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Alice Merner Agogino

1952 - USA
Mechanical Engineering
USA USA

Personal Information

Born: 1952

Died: USA

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

Education

University of New Mexico BS Mechanical Engineering 1975; UC Berkeley MS Mechanical Engineering 1978; Stanford University PhD Engineering-Economic Systems & Engineering Management 1984

Professional Life

Field of Study: Mechanical Engineering

Institution/Corporation: UC Berkeley

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science*National Academy of Engineering (1997)European Academy of Science* Association of Women in Science*American Society of Mechanical Engineers*Society of Women Engineers*IEEE

Awards & Achievements

Awards: 1985 Presidential Young Investigator Award; 2012 Academy of Distinguished Alumni, University of New Mexico; 2012 Leon Gaster Award for Lighting Technology; 2020 Athena Award for Academic Leadership; 2018 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring; 2017 Methodology Award; 1986 Pi Tau Sigma Award for Excellence in Teaching; 1987 Ralph R. Teetor Educator Award; 2012-13 AAAS Lifetime Mentoring Award; 1987 Young Manufacturing Engineer of the Year

Achievements: American medical engineer; at NASA investigates the use of robots for lunar & planetary exploration; 2017 co-founder & CEO of Squishy Robotics; developed sensor robots & drones that help protect 1st responders during emergencies & disasters

worked in the technical industry at Dow Chemical & GE before turning to research & academia; was instrumental in getting more women & minorities into engineering; has written or co-written over 438 articles see scholar.google.com/citations?user=G-xTgkgAAAAJ for a complete list