Designing Robots for the Future – A Journey from Innovation to Entrepreneurship
Date and Time
Monday Sep 25, 2017
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
Monday, September 25 Lecture: 4:10 p.m. Reception: 3:30 p.m.
Location
Vanderbilt School of Engineering Featheringill Hall Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium
Fees/Admission
The event is free and open to the public.
Website
https://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2017/nations-most-senior-african-american-female-roboticist-
Contact Information
Pamela Coyle
615-343-5495
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Description
Ayanna Howard, ranked by Business Insider as one of the most powerful women in tech, will trace her journey from NASA researcher to professor to entrepreneur. She has overseen nearly 50 projects in a dozen years at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her “humanized” robotics and assistive technology research has resulted in more than 200 publications and numerous patents. She also is CTOc at Zyrobotics, a Georgia Tech startup company spun out of research originating from her lab. Howard will deliver the Vanderbilt School of Engineering’s Chambers Family Entrepreneurship Lecture Monday, Sept. 25, at 4:10 p.m., in Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium, Room 134 Featheringill Hall. A reception precedes the lecture at 3:30 in Feathergill Hall’s Adams Atrium. She designed SnoMote robots to study the impact of global warming on Antarctic ice shelves and created artificial intelligence-powered STEM apps to teach children with autism how to play Angry Birds.