Michael J. Ciaraldi

Biography

Education: BS Cornell University 1973 MS Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 1979 MS University of Rochester 1983 Since 1999 I have been Professor of Practice at WPI in Computer Science and Robotics Engineering. The greatest thing about working at WPI is the chance to work with the students on so many different projects, so it is always interesting. Some of these have included Moonraker (winner of the NASA Lunar Excavation Challenge, 2009), Oryx (winner of the NASA Sample Return Challenge, 2010), and Prometheus (Rookie of the Year at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, 2010). My interests include curriculum creation, software development, user interface design, networking, and embedded systems. My work at WPI has taken me across the country (New York, Florida, California) and overseas (Japan and Italy).

Research Interest

Robotics; Embedded systems; User interface design; Software engineering