Edward Morgan
Robot lineup showing humanoid, legged, and underwater robotic systems

Robotics engineer

Dynamics, control, and simulation for robots.

PhD candidate at Louisiana State University working on uncertainty-aware physics simulation, differentiable dynamics, motion planning, and contact-rich robotic systems.

Experience

Tesla, OptimusPhysics engine intern, 2026

Amazon RoboticsApplied scientist intern, 2025

Photon MarineTechnical sales associate, 2024

LSU iCoreLabRobotics research and teaching assistant, 2022 - Present

Stanbic BankSoftware engineer, 2018 - 2021

Work

casadi-on-gpu GPU acceleration for symbolic functions.

UVMS simulator ROS 2 underwater robot simulation.

floating-KinDyn Differentiable multibody dynamics.

diff_uv Differentiable underwater vehicle dynamics.

Selected Papers

Risk-aware receding-horizon planningIROS 2026

Uncertainty-aware UVMS dynamicsICRA 2026

GPU-accelerated stochastic simulationOCEANS 2026

Adaptive dynamics for unmanned surface vehiclesOCEANS 2026