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Tesryn

Robotics · Agentic systems · Applied AI

Coleman Farvolden

Coleman Farvolden

Founder of Tesryn · Researcher at Queen's

  • Vector Scholarship in AI
  • NSERC CGS‑M

Building AI-native engineering at Tesryn.

  • MASc, Mechanical and Materials EngineeringQueen's University, 2026–2028
    NSERC CGS‑M · Vector Scholarship in AI
  • BEng, Mechatronics and Robotics EngineeringQueen's University, 2022–2026
    GPA 4.14/4.30, top 5% · Dean's Honour List
May 2025 — present

Graduate Researcher

Ingenuity Labs, Small-Scale Robotics Lab

Developing an open-source magnetic micromanipulation system, 3D-printable and adaptable to any inverted microscope, for mapping 3D stiffness gradients as cells grow and linking mechanical properties to how they behave and move.

May — Aug 2024

Robotics Researcher

The Perk Lab, Queen's University

Built a reusable open-source ROS module for motion planning with a low-cost 6-axis arm, and an electromagnetic tracking system with its sensor built into a 3D-printed tool.

May — Aug 2023

Automation Engineering Intern

An industrial automation distributor — Mississauga, Ontario

PLC programming in Omron Sysmac: SQL database management, automated barcode reading, MQTT communication. Assembled machinery from CAD; installed mechanical, electrical and pneumatic systems from engineering drawings.

  • RoboticsROS2, motion planning, SLAM/Nav2, computer vision, optical and electromagnetic tracking.
  • SoftwarePython, C++, C, data structures and algorithms, PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, Linux.
  • HardwareEmbedded systems, circuit design and testing, electromechanical assembly, PLC, 3D printing.
  • DesignSolidWorks, Fusion 360, engineering drawing, FEA, COMSOL.
  • Applied AILLM agent systems, evaluation, tooling.
Awards & funding
  • D.S. Ellis Memorial AwardLargest graduating award, chosen by classmates.
  • Vector Scholarship in AI$17,500 · top AI master's students in Ontario.
  • NSERC CGS‑MGraduate scholarship, 2026.
  • DAAD RISE Germany$6,000 · about 250 of 2,512 applicants.
  • Frank B. Lee Memorial Scholarship$16,400 · top 5% of class.
  • Zurbrigg Memorial Scholarship$6,900.
  • Mark Latham Memorial Award
  • Also selected forNSERC USRA · Waterloo Rising Stars · USSRF · Principal's · Dean's List.
Service & activities
  • Queen's First AidLogistics Officer; previously Supervisor, Responder (2023 – present).
  • Canadian Coast GuardInshore Rescue Boat, Halifax (2025).
  • Queen's Varsity Triathlon2023 – present
  • Ironman CanadaOttawa 2026 · 12:46:26.
  • Ironman 70.3 · Spartan Ultra, Mont‑Tremblant.

What this turns into.

Tesryn is the studio built out of that work: engineering systems that do real analysis and show their working. The clearest way to see it is the worked demo — a plain-English automation request turned into requirements, a checked configuration, a cell layout, the standards that govern it and a buy list with its sources.