About Me

I’m a PhD candidate with the Human-Centered Robotics Lab at the Colorado School of Mines. My research interests are multi-robot systems and human-robot teaming, focusing on learning representations that make multi-robot systems easier to understand, control, and interact with.

I’m also working as a Journeyman Research Fellow with the Army Research Laboratory, have worked as a teaching assistant, have reviewed for a wide variety of conferences and journals, and have a previous career as a Transportation Officer with the US Army.

Check out my research, publications, and CV, and feel free to get in touch on LinkedIn or over email.

Education

• PhD in Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines, 2021 (expected completion)
• MS in Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines, 2016
• BA in Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2009

Research Experience

• Human-Centered Robotics Lab, Colorado School of Mines (January 2015 - Present)
  • Developed novel methods based on multi-modal graph embedding and graph representation learning to understand the structure of multi-robot systems.
  • Proposed new methods for multi-robot control utilizing game theory, regularized optimization, and sensor fusion.
  • Developed new methods for human activity recognition, incorporating information from teammates relationships and nearby objects.
  • Designed and built a multi-robot research platform, enabling the evaluation of methods to control and integrate sensing data of multiple robots.
• Army Research Laboratory - Journeyman Research Fellow (Summer 2018, Fall 2020 - Present)
  • Developed novel methods to model the internal structures of multi-robot systems based on multiple observation modalities.

Awards and Honors

• 2nd Place presentation (Computation and Electronics Session) at 2020 Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS 2020)
• Best poster finalist at CSM C-MAPP 2016
• Finalist at the Amazon Picking Challenge, ICRA 2015
• Honor Graduate of US Army Officer Candidate School
• Honor Graduate of US Army Basic Combat Training

Teaching Experience

• Teaching Assistant for Human-Centered Robotics (CSCI473/573, Spring 2019)
• Teaching Assistant for Robot Planning and Manipulation (CSCI498/598, Spring 2019)

Reviewing Experience

• AuRo Autonomous Robots Jan 2021
• ICRA IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Nov 2019, Dec 2020
• RA-L IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Nov 2019, Nov 2020
• ISR Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics Oct 2020
• TAAS ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems Nov 2019
• Humanoids IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots Sep 2018, Aug 2019
• TIP IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Aug 2019
• SSRR IEEE International Symposium on Safetfy, Security and Rescue Robotics Jun 2019
• ICIAP International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing Jun 2019
• IROS IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems May 2019
• Sensors Affective and Immersive HCI via Effective Sensor and Sensing Nov 2018
• CVIU Computer Vision and Image Understanding Nov 2016

Transportation Officer - 82nd Airborne Division, US Army

• Brigade Transportation Officer
  • Coordinated the movement of over 10000 soldiers in support of more than 150 training events around the world.
  • Integrated assets from multiple brigades across the Army to successfully accomplish objectives.
  • Supervised RFID tracking of more than $100 million worth of equipment.
  • Planned sustainment for 4 major training exercises; ensuring over 5000 soldiers were supplied with food, water, fuel, ammunition, and other essential supplies.
• Distribution Platoon Leader
  • Supervised 25 employees and maintained accountability of over $7 million worth of equipment, including more than 30 vehicles.
  • Executed the successful issue and recovery of nearly $5 million worth of supplies and ammunition to support training objectives.
  • Managed over 50 successful convoys during simulated combat, transporting supplies through hostile territory.
  • Tracked the arrival of over 300 pieces of equipment as the airfield control officer for 2 major training events.