CTO
Vibrant Building Technologies
- Joined as software & ML lead; grew into CTO role.
- Steer product and engineering around smarter, more efficient buildings.
Resume
Current roles
Cofounder & CTO
Verboso LLC (2020–present)
- Built gamified speech therapy tools and platform for clinicians and families.
- Secured NSF funding and Microsoft AI for Accessibility support.
makdev
Founder
makdev (LLC)
- Lightweight, small dev studio with my wife and a small, trusted network.
- Focus on prototypes, technical strategy, and getting early products to traction.
Dogvatar
Product & technical partner
- Helped design and ship early prototypes through to an MVP.
- Supported the pivot that led to first paying clients.
Otherwordly
Grant & technical support
- Provided grant-writing support that helped secure an NSF SBIR Phase I award.
- Advised on early product and technical direction.
Research & education
PhD (incomplete)
Northwestern University
- Focus on ML for assistive robotics.
- Left program upon Verboso's funding.
- Lab: Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics Lab (argallab).
BS & MS, Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
- Dynamics, optimal control, and parameter estimation for muscles of mastication.
- Lab: Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory (ISRL).
BS, Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
- Minor in Mathematics
- Corps of Cadets, Aggie Band, Commanding Officer and First Sergeant
Selected publications
- M. Young, M. Nejati and B. Argall. "Discrete N-Dimensional Entropy of Behavior: DNDEB". To appear in Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macao, China, Oct. 2019.
- M. Nejati, M. Young and B. Argall. "Interface Operation and Implications for Shared-Control Assistive Robots". In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Toronto, Canada, June 2019. Finalist for Best Student Paper Award.
- M. Young, C. Miller, Y. Bi, W. Chen, and B. D. Argall. "Formalized Task Characterization for Human-Robot Autonomy Allocation". In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, May 2019.
- M. Young, M. Nejati, A. Erdogan, and B. Argall. "An Analysis of Degraded Communication Channels in Human-Robot Teaming and Implications for Dynamic Autonomy Allocation". In Field and Service Robotics (FSR), 2017.
- M. Young and R. Bhattacharya. "Real-time Parameter Estimation for Arbitrary Aerial Manipulators". In IEEE International Conference on Control, Measurement, and Instrumentation, 2016.
- F. Drummond, M. Young, and G. Huff. "Material Enhancement Strategies & CFD Analysis of an Aerodynamically Functionalized Antenna". In IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2013.