the University of Illinois for my MSc in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, where I am currently being advised by Dr. Cody Allen and funded by John Deere. At UIUC, my research is focused on the synergy between Control Systems and Computer Vision for Agricultural and Industrial applications. |
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My research interests are in the intersection of control systems, computer vision, robotics, and image processing. Much of the work I currently do are Agricultural related because we have alot of mouths to feed. In the future, I plan to expand to other industries. |
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Updated software improved the performance of the robot with crash rate reduced below 2 in 1000ft |
 
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Justin Yurkanin, Samuel O. Folorunsho, William Drennan, Class project, 2021 Github / course page Analysis of the system shows that L1 adaptive control is superior to MRAC as L1 decouples the adaptation loop from the control loop, enabling arbitrarily fast adaptation without sacrificing robustness |
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Independent project,Algorithm development and testing in actual poultry farm, 2017 Github A time & event-based system that controls the lighting in a poultry house based on the age and lighting requirement resulting in 20% reduction in energy consumption and improved productivity |
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Independent project , 2017 Experiment revealed that biodiesel improved combustion phasing substantially relative to petroleum diesel, causing the indicated fuel conversion efficiency of biodiesel to be 6% higher |
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Group project, 2015 Company website The digester produced 2200 Litres of biogas (55.3% CH4, 43.9% CO2, and 0.8% H2) |
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Maybe I am at the gym
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or Writing
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or Playing football/soccer |
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or Watching football games |
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or Playing video games |
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or Pretending to swim |
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or on a Road trip |
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or taking pictures |
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