My past research had me apply nonlinear controllers to underactuated mechanical linkages; employ non-identifier-based high-gain adaptive control in the guidance of underactuated underwater vehicles, in the discovery of nonlinear dynamics from data, and in the parameter identification of systems like Li-ion batteries, friction in unactuated joints, and underwater vehicles; exploit stochastic techniques in identifying faults in power lines, transformers, and Li-ion batteries; and combine stochastic filters with optimization routines to improve battery management systems, monitor chemotherapeutic drug delivery trials, and report on the structural integrity of bridges. I have had the chance to participate in interdisciplinary research projects, while collaborating with international researchers, and that enabled me to practice applying modeling, dynamics, control, estimation, and system identification.