DR. JEFF HANNA, Academic Dean, Math/Science Department Chair, Director of Robotics

LEAD MENTOR 1 (TECHNICAL)

Jeff has been the lead mentor for Team 5171 since he started at York in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics and a master’s degree in Engineering Systems from the Colorado School of Mines. He also holds a master's and PhD in Mechanical Engineering From Caltech. His background lies in developing modeling and simulation tools for reactive flow systems. Learn more here.

KEVIN BARNARD, Software Engineer

LEAD MENTOR 2 (SOFTWARE)

Kevin is an alum of Team 5171 and graduated from York in 2017. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Robotics from the Colorado School of Mines. He began intern work in 2018 as a Research Assistant at MBARI for the Bioinspiration Lab, and was hired on soon thereafter for a permanent position as a Software Engineer. His background lies in software development, robot perception & cognition, and machine learning. Kevin has a passion for developing robotic systems to support scientific pursuits, and he is most interested in active vision.

KAKANI KATIJA, Principle Engineer

MENTOR (FUNDRAISING / MEDIA & HYPE, TECHNICAL)

DAMON CAMPBELL, Mechanical Engineer

MENTOR (CAD, TECHNICAL)

DR. DUANE DAVIS, Senior Lecturer

Naval Postgraduate School

Dr. Davis specializes in robotic swarms and cooperative multi-vehicle systems, ethics in autonomous systems, robot control architectures, and cyber operations policy and strategy. He served as a mentor to Team 5171 from 2017 through 2020, assisting in software development.

MR. TIM STANTON, Research Professor

Naval Postgraduate School

Mr. Stanton specializes in ocean turbulence, waves, ice/sea interactions, and ocean instrumentation. He served as a mentor in all areas of robotic design between 2016 and 2018.