Bio

I obtained a BS in Electrical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Florida in May, 2007. My inspiration to work with robotics came from my work in the Machine Intelligence Lab. The main project I worked on was an autonomous refrigerator robot named Koolio.

During my time at UF, I also designed my own personal robot, and worked on an automation system that printed on memo cubes. This project won the 2006 ASME Manufacturing Design Competition. Finally, I completed two internships at General Electric.

I entered the PhD program at USC in August, 2007. I am currently being funded by USC's Provost Fellowship. I have been working on various robotics research projects involving controls, machine learning, and estimation. I have decided to leave the PhD program with a MS degree. I will be graduating in May 2009.