Awards:
IEEE Fellow, Robotics and Automation Society
Humboldt Foundation Research Prize winner, 2010

Experience:
Chief Science Officer, Cyboard (bringing robotics and ergonomics together in computer keyboards), 2022-present
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 2022-present
Professor and Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 2019-2022
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the CS Robotics Lab, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003-2019
Faculty Dean of Residential Commons, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2010-2014
Chair, Professor and Chair of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003-2009
Principle Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 1998-2003
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1995-1998
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, 1990-1995
Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, 1988-1990
Research Assistant, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1987
Mechanical Engineer, Composite Materials Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1979-1982

Visiting Positions:
Program Officer leading the National Robotics Initiative Program, National Science Foundation, 2014-2016
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