Research Assistant, MIT
August 2010 – Present (6 years 2 months)Cambridge, Massachusetts
Developing advanced 3-D perception algorithms for robotics. Helping teach robots to understand how to learn objects in the world to improve scene understanding of the world.
May 2010 – August 2010 (4 months)Greater Los Angeles Area
Wrote telemetry data processing for the Dragon space capsule.
May 2009 – August 2009 (4 months)
Designed a force-feedback autonomous excavator for the ATHLETE Lunar rover
May 2008 – September 2008 (5 months)Pittsburgh, PA
Worked on perception system for earth-based lunar rover testing. Wrote UI code for rover control system.