Maxim Schwartz Joins CECD to Work on Assistive Technologies

College Park, MD, September 2, 2013

Maxim Schwartz has joined CECD as a research engineer and project manager. Max will be working on assistive technologies for people with disabilities. He will specifically focus on the use of robotics to help those with loss of motor function related to stroke or other brain injury; use of electronic aids for people with visual impairment; and application of robotics to assist autistic children.

Max received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is currently a graduate student in the Clark School of Engineering and expects to earn a Master's degree in Computer Engineering in December of 2013. Most of his professional experience is in simulation and 3D visualization, using virtual environments. Specific projects Max worked on include a simulation environment for sea-based unmanned vehicles, a virtual reality-based training system, geometric algorithms for analysis of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) models, an image processing application, simulation and sensor software for unmanned ground vehicles, and a suite of software tools for design history management.