Tyler Yankee
Research And Development Engineer at Kitware Inc.
Town of Clifton Park, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Yankee is a research and development engineer focused on human-centered computing, blending a 4.0 computer science foundation from Clarkson University with hands-on experience across academia and industry. Now at Kitware and entering an MSCS program at Georgia Tech, he has contributed to sensor-driven and data-focused projects at TARS, Delsys, and SIAM, turning behavioral data into actionable software tools. Tyler’s background spans R&D internships and teaching roles, giving him a rare mix of practical engineering, research rigor, and mentorship experience for an early-career engineer. He aims to build imaginative, collaborative software that amplifies human goals, and often frames technical work around the stories hidden in behavioral datasets.
1 year of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Clarkson University
French
Github Skills (41)
robotics10
drake10
continuous-integration9
doxygen9
jenkins8
zstd8
7zip8
gz8
java8
zip8
rar8
tar8
lzma7
cicd7
xz7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tyler-yankee/drake
Jan 2025 - Jul 2026
Model-based design and verification for robotics.
Contributions:273 pushes, 170 branches in 1 year 6 months
tyler-yankee/drake-external-examples
Jan 2025 - Jun 2026
Examples of how to use Drake in your own project.
Contributions:166 pushes, 62 branches in 1 year 5 months
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