Advisory Board
Distinguished members rotating from industry, academia, and government
The group is an invaluable resource to the Robotics Department in shaping our program with the insight of external feedback. Members meet regularly to discuss departmental vision, strategies and issues and provide advice to the chair.
Jon Barr
COO
Varda Space Industries
Sara Blackmer
Managing Member & Senior Partner
Solyco Capital
CEO
FluidLogic
Jeff Burnstein
President
Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
Ashish Deshpande
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Director of Research Science, Reality Lab Research
Meta
Neil Dueweke
Strategic Advisor to the CEO
FANUC America
Danny Ellis
Co-founder
SkySpecs
Mazen Hammoud
Director, Motion Tech Strategy
Ford Motor Company
Astha Kukreja
Staff Systems Engineer
Latitude AI
Doug Neal
Managing Director
eLab Ventures
Leon Pryor
Senior Game Producer
META Oculus Studios
President Co-Founder
Motor City Alliance
Mitch Rohde
Independent Consultant
Retired CEO and Founder
Quantum Signal AI
Katherine Scott
ROS Developer Advocate
Intrinsic
Steve Vozar
Technical Lead Manager
Waymo