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Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

ENGINEERING COLLOQUIUM

Photo of Vijay Kumar

Monday, February 29, 2016 / 3:30 PM, Building 3 Auditorium

Vijay Kumar

"Robotics"

SPEAKER -- Vijay Kumar is the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Kumar received his Bachelors of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1987. He has been on the Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics with a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania since 1987. His research interests lie in the area of robotics, specifically multi-robot systems, and micro aerial vehicles.

Dr. Kumar is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (2005) and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013).

He is the recipient of the 1991 National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator award, the 1996 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (University of Pennsylvania), the 1997 Freudenstein Award for significant accomplishments in mechanisms and robotics, the 2012 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Award, the 2012 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Service Award, a 2012 World Technology Network Award, and a 2014 Engelberger Robotics Award.


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