Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 2019
- M.S. Robotics, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2012
Work Experience
- Stanford University [September 2019-Present].
- Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory [March – August 2019].
- Technical Staff in the Controls and Autonomous Systems Engineering Group 0776.
- University of Pennsylvania, Doctoral Research
- Developed a method for a wet-lab robotic assistant to pour precisely in a single attempt from generic containers present in the laboratory environment with applications to experiment preparation.
- Developing algorithms and controls for mobile manipulators to perform human-robot collaboration in carrying tasks
- Developed computer vision based ant force sensor leveraging tracking of Apriltags for biological studies.
- MITRE Corporation. Internship, 2012
- Worked on developing software for the android platform for autonomous robotic applications.
- University of Pennsylvania. Internship, 2011
- Worked on mapping the magnetic field topography for micro-robotic control.
- Rutgers University. Internship, 2010
- Studied the effects of compaction and additives on the tensile strength of acetaminophen tablets.
- University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Internship, 2009
- Developed circuitry designs for regenerative braking for robotic arm.
- Great Lakes Science Center 2004-2008
- Visitor Experience Specialist.
Skills
- Python, ROS, C++, Matlab
- Robotics, Controls, Dynamics
Awards
- NSF Graduate Fellow (2013)
- GEM Fellow (2012)
- Meyerhoff Scholar (M20)
- Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Mechanical Engineering [University of Pennsylvania]
Certifications
- Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Teaching Certificate. [University of Pennsylvania]
Outreach
- NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Teacher mentor [2016, 2017]
- FAME Delaware National Robotics Day Panelist [2014, 2015]
Mentorship
- NSF GRASP REU: summer undergraduate internship mentor
- Olfactory sensor for chemical source triangulation [2014]
- Cooperative Ground Robot Transport [2015]
- Senior Project Mentor: mentored a senior design group in the development of disaster response ground robot [2016]
- NSF RET: Public school teacher research mentor
- Robotic arm used for transcription [2016]
- Essential AI for lab based robot in social interactions [2017]
- SUNFEST REU: mentored student for modeling human-robot cooperative carrying [2018]
Invited Talks
- University of Washington Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Colloquium 3/12/19
- GRASP Seminar “Modeling and Control for Robotic Assistance: Single and Multi-Robot Manipulation” -Unversity of Pennsylvania 11/9/18
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