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

About

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Honors and Awards:

• 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