# Faisal\_Lawan [@FHL\-08](https://hacklab.so/FHL-08) Faisal\_Lawan is Doctoral Researcher at University of Manchester and Program Associate at Accelerate ME. No AI coding activity was synced in the last 30 days. Doctoral researcher in control systems and robotics at Manchester, developing safety\-critical control for large\-scale multi\-agent autonomous systems\. Joined: 2026-09-17 0 followers · 0 following ## Links - [GitHub](https://github.com/FHL-08) - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/faisal-lawan) - [X](https://x.com/FaisalLawan4y2) ## AI usage (All time) Total tokens: 3,823,754,982 | Harness | Tokens | Share | Most-used model | | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | | Codex | 2,922,315,364 | 76.4% | gpt\-5 | | Claude Code | 898,079,948 | 23.5% | claude\-opus | | Cursor | 3,359,670 | 0.1% | Unavailable | ## Accomplishments ### [TAROS26\_Submission](https://github.com/FHL-08/TAROS26_Submission) MATLAB simulation code for a TAROS 2026 formation\-control paper; the README says it implements and benchmarks four distributed model predictive control strategies\. Repository owner \(1 star\) and listed first in the README's author list\. The personal site lists the TAROS paper as published Oct 2026\. ### [Nokia FPGA Hackathon 2026 submission](https://github.com/FHL-08/nokia-fpga-hackathon) HDL solutions to the hackathon tasks, targeting the AMD/Xilinx Kria K26\. Repository owner and author of the submission\. ### [Quanser QArm hackathon solution](https://github.com/FHL-08/quanser-hackathon) Team solution to the Quanser challenge at the Accelerate Me x Housr 2025 Hackathon, built around inverse kinematics for the QArm\. The personal site says the inverse kinematics were derived geometrically and validated on a digital twin, and lists the entry as first place\. Repository owner\. ### [Bespoke\_Snappy](https://github.com/FHL-08/Bespoke_Snappy) A custom version of Google's Snappy compression/decompression library, written in C, per the repository description\. Repository owner\. ### [System\-Identification](https://github.com/FHL-08/System-Identification) MATLAB library that uses an optimal least mean squares error algorithm to approximate the dynamics of an unknown system as an LTI transfer function, per the repository description\. Repository owner\. ### [Autonomous poker system on an SO\-101 robot arm](https://personal-website-six-navy-64.vercel.app/) Ongoing project listed on the personal site \(Sep 2025 to present\): an autonomous poker system on an SO\-101 robot arm with dual\-camera vision and a ROS 2 control stack\. Specific role not stated\. ### [Distributed formation control platform](https://personal-website-six-navy-64.vercel.app/) Project listed on the personal site \(Oct 2025\): a platform for distributed formation control of nonholonomic robots, using consensus MPC on feedback\-linearised dynamics solved as a Second\-Order Cone Program at 60 Hz\. Listed as the member's own project\. ### [Double inverted pendulum control](https://personal-website-six-navy-64.vercel.app/) Project listed on the personal site \(Apr 2025 to present\): simulation and hybrid control of a cart\-mounted double inverted pendulum across all four equilibrium configurations, with a hardware build under way\. No public repository was found\. ### [First\-Class honours and undergraduate academic recognition](https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisal-lawan/) Self\-reports First\-Class Mechatronics graduation, top 0\.5% of university graduates, first in the department and best final\-year\-project recognition\. ### [Swarmhack 2022 winner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisal-lawan/) Swarmhack 2022 Winner appears in the honours sidebar; the export supplies no project or team details\. ### [FPGA Snappy hardware benchmark](https://www.linkedin.com/in/faisal-lawan/) Reports designing Snappy RTL and a test system with 10% compression\-ratio and 30% average\-speed improvements against software at 1 MHz\. These source\-reported measurements are not independently replicated\. ## Experience ### Program Associate — Accelerate ME 2026\-08 – Present Manchester, United Kingdom Running Cohort 13 of the student\-led startup accelerator\. Organization\-wide funding and alumni fundraising figures are not claimed as personal results\. ### Member — Unicorn Mafia 2026\-07 – Present London Area, United Kingdom Membership listed from July 2026; responsibilities are not supplied\. