Biography:Robert Wood (roboticist)

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Short description: American roboticist

Robert J. Wood is a roboticist and a professor of electrical engineering at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and is the director of the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory.[1] At Harvard, he directs the NSF-funded RoboBees project, a 5-year project to build a swarm of robotic bees.[2]

Background

Wood received a BS in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1998.[3] He received a PhD in electrical engineering in 2004 from the University of California, Berkeley under Ron Fearing with a thesis titled Composite microstructures, microactuators and sensors for biologically inspired micro air vehicles.[4]

Awards

  • 2018 Max Planck-Humboldt Medal[5]
  • 2014 National Geographic Emerging Explorer[6]
  • 2012 Alan Waterman Award[7]
  • 2008 MIT Technology Reviews TR35 list[8]
  • 2008 DOD Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[9]
  • 2008 NSF CAREER Award[3]
  • 2008 ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award[3]
  • 2008 AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award[10]
  • 2006 DARPA Young Faculty Award[11]

Article

References

  1. ↑ "Micro | Cambridge | Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory". https://www.micro.seas.harvard.edu/. 
  2. ↑ "Robobees. INSPIRED by the biology of a bee and the insect’s hive behavior...". http://robobees.seas.harvard.edu/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Robert Wood wins prestigious NSF CAREER and ONR Young Investigator program awards". Harvard University. 2 May 2008. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2008/05/robert-wood-wins-prestigious-nsf-career-and-onr-young-investigator-program-awards. 
  4. ↑ "2004". University of California, Berkeley. https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/Dissertations/Years/2004.html. 
  5. ↑ Chea, Jacqueline S. (15 November 2018). "Harvard Engineering Professor Wood Awarded Medal for Work in Robotics". The Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/11/15/robotics-prof-award/. 
  6. ↑ Perry, Caroline (16 May 2014). "Robert J. Wood named National Geographic Emerging Explorer". Harvard University. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/05/robert-j-wood-named-national-geographic-emerging-explorer. 
  7. ↑ "NSF Honors Two Early Career Researchers With Alan T. Waterman Award". National Science Foundation. 10 May 2012. https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123406. 
  8. ↑ "Technology Review: TR35". http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/Profile.aspx?TRID=748. 
  9. ↑ "Two at SEAS win Presidential Early Career Awards". Harvard University. 10 July 2009. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2009/07/two-seas-win-presidential-early-career-awards. 
  10. ↑ "Air Force invests $12M for Young Investigators Research Program". Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. 16 October 2008. https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/400730/air-force-invests-12m-for-young-investigators-research-program/. 
  11. ↑ "YFA Awardees 2006–2015". DARPA. https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/YFAAwardees2006_2015.pdf. 




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