Past Work

Cairn Systems has been involved with Case Western Reserve University working to build models of DC electric power systems and design both centralized and distributed control algorithms for these systems. We are also working with CWRU on developing a mechanism to allow software agents operating within JADE (JAVA Agent DEvelopment Framework) to utilize Allen-Bradley PLCs as control effectors.

Biography: Ryan May

Cairn Systems is currently a part-time endeavour of Ryan May. I am a controls engineer that has spent time in automotive, aircraft, and space fields developing models and control systems.

I spent three years at Bendix working on teams to develop, test, and service roll and yaw stability systems for commercial vehicles. I developed models for hardware-in-the-loop testing and data analysis in addition to developing an executing test methodologies to tune and validate proper system performance.

I then became a contractor at NASA Glenn Research Center where I first worked in aeronautic systems. I was the lead software developer for the C-MAPSS40k engine simulation and brought much of that experience to the development of T-MATS, an open-source Simulink toolbox for the simulation of thermodynamic systems. I also worked on projects involving integrated flight and propulsion control, enhanced propulsion control for improved aircraft safety, and developed some initial proof-of-concept methods to detect the accretion of ice crystals within aircraft engine compression systems.

I then moved to the space side of NASA and have been developing an autonomous control system capable of operating a modular spacecraft's electric power system. This work has focused on the use of software agents for distributed control and decision making.

For a full CV, please email ryan@cairn-systems.com.