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant — The University of Manchester 2026\-07 – Present Manchester, United Kingdom Graduate teaching\-assistant role listed from July 2026; courses and teaching duties are not detailed\. ### Doctoral Researcher — University of Manchester Present Manchester, United Kingdom Described on the GitHub profile README as a current role\. The personal site gives the research topic as safety\-critical Control Barrier Function methods for multi\-agent autonomous systems\. Current doctoral work on CBF\-based control for large\-scale multi\-agent autonomous systems, spanning nonlinear control, hybrid systems, Lyapunov theory and real\-time optimisation\. Role start month is not explicitly supplied in the experience timeline\. ### Cohort 2\.s — FR8 2026\-02 – 2026\-04 Cohort participation listed for February–April 2026; further responsibilities are not stated\. ### Robotics Research Assistant — The University of Manchester 2025\-08 – 2026\-04 Manchester, United Kingdom Role listed on the personal site's timeline, alongside graduating First\-Class\. The site separately lists a research post \(Aug 2025 to Apr 2026\) on adaptive impedance control for nuclear decommissioning, deployed on 7\-DOF KINOVA and Franka arms with formal stability and safety guarantees\. Designed and analysed a safe robust adaptive impedance\-control framework using nonsmooth Control Barrier Functions\. Used adaptive interval type\-2 fuzzy logic and robust\-control techniques; reports proving uniform ultimate boundedness under mild assumptions and safety limits via Nagumo’s theorem and set\-based derivatives\. The earlier portfolio identifies the RAICo affiliation\. ### FPGA Design Engineer — Intel Corporation 2023\-07 – 2024\-08 Marlow, United Kingdom Year in industry listed on the personal site \(Jul 2023 to Aug 2024\); the site names the role as an FPGA role at Altera\. LinkedIn names Intel; prior portfolio names Altera for the same placement\. Implemented duplicate\-MAC search on FPGA\-based Virtio devices, refactored IPU management tooling and developed Python tests\. Designed and simulated Snappy RTL and a test system, reporting 10% better compression ratio and 30% higher average speed than software at 1 MHz; the reported 1000% legacy\-search improvement is self\-reported\. ### 2nd Year Student Representative — The University of Manchester 2022\-10 – 2023\-06 Manchester, United Kingdom Elected Mechatronics representative within the Electrical and Electronic Engineering cohort\. Communicated student concerns to faculty and organised regular meetings for feedback and academic issues\. ### PASS Leader — The University of Manchester 2022\-09 – 2023\-06 Manchester, United Kingdom Organised weekly peer\-assisted study sessions for first\-year students and used multiple communication channels to encourage participation\. ### DSE Student Ambassador — The University of Manchester 2022\-09 – 2022\-09 Manchester, United Kingdom Student\-ambassador role listed for September 2022; specific duties are not supplied\. ### Robotics internship — Createc 2022\-07 – 2022\-09 Cumbria, United Kingdom Completed in 2021, per the personal site\. Researched energy technologies for Boston Dynamics Spot, wrote a feasibility report and presented results to senior engineers; the profile claims candidate technologies could increase working life by 200%\. Built physical\-system reports using ROS Noetic/Galactic\. Source conflict: older website description says 2021, LinkedIn timeline July–September 2022\. ## Education ### PhD candidate — University of Manchester 2026\-04 – Present Safety\-critical Control Barrier Function methods for multi\-agent autonomous systems\. The personal site lists the period as Apr 2026 to present, expected 2030\. Electrical and Electronics Engineering PhD\. The source gives April 2026–July 2030; July 2030 is an expected future completion date, not a completed degree\. ### EECI International Graduate School on Control — University of Oxford 2026\-06 – 2026\-06 Graduate\-school programme in control theory listed for June 2026\. ### BEng Mechatronics, First\-Class Honours — University of Manchester 2021\-07 – 2025\-07 Top 0\.5 percent of the cohort; dissertation on safety\-critical consensus\-based formation control of distributed mobile robots\. The personal site also lists first prize for the best overall performance in the cohort and the prize for the best final\-year project, EEE Department\. BEng Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Engineering\. LinkedIn lists September 2021–July 2025, while the prior record starts July 2021; existing explicit dates are retained and the difference documented\. The summary reports First\-Class honours, departmental first place, top 0\.5% university recognition and best final\-year project\. ### A\-Level — Bridge House College 2019\-09 – 2021\-06 Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Information Technology\. ### IGCSE — Debiruss School 2013\-09 – 2019\-07 Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, ICT, English, Biology and Economics\.