Stanford University
Center for Design Research

in conjunction with
the

VA Palo Alto HCS
Rehabilitation Research and Development Center

Abridged Autobiography

I came from the Caribbean country of Jamaica. My family moved to New York in 1980 when I turned 12 years old. I went to high school in New York and left home to go to the University of Pennsylvania where I studied Mechanical Engineering. I became a citizen of the United States in 1988. When I graduated from Penn, I spent two years at Westinghouse Electric Company where I worked as a manufacturing, quality, and process engineer. My last year at Westinghouse took me to Southern California. I left Westinghouse and went back to school. I completed my master's degree at University of California, Irvine in Robotics and Control Theory. I came to Stanford University to study robotics and control Theory as they applied to rehabilitation and design of assistive devices for the disabled.

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Emphasis in Robotics, Design, Controls, and Mechatronics; Pending

University of California, Irvine, CA
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Emphasis in Robot Mechanical Systems; December 1994

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics; May 1990.