Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Postdoctoral Associate, CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, August 2011 - Present A dvisor: Prof. Daniela Rus

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, August 2011
Advisors: Prof. Vijay Kumar and Prof. Daniel Koditschek

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, May 2008
Advisor: Prof. Vijay Kumar

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, June 2005

HONORS & AWARDS

National Science Foundation Fellow, 2005-2011
Best Student Paper, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, 2008
Honorable Mention, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Fellowship 2008
John A. Goff Prize, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2011

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Level
Aug 2011 – present, Advisor Prof. Daniela Rus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Graduate Level
Sept 2005 – Aug 2011, Advisor Prof. Vijay Kumar, Co-Advisor Prof. Daniel Koditschek
Thesis: Coordination of Multirobot Teams and Groups in Constrained Environments: Models, Abstractions, and Control Policies
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Undergraduate Level
Sept 2003 – Mar 2004, Advisor Prof. Calin Belta
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fall 2011
6.142, Robotics: Science and Systems II

Teaching Certificate, University of Pennsylvania, October 2010
Center for Teaching and Learning (click for more information)

Guest Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, April 2010
MEAM 620, Advanced Robotics

July 2008 & 2009, Co-Instructor, University of Pennsylvania
Summer Academy in Arts, Sciences, and Technology: Robotics Program
Course Website 2008: www.seas.upenn.edu/~robo2008
Course Website 2009: alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~robo2009/wiki
Check out the Final Project videos from 2009 here

Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Sept 2007 – Dec 2007
MEAM 347a, Undergraduate Laboratory

Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Jan 2007 – May 2007
MEAM 247b and 347b, Undergraduate Laboratory

Teaching Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Sept 2006 – Dec 2006
CSE 390/MEAM 420/520, Robotics

Teaching Assistant, Drexel University, Sept 2003 – March 2004
MEM 255, Introduction to Control Systems

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Mar 2004 – Sep 2004, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Optical Systems Engineering

Mar 2003 – Sep 2003, Graco Children’s Products
Child Passenger Safety

Mar 2002 – Sep 2002, Lockheed Martin MS2
Electronics Packaging

INVITED TALKS

March 1, 2012
Johns Hopkins University
Mechanical Engineering Seminar

December 9, 2011
Boston University
Hybrid and Networked Systems Lab

April 28, 2011
University of Southern California
Robotic Embedded Systems Lab, Invited Seminar

March 29, 2011
University of California, Berkeley
Robotics and Embedded Systems Seminar

March 18, 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distributed Robotics Laboratory, Invited Seminar

November 17, 2010
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dept. of Computer Science

October 13, 2010
Stevens Institute of Technology
Robotics and Controls Seminar

July 15, 2010
University of Pennsylvania
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Departmental Seminar

May 7, 2010
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Workshop on Network Science and Systems Issues in Multirobot Autonomy

October 20, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University
Center for the Foundations of Robotics Seminar

March 10, 2009
University of Washington
Self-Organizing Systems Lab and Distributed Space Systems Lab

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Member:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2008 – present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007 – present
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 2008 – present

Reviewer:

International Journal of Robotics Research
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
IEEE American Control Conference
IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
ASME International Design Engineering Technology Conference

Activities:

AY 2008 – 2009, President, UPenn Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association
AY 2007 – 2008, Vice President, UPenn Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association
May 2007, SWARMS Workshop, local arrangements
Aug 2006, Robotics, Science and Systems, local arrangements