Ithaca, New York, United States
* Leading MEng Curriculum development to meet industry & government needs * Policy and Management leadership team for Cornell’s Systems Engineering Master of Engineering Program, which has become Cornell’s largest MEng program since 2018 * Advisor on 500+ Masters of Eng. Projects & Advised over 1000 students overall on projects with Intel, Lockheed Martin, ARM, Carrier, US Green Building Council (USGBC), Applied Materials, SRC, MOOG, Sustainable Minds, Boeing, Smithsonian, Hasbro, MathWorks, L-3, MITRE, Da Vinci Labs, JPL, EPA, Air Force Research Labs, Marine Corps, Autodesk, NSF, M-E Engineers, FIRST Robotics Competition, Deka, Raspberry Pi, Sparkfun, Digi-Key, STMicroelectronics, Raytheon, NASA Ames, Goddard, & Kennedy, etc. * Assisted in Creating Cornell’s 1st Distance Learning Degree, Courses, & TA Training * Assist in Program Recruiting efforts including special presentations at Lockheed Martin, BAE, Boeing, etc. * Faculty Academic Advisor to over 1200 MEng Students, mainly professional, industry-sponsored students * Teaching Adviser to fellow Faculty, providing personal critiques on over 15 Courses * Transformed Model Based Systems Engineering flagship course into program’s highest student rated course * Developed “Model Based Systems Engineering” into the world’s first INCOSE certification knowledge exam equivalency experience enabling students to earn ASEP or CSEP certification * Created the Systems Engineering training for Lockheed Martin’s RMS Engineering Leadership Development Program which also earned INCOSE certification knowledge exam equivalency * Key Developer of New Credit-Bearing Certificate and Stackable Degree programs to meet Industry Needs * Key Developer of the creation of the Cornell Systems Institute and its key thrusts in Energy Systems, Cyber Physical Systems, Healthcare Systems, and Semiconductor, Manufacturing & Industrial Systems * Assisted in Launch of Cornell Systems Summit annual Systems Engineering summit
* Key development lead for novel K-12 and higher education robotic platform in collaboration with FIRST, Sparkfun, Deka, Raspberry Pi, STMicroelectonics, DigiKey, Cornell Cup Robotics, WPI, the U. of Idaho * Novel features in AI, Computer Vision, 3D Printing Manufacturing, Voice, Chatbot & new emotion system for student interactivity, and a variety of programming interfaces for preschool to college students * Lead developing 6DoF space version for landmark flight on Virgin Galactic with support from the Baran Agency, NASA’s ISS Astrobee program, Lockheed Martin, and the International Institute for Astronautical Studies, with Zero-G test flights in Nov. 2024 and May 2025. * Assisted in development of AgXRP, Digital Agriculture XRP version with Jonathan Jaramillio, 4-H and Cornell Cooperative Extension and $500,000 implementation gift from Stellantis * XRP Robot officially moved out of beta and released in 2025, and is used in over 180+ Countries * New Hampshire Governor Sununu has pledged an XRP robot in every public classroom in New Hampshire * Featured at FIRST National Championship ’24 & ’25 to over 600 teams, 55,000 attendees, top corporate sponsors, US Secretary of Education, and FIRST founder Dean Kamen
* Founded Systems Engineering focused Embedded Systems Competition with top sponsor Intel, and later Arm * Created from Analysis of 120+ existing competitions to heighten Educational Effectiveness * Developed Guides on industry and academic identified curriculum gaps in Mechatronic Systems Design * Educational materials incorporated into top colleges’ curriculum such as Berkley, CMU, UPenn, Purdue... * Grown by 50% between 1st 2 years alone, including schools such as MIT, Georgia Tech, Columbia, Howard, UPenn, Berkeley, RPI, John Hopkins, Virginia Tech, WPI, UMass Lowell, U. Florida, Oregon State, etc. * Featured speaker at 2012 Intel Intelligent Systems Research and Education Summit & 2014 Closing Speaker * Created Mechanisms for increasing Industry Ties & Sponsor Benefits with Autodesk, NASA, MathWorks, Tektronix, Analog Devices, Altera, PTC, MOOG, Maxon, Newark-element14, Cadence, Hackaday, etc. Major Honors: * 1 of 7 University Efforts Highlighted in the White House Fact Sheet of Making in 2015 * 1 of 9 University Efforts Highlighted in the White House Fact Sheet of Making in 2016, out of 1500 university and K-12 efforts that were seriously considered * Led Intel's Nationwide Survey of Embedded Systems Higher Education Curriculum 2015 * Intel Embedded Curriculum Grant Winner, repeated for 6 years until grant discontinued * Final Events and Showcased at Walt Disney World, NASA Kennedy Space Center, White House National Maker Faire, DevCon, NYC World MakerCon, NYC World Maker Faire Intel Booth, and many other events * Launchpad for teams across the country, including honors such as 1st American team to ever win the James Dyson Award for Engineering and Design, Selected as 1 of 6 NBC’s top student inventions you should be aware of, and a team member recently became one of America’s “30 Under 30” * Highlighted in Media: New York Times, YahooTech, Engadget, Huffington Post, AARP, Cornell & Intel PR
* Led effort for Cornell to become the 1st university to officially partner with Make * Developed re-creation of the Make Pitch Your Prototype entrepreneurial competition 2015 * Keynote speaker at 2014 NYC World MakerCon, (other keynote included Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO) * Higher Education Makers Alliance (HEMA) Leader (150+ universities), 3 White House visits * Working with White House as HEMA Committee Chair on Making television shows/events and HEMA Committee Chair on Maker portfolio assessment methods for HS, college, and HS admissions processes * Intel-Cornell Cup had the most representation of any group at the 2015 National Maker Faire * 2015 Panelist at 1st ever Make Education Forum in NYC Hall of Science Center * Leading Developer of the Cornell CollabSpace, on-line Mentorship in Making Community, Beta 2015 * Founder and Advisor to Cornell’s Maker Club