Samuel Migirditch

Samuel Migirditch is a Research Scientist at Metron, Inc. since October 2020 and a Graduate Student and NSF Research Fellow at Indiana University Bloomington since May 2018, focusing on robotics with expertise in path and action planning algorithms, particularly Markov Decision Processes. Previously, Samuel conducted research at Appalachian State University, serving as a Student/Researcher from July 2013 to May 2018. Notably, Samuel held the position of Ludwig Prandtl Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization in summer 2017, working on molecular dynamics simulations to test a new theory of clustering in granular matter. Additionally, Samuel engaged in research at Université d'Angers on molecular dynamics simulations of micro swimmers and completed an internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, adapting simulations for supernova events. Samuel holds multiple Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Mathematics, Physics, and Applied Mathematics, as well as a Master of Science in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from Indiana University Bloomington.