Instructional Professor
Director, Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Contact
Email: ems@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-2541
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 116200, Gainesville, FL 32611-6200
Office Location
MALA 3110
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Primary Research Area
Computer Engineering
Research Interests
Robotics, Embedded Systems, Controls, Autonomous mobile agents
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Honors and Awards:
- HWCOE Faculty Adviser/Mentor of the Year, 2024
- Faculty of the Year, awarded by students of the ECE Department (2022-2023)
- MIL (Machine Intelligence Laboratory) team faculty advisor for five world champion robot teams:
RoboSub (2005, 2006, 2007)
RoboBoat (2013)
Maritime RobotX Challenge (2019) - UF IEEE & HKN Teacher of the Year, 2012
- Student Involvement Award for Advisor of the Year, 2011
- IEEE Southeast Region Outstanding Branch Counselor, 2010
- Anderson/CLAS Scholar Faculty Honoree, UF, 2000-2005, 2012
- Teacher of the Year, UF, 2002
- Teacher of the Year, College of Engineering UF, 2002
Education
- PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 1995
- MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1989
- BSEE, University of Florida, 1984
- BSME, University of Florida, 1984