ANDREW A. BENNETT, Ph.D.
321 Harvard St. #401
Cambridge, MA 02139-2033
Tel/Fax: (617) 661-7068
email: abennett@mit.edu

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. MIT Dept. of Ocean Engineering (1997)

Thesis subject: Feature Relative Navigation for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - Employing behavior-based intelligent control to recognize and use static and dynamic contours on the seafloor or in the water column as an aid to vehicle navigation.
Designed, purchased and installed real-time computer hardware and software system for Odyssey II autonomous underwater vehicle.
Designed and implemented behavior-based and planning/reactive control systems on the autonomous underwater vehicles Sea Squirt, Odyssey andOdyssey II.

M.S. Mechanical Engineering Design, Stanford University (1986)

Graduate Engineering Minorities Scholar/Sandia Laboratories M.S. Scholar.
- Collaborated on development of an all-terrain robot vehicle used as a mobile robot base.
Consultant for PC and supercomputer (e.g. CRAY, IBM) systems.
Designed a telemetry-based sport fencing scoring system, featuring encrypted signal transmission and jamming/tampering protection.

B.S.M.E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985)

Bendix Corporation Scholar / Allied Corporation Scholar, 1981-1985
Thesis: Structural Analysis and Problem Definition of the Ballerina's Toe Shoe
Design projects included a nerve agent demilitarization system and an improved

hot-melt adhesive applicator.

EXPERIENCE:

Senior Engineer

IS Robotics(1/99 to Present)
Design and implementation of high-level control algorithms, electromechanical systems and sensor systems for a variety of autonomous systems. Duties include high level algorithm design, sensor-data fusion, structural design, sensor specification and installation, high- and low-level programming, and original research into high-level control of autonomous systems and autonomous system design (including proposals, presentations, and publications).

Member of Technical Staff

Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development(1/98 to 1/99)
Design and prototype construction of a variety of rides, toys, devices and conceptual prototypes for use by other divisions of the Walt Disney Company. Duties include real time control software (QNX-based) and hardware design and implementation, new toy and game development, conceptual layout, storyboarding, structural design, computer and network security, human factors design, and consulting to other divisions of the Walt Disney Company.

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc.(7/97 to 1/98)
Design and implement dynamic vehicle simulations, hardware/software integration and high level control systems for both manned and autonomous vehicle systems, including Kistler K-1 Reusable Rocket, A-10 Avionics Upgrade Program and Manta Unmanned Underwater vehicle. Duties include systems specification, dynamic modeling, environment modeling, high-level control systems design, systems integration, hardware-in-the-loop tests and field tests.

€ Research Assistant
MIT Department of Ocean Engineering (9/91 to 6/97)
Designed high-level artificial intelligence systems for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Specified, purchased and installed workstations, personal computers and real-time computer systems. Designed and installed networks for robots and laboratory. Worked with OR, GESPAC, Silicon Graphics and Apple computers. Worked with OS9, UNIX, A/UX and Macintosh OS systems. Specified, designed and produced numerous mechanical and software subsystems for AUVs. Participated in field operations, data gathering, reduction and visualization work in association with AUV research. Was awarded a three year NASA grant to investigate the issues involved with coordinated AUV/satellite interaction for real-time ocean monitoring. Supervised design and construction of motion control system for MIT Testing Tank Facility.

Consultant

Self Employed, Cambridge, Mass.(9/91 to 12/96)
Advised and trained private corporations n US and Canada on the installation and use of electronic mail, local area networks and national/international networks, including specialized on-line services.

Supercomputing Consultant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Mass.(7/88 to 9/91)
First full-time Supercomputing Consultant at MIT. Duties included disbursing block grants of supercomputer time, training new users and troubleshooting software for existing users. Responsible for MIT relations with National Science Foundation Supercomputing Centers. Acted as consultant for MIT Cray-2/4/256 Supercomputer. In charge of network access for campus unix-based workstations, including network programming, graphics and remote access. Worked with IBM, ETA and Cray Supercomputers, Sun, NeXT, DEC and Macintosh workstations and UNIX, ULTRIX, Sun OS, VAX/VMS, IBM/VMS, VSOS, UNICOS and CTSS operating systems. Familiar with X-Windows and TCP/IP protocols. Founder of the MIT Sun User's Group and MIT Supercomputing Seminar Series.

Director of Computing

International Space University, Boston Massachusetts(7/88 to 10/89)
Responsible for design, purchase, transport, installation, training and maintenance of the ISU computing system at each summer site, supporting 127 students, 60 faculty and 12 staff from 26 nations. Supervised all aspects of physical plant modifications and system installation of summer session computing facilities at MIT (1988) and Strasbourg, France (1989). System included 50 networked workstations and access to BITNET/Internet networks. Obtained significant hardware/software grants from several major manufacturers, including Apple Computer, MassComp Corp. and Hewlett-Packard. Designed upgraaded systems for 1990 and 1991 Summer Sessions.

Staff Engineer

SatCon Technology Corporation, Cambridge Massachusetts(6/87 to 7/88)
Designed and modeled magnetic bearing systems, cryogenic systems and superconducting coils. Designed actuator containment structure for space based telescope. Designed power plant for Navy Aircraft Electromagnetic Launcher. Worked on several submarine acoustic suppression systems.

Staff Engineer

Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque New Mexico(5/85 to 5/87)
Designed various silicon micro-machined sensors. Developed a computer model of the anisotropic silicon micro-machining process that renders a three-dimensional image of the etched shape based on initial chemical bath conditions and mask design. Designed an automated testing stand for accelerometers and pressure transducers which modeled severe loads and environments.

Andrew A. Bennett

AFFILIATIONS:
ACM IEEE, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), MIT Alumni Association, American Indian (Oneida Tribe).

PUBLICATIONS:
(1) Sclater, J. G., L. Meinke, A. Bennett, C. Murphy, "The Depth of the Ocean Through the Neocene," CENOP publication, March 1984.
(2) Bennett, A., "Combining Planning With Reactive Architectures in an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle," UUST Conference Proceedings, October 1993.
(3) Bennett, A., Leonard, J.J., Bellingham, J.G., "Bottom Following for Survey-Class Autonomous Underwater Vehicles," UUST Conference Proceedings, September 1995.
(4) Bennett, A., Leonard, J.J., "Autonomous Mapping With an AUV: An Approach for Ground Truthing of Remote Sensing Data," Oceans '96 Conference Proceedings, September 1996.
(5) C. M. Smith, J. Leonard, A. Bennett, C. Shaw,"Concurrent mapping and localization for autonomous underwater vehicles,"UDT '97 Conference Proceedings, June 1997.
(6) C. M. Smith, J. Leonard, A. Bennett, C. Shaw,"Feature-Based Concurrent Mapping and Localization for AUVs,"Oceans '97 Conference Proceedings, October 1997.

CREDENTIALS: California Registered EIT (Engineer in Training)
REFERENCES: Furnished on request.