Experience:
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the CS Robotics Lab, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003-present
Program Officer for National Robotics Initiative Program, National Science Foundation, 2014-2016
Faculty Dean of Residential Commons, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010-2014
Chair, Dept. of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003-2009
Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 1998-2003
Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1995-2000
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1990-1995
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, 1988-1990
Research Assistant, Dept. of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1987
Mechanical Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1979-1982

Visiting Positions:
Guest Professor for Autonomous Manipulation, Freiburg University, summers 2011-2013
Humboldt Fellow, Institute for Mechatronics and Robotics, German Aerospace Center, 2010
Humboldt Fellow, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Munich, 2010
Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1996-1997
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wollongong, 1987-1988
Summer Faculty Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, summer 1989
Designer/Draftsman, Gupton Engineering Associates, 1978