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Appendix A: Designing Socially Intelligent Robots--Cynthia Breazeal
Pages 131-138

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... His primary responsibilities include coordinating the deployment of R&D capabilities to Bechtel projects around the world, managing a staff of experienced specialists, and budgeting resources for software and hardware expenditures. With 18 years of mechanical engineering experience as a specialist in fluid dynamics and heat transfer, Mr.
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... Cynthia Breazeal is an assistant professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , where she directs the MIT Media Laboratory Robotic Life Group and holds the LG Career Development chair.
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... Wave Arts sells software to audio-production professionals and licenses algorithms to consumer electronics manufacturers of home audio-visual equipment, mobile devices, and other products. During his years as a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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... He has been a Packard Fellow and a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator, and his work has been recognized by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Allan P Colburn Award)
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... He has held numerous other positions at JPL, including deputy mechanical-systems architect for the Mars Exploration Rover, mechanical prototype task leader for the second-generation Mars lander, Mars sample return mechanical-system engineer, Deep Space 2 Mars microprobe project element manager, and member of the Mars Pathfinder entry, descent, and landing team; he subsequently was responsible for the design and development of the air-bag subsystem. He has received numerous awards, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineer of the Year Award, the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, and the Design News Magazine Excellence in Design Award, all for his work on the Mars Pathfinder air-bag subsystem.
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... He is recipient of the NASA New Investigator Award, the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award of the American Meteorological Society, the Editors' Award from the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship. Among his professional activities are, editor, Journal of Atmospheric Science; advisory board member, UCLA Academic and Technology Services; organizing committee member, UCLA Center for Computational Sciences and Engineering; reviewer for numerous journals; and member of the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union.
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