I was born in Syracuse, NY, on September 9, 1977. I received my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1999 and my M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech in 2000.

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Control and Dynamical Systems. My research is in cooperative control of multi-vehicle systems and autonomous robotic navigation. From October 2003 through October 2005 I served as manager of the planning team for Team Caltech's entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge.

My first project involved temperature control within a metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactor, including evaluation of real-time control software from Mathworks that was integrated into the experiment.

I have previously done research with Professors Joel Burdick (on a minimally actuated hopping robot) and Erik Antonsson (on digital micropropulsion devices).

At Cornell, I was part of the team that established the Big Red as the world champions of robot soccer at the Robot World Cup (RoboCup). Here is Cornell RoboCup, and the press release from our 1999 victory.

Fall 2003: CDS 101: Analysis and Design of Feedback Systems (Head T.A.)

Spring 2003: CDS 270: Convex Optimization and Applications, EE 150: Information Dynamics

Winter 2003: (T.A.) CDS 110b: Introduction to Control Theory

Fall 2002: (T.A.) CDS 101: Principles of Feedback and Control & (T.A.) CDS 110: Introductory Control Theory; CDS 270: Coordination of Multivehicle Systems; PA 36: Men's Glee Club

Murray group winter camping trip, Yosemite, Jan 10-12, 2003. Mary's pictures, Clancy's pictures, and Dave's pictures.

Zion Narrows trip, Oct 11-13, 2002, my pictures, Mary's pictures, and Steve's pictures.

Richard Murray group camping trip, Yosemite, July 11-15, 2002, my Yosemite pictures.

Here's a good place for cross-country skiing in southern California: Rim Nordic, (Rim Nordic snow report). Also, a list of California cross-country resorts from xcski.org, more at xcskiworld.com and Far West Nordic. Here also are southern California snow reports for lists of Alpine resorts.

My brothers Nels and Michael are co-founders of, respectively, In Jest and Bold Software. Nels has a particularly nice Quicktime video of his skills.

My resume is available in PDF and Word formats